It's the annual gathering
07 July 2015 - 02:03
There's an inescapable appeal to the Tour de France - the scenery, the pageantry, the suffering of the riders, which somehow appears romantic. It is one of sport's greatest spectacles, particularly when the roads turn heavenwards in the high mountains. Unfortunately, it also provides many of sport's darkest secrets and worst villains.
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