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New subscribers only. This article is from The Californian former gymnast on perseverance, teaching and learning. Procycling looks at the career of a woman apart. The Tour de France really is a race like no other, as Laurens remembers. Procycling looks ahead to a traditional Tour, but one which may be raced in an untraditional manner. He will start the race as the favourite, and he has looked imperious in most of his races. But what makes the young Slovenian tick? Fate dictated that two Slovenian champions would emerge at once.
Can they be friends? Four-time Tour champion Chris Froome has been a shadow of his former self since his terrible crash in June Having failed to win the yellow jersey in , Ineos Grenadiers return to the Tour keen to reassert themselves as the number one grand tour team.
The question is, against equally if not stronger opposition, can they do it? They tell Procycling why the region is such a hotbed of cycling. And also by how well a rider and his team model drag, power-to-weight ratio and wheel choice. Procycling profiles a traditional team, with a forward-looking mindset. The 13 riders who started the year at FDJ Nouvelle comprise six different nationalities, and have an average age of The Tour de France kicks off with a rolling stage through Brittany, and a tough uphill finish.
The Tour settles down for a quieter day with a finish likely to favour the bunch sprinters. The first time trial of two in the Tour is largely flat and untechnical, and will suit the rouleurs.
