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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 10 – Luke Rowe

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 10 – Luke Rowe

Who expected lanky Luke Rowe to lead the bunch over two big climbs? Respect to last year’s lanterne rouge for a real rouleur’s ride

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 7 – An empty field

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 7 – An empty field

We watched it, so you didn’t have to. Stage 7 of the Tour de France took the race 231km due east from Fougères to Chartres...

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 5 – Toms Skujins

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 5 – Toms Skujins

Trek-Segafredo’s potato-powered Latvian TT champion plays it smart in Brittany to land the polka dot jersey

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 4 – Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 4 – Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

History is made as Belgium’s Guillaume Van Keirsbulck becomes Rouleur’s first double Top Banana winner after proving the most enthusiastic rider in today’s break

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 2 – Lawson Craddock

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 2 – Lawson Craddock

They make ’em tough in Texas. No-one would have blamed Lawson Craddock for calling it a Tour after yesterday’s horror crash, but despite being bloody,...

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Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 1 – Yoann Offredo

Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 1 – Yoann Offredo

Christian Prudhomme waves his flag, lowers his body through the sunroof of the red lead car, and the Tour de... The post Top Banana: Tour...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Jarlinson Pantano

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Jarlinson Pantano

Hurting from a crash in the crosswinds, the Trek-Segafredo rider put in an incredible shift for captain Contador

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Michal Kwiatkowski

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Michal Kwiatkowski

The Polish domestique de luxe and his quick hands saved the day and the yellow jersey for Chris Froome

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Maciej Bodnar

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Maciej Bodnar

Pole vaulted after a valiant effort: with more insipid tactics from everyone but Quick Step, breakaway hot rod Bodnar deserves all the kudos

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Julien Vermote

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Julien Vermote

He’s done over 800 kilometres on the front of the Tour bunch already and has great hair. Here’s to Quick Step’s breakaway buster extraordinaire Julien...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 5 – Stefan Küng

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 5 – Stefan Küng

While Porte was ponderous on La Planche des Belles Filles, here’s to the BMC youngster who kept the breakaway of Voeckler, Gilbert and company in check

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 4 – Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 4 – Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Guillame Van Keirsbulck’s road to the Tour de France has been a long one. Now that he’s finally made it, he seems determined to enjoy every...

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