French finally warm to Wiggins

His smug look took up most of the page; was he smiling thinking this was too easy?

Or was he grinning — waiting to jump down the next reporter’s throat who questioned him about doping?

Either way, fans weren’t snuggling up to him and the headline on one of the country’s most-read newspapers, L’Equipe, confirmed same, ‘Attaquez-le’ (’Attack him’), imploring riders to get this Anglophone with the Paul Weller sideburns off the front of their beloved paper.