Roche refuses to be defined by father’s triumphs
He is tired of people asking him the obvious questions — will he emulate his father Stephen? Will he win the Tour de France? “Look, Stephen does his thing and I do mine,” he interrupts. “He’s working for his own purposes. He’s working with Skoda this year so he’ll be doing his own thing and that’s a good thing.
“Last year he came to see me at the Dauphine (mini stage race prior to the Tour) and we had a bit of a chat but when we’re on the bikes we don’t talk about cycling. There are so many other things to talk about other than that. So we give the bike a bit of a rest.”
