1989 set a high bar for drama in the Tour de France but 2014 has all the ingredients to eclipse it

There’s a cracking Phil Liggett line from the 1989 World Championships in France when the ITV anchor turns to his American counterpart Brian Malessa and said: “Brian, I think Sean Kelly told Fignon in broad Irish exactly what he thought of that idea,” after Fignon gestured for the Irishman to go to the front of the chase group to catch leader Steve Bauer.

ONE of the major drawbacks facing a TV sports reporter was once revealed to me by Stephen Watson from the BBC.

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Two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died at the age of 50.