By Rupert Guinness
Rupert Guinness has been overlaying the travel de France for over two decades and in that point has watched Australian riders evolve into the collective strength they're at the present time. From the pioneering Phil Anderson, who, within the Nineteen Eighties, set the mark by way of changing into the 1st Australian to say the yellow jersey, to Cadel Evans, Guinness analyses the riders' fortunes and misfortunes via his wisdom of and dating with those awesome athletes. There are funny and unfortunately tragic moments, heroes, and villains, and trying out instances while every thing turns out to head flawed. yet there also are days of ideal driving, notable surroundings, and uplifting successes.
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Not nearly as many to match the reported extent of the problem. Even then, busted riders left the race with bans that amounted to a slap on the wrist. Very little was made of doping in those days, and it could be argued that the blind eye that was turned then by cycling officials, the media, riders and the public played a major role in the worsening of the doping problem in years to come. Some veteran Tour journalists waved their fingers, saying riders should not be questioned about doping unless their tests were confirmed as positive.
I don’t know yet if I have it for the mountains. ’ His next moment of truth would be five days later during the second of two Pyrenean stages, the 136 km 10th stage from Cauterets to Superbagneres. On the eve of that stage, the taciturn and hostile Scottish climber Robert Millar and I crossed paths for the first time since an uncomfortable chance meeting at the 1988 Tour presentation in Paris. It was 11 pm and I was sitting alone, having finished work and dinner. Out of the darkness I recognised Millar’s rake thin silhouette coming towards me.
But whatever happens will be decided after the time trial on Thursday. ’ That was a decision Echavarri would never have to make. The 73 km Stage 5 time trial from the coastal town of Dinard to Rennes in Brittany revealed that LeMond had something more in him than most expected. His win by 24 seconds over the fast improving Delgado saw him take the yellow jersey for the first time since he wore it as the 1986 champion. He was as shocked as everyone else: ‘Whatever happens, this is the greatest day of my life, as great as the day I wore the yellow jersey at the finish in Paris in 1986.