You wait 99 years and two of them come along at once…General
Classification contenders in the Tour de France, that is. The first time a Brit
has appeared on the podium (the previous best being 4th) and the top
two steps are taken by Sky team mates Brad Wiggins and Chris Froome.
It was a good night for an expat to be burning the other end
of the candle, watching the British squad cap a dominant tour with a record
fourth Champs Elysees sprint victory.
Wiggins has been dominant in the time trials and looked
untroubled in the mountains by anyone other than his lieutenant, Froome. Along
the way he has silenced those critics who suggested that Sky should be protecting
his team mate as the stronger man, and endeared himself to French cycling fans,
by appearing to lead out sprints for Boasson-Hagen and Cavendish. He might be
an Englishman, but showing that kind of respect for the race and the Yellow
Jersey is a sure fire way to win over the locals. One paper even dubbed him “Le
Gentleman”. Chapeau indeed.
The pommie press has made much of Wiggins’ love of “mod’
culture in general and Paul Weller and the Jam in particular, his collection of
classic scooters and his sideburns…so as a tribute from another lover of
classic scooters, here’s another scooter scene favourite’s take on French culture.
I like to think this is what team sky were doing on their bus following the
presentation.
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