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HomeCyclingA decade aside: How far have Tour de France bikes come?

A decade aside: How far have Tour de France bikes come?


Again in 2014, we had been handled to a Tour de France to recollect for loads of causes each good and dangerous. The race made its Grand Départ from Leeds to Harrogate within the UK, which noticed crowds akin to Alpe d’Huez flock to the roadside. Sadly, we additionally noticed Mark Cavendish’s hopes of any stage wins at that version scuppered by a crash within the closing meters that despatched him house with a separated shoulder. 

Later within the race, we had been handled to a spectacle because the race took to the rain-soaked cobbles of Northern France with the eventual general winner Vincenzo Nibali happening the assault and taking minutes out of his rivals. It was additionally early on on this stage that the defending champion Chris Froome crashed out with a damaged wrist. 

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