WEATHER ALERT
Ill wind blows the battle for yellow at the Tour de France wide open
Read full article: Ill wind blows the battle for yellow at the Tour de France wide openBritain's Chris Froome of Team Sky in the Vuelta a Espana cycling race after Stage 21 on September 10, 2017, in Madrid, Spain. Not since 1985, Bernard Hinault's fifth and final triumph, has a Frenchman won their nation's foremost event and it clearly hurts. It was fitting and perhaps an omen that Bernal was presented with his yellow jersey for winning Paris-Nice by the legendary Belgian Eddy Merckx, a five-time winner of the Tour de France. "It's a bit special, more open, it'll be a much different Tour than usual. The next three weeks will see legends born, reputations enhanced or diminished, but like every previous Tour de France is guaranteed to be memorable.