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Yup...It's hopefully a 'rite of passage' of him as an eventual champion- no different to McIlroy choking at the Masters (or whatever it was).
Cracking pre-race interview with George Bennet just shown on Eurosport. Managed to sound very unconvincing to maintain he wasn't calling Froome a cheat, then effectively labelled Mercx one, before the race actually starting around him, and deciding to stop digging and ride the damn thing!
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Thirteen days in Pink. Three stage wins.
I know it's not winning outright but fuck me, it's something decent on your palmares and the manner of his collapse just shows he's human.
Maybe next year a bit less swashbuckling, perhaps overly youthful balls out attacks and better team tactics and he'll land it.