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Ten minutes in Paris with George Bennett, Tour de France 2019 Supreme Banana
Few riders at the 2019 Tour de France were put through the ringer like Jumbo Visma’s George Bennett, and none was more deserving of our...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Laurens De Plus
Laurens De Plus is a mellow fellow in yellow who matched Team Ineos pound for pound and pulled off a podium place for his captain
Top Banana: Tour de France – stage 19 – The snowplough driver
The Rouleur team tries its hand at this live-blogging thing. We’re at Brewdog Tower Hill, for Stage 19 of the Tour de France. Refresh for...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Romain Bardet
Bardet bounces back in the Alps, nabs a spotty jersey and lands a banana
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen
Deceuninck’s Danish debutant has dazzled with his Tour de France workrate. At this rate of progression, he’ll be Kasper the friendly G.O.A.T
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Lennard Kämna
Lennard Kämna: Sunweb’s Tour de France debutant riding Grand Tour winners off his wheel
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – David Gaudu
Waiting for Gaudu? No longer. The young Breton seizes the day on the Tourmalet
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 13 – Enric Mas
Deceunink-Quick Step’s young Spaniard Enric Mas sneaks into the white jersey and gives Alaphilippe an ace card in the mountains
Top Banana: La Course by Le Tour 2019 – Amanda Spratt
So near, yet so far for the Mitchelton-Scott fighter who made the running
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Matteo Trentin
A top team performance on tough terrain helps Simon Yates to his first Tour de France win – and yet another top ten for Matteo...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Emanuel Buchmann
King of invisibility, prince of stealth, Buchmann will ‘do a Zubeldia’ all the way to Paris
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Luke Rowe
Welshman takes our French fancy and lands the fruit in crosswind chaos on the road to Albi
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 9 – Jasper Stuyven
Sprinter, puncheur, breakaway artist, domestique – he was denied in Brioude, but the classy Jasper Stuyven is going to win a big race very soon
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 8 – Thomas De Gendt
Stage winner Tenacious Thomas takes Top Banana in shock result
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 7 – Wout van Aert
The Tour’s dazzling debutant has caught the eye throughout the first week. Why not a stage win for wondrous Wout?
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 6 – Geraint Thomas
They said he was playing second banana but his performance on La Planche proved Geraint Thomas is still top. In normal times it would be...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 5 – Tom Skujiņš
You say potato, Tom Skujiņš says potatoes. For overcoming gastronomic adversity, getting himself out of the basement and giving it a go, Top Banana. The...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 4 – Max Richeze
The things riders are forced to do for their teams, eh? For the lead-out and the Lidl, Deceuninck Quick Step’s Max Richeze is today’s Top...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 3 – Michael Matthews
A confidence boosting runner-up spot for the confused Australian. A stage win or two are on the cards for Matthews
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 2 – Tony Martin
Tony Martin was in the driving seat and a big part of another stunning win from Jumbo-Visma
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 1 – Greg Van Avermaet
Hey, hey, GvA, what the heck did you do today? Smart racing from the Olympic champion bags a jersey
Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 11
Breakaway chancers and a clutch of GC men: Rouleur’s team are split on how stage 11 of the Vuelta a España will pan out. But...
Super Banana: Tour de France overall – Dan Martin
For sheer enjoyment of racing, entertainment value and landing a tasty little result en route, we salute the Irishman with a renewed love of the...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 19 – Robert Gesink
LottoNL-Jumbo land their third Top Banana of this Tour. This time it’s lanky Dutchman Gesink taking the plaudits. And the fruit
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Egan Bernal
A good day for Colombia at the Tour de France. Nairo Quintana wins the stage and Egan Bernal takes the prize Sky are really concerned...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Peter Sagan
Another mountain stage breakaway, more points and a helping hand to Majka from the Tour’s remarkable green machine
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Philippe Gilbert
The groundwork was all laid, the result just didn’t turn out as planned. All the more reason then to recognise Philippe Gilbert’s effort
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 13 – Tom Scully
Have you heard the one about the Kiwi and the banana? It’s been a long road from the foot of New Zealand to the top...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 12 – Steven Kruijswijk
Dutch Tour contender Steven Kruijswijk made the early break and then took off on his own with over 70km to go. Having shaken the race...
Top Banana: Tour de France 2018 stage 11 – Warren Barguil
Barguil stakes claim to retake his king of the mountains crown in La Rosière
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