Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 20 – Thibaut’s Final Magnificent Stomp at Le Tour

Stage 20. The last mountain stage of the last Tour de France Thibaut Pinot will ride was utterly exuberant. Sure there was no fairy tale, stage winning ending but we got a show of magnificent, imperious stomping as Tibo rode solo on his home climb in front of a wall of adoring fans. I can’t think of a more fitting moment of joy.

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Tour Moments of Joy: Stage 12 – Head Versus Heart

I hope Cofidis have another bottle of bubbly ready to pop for Ion Izaguirre tonight. Holy moly what a panachetastic victory on a bat-shit crazy stage 12 of the Tour de France. On any other day a second victory in as many weeks for the Mighty ‘Dis would be my moment of joy, my head tells me so. Except, you see, there was also a rather magnificent Thibaut Pinot attack (Groupama-FDJ) – and the heart wants what it wants.

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