Tag Archives: Tour De France
Team Sky’s the latest limit
The treatment of their own sport by key players is bad, but not nearly as appalling as how cycling views the rest of us, expecting them to buy whatever crap they are selling, writes Ewan MacKenna ‘Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know, I was blind but […]
Whistle while they work
In a world where doping control is almost non-existent and we can believe in little, more than ever our sports need whistle-blowers. The problem is it doesn’t want them. These are their stories. “Hey man, sorry for the slow reply,” reads the message. “I’ve been out riding the bike around Normandy for some inexplicable […]
Making dopes of us all
If cheating comes naturally to the human race, then it’s proven by the state of sport which leaves us asking what hope is there for tomorrow and what’s the point anymore, writes Ewan MacKenna Two kids are playing a game of Monopoly when one goes to refill a glass of Coke – the other sees […]
Life Cycle
As his son competes in the Tour de France, Stephen Roche knows that questions will always be raised about his own career Nicolas Roche doesn’t remember 1987. He’s heard the stories about how he cried when his father won the yellow jersey but in truth he cried his way right around France that summer. In […]
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