The Tour That Ate Itself: The 2007 Tour de France

Nine hundred metres from the top of the Col d’Aubisque, Michael Rasmussen rode away from Alberto Contador and all but sealed the 2007 Tour de France. That night his own team fired him. The 2007 Tour was billed as the clean, open race the sport had been promising since Lance Armstrong retired. Over three weeks it lost its pre-race favourite, its yellow jersey and two entire teams, and it still produced one of the closest podiums in the race’s history. This is the full story, stage by stage, from the prologue in London to the Champs-Élysées. EARLY VIDEO ACCESS:    / @124_cycling   MERCH: https://onetwofour.printify.me/