The Tour de France concluded on Sunday with Chris Froome winning a second title, and crossing the line arm in arm with Ireland’s Nicolas Roche.
It was a Tour that started with drama and crashes, was determined by a single breakaway from the winner in the mountains as was the case when he won two years ago but which was once again shrouded in a miasma of distrust over whether such endeavour was possible without assistance.
It’s an issue which the sport at this level will continue to fight, a legacy of years of systematic cheating that soured the public. At a recreational level the activity of cycling continues to soar and that has been both prompted and will bring with it the pro sport.
One of the innovations from this year’s tour was the partnership with GoPro which gave us never before seen footage from the bikes. Here is the footage released from Sunday’s final stage. It could be better but we did like the discussion over how Team Sky might cross the line…
