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For a hundred years the Tour asked one thing of us: watch. This one asks a better question: want a go?

Four human rights groups are asking for something almost unthinkable: the immediate suspension of UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s licence.

The arrival of cycling’s travelling circus is either the best one-day PR they’ll ever buy or an expensive lesson in what a spotlight really costs.

With eight mountain stages, five summit finishes, Alpe d’Huez on two consecutive days, the Galibier, and a cobbled finale “Uninspiring” is the wrong word. This route is savage and thats the problem.

The honest expectation for most of us isn’t a payday. It’s the $700 gift pack and the “experience”.

Nearly two months on, it’s fair to ask the question that actually matters: are Zwift and Rouvy doing what they said they’d do?

Twelve hours. 135 kilometres. 4,900 metres of climbing, just under ten of them spent turning the pedals through the night. Those details were important, but weren't the ones that mattered the most..