Live updates from the 231km leg from Fougères to ChartresThomas turns up the heat on Froome after stage sixEmail john.brewin.casual@theguardian.com. Tweet @JohnBrewin_ 3.01pm BST Brian Hudner emails in. “Hi Paul/John,I can’t be the only person out there who sees in the name of the French breakaway rider an echo of Offred, the heroine of “The Handmaid’s Tale”? So perhaps his stoicism in the face of untold suffering is some kind of cosmic parallel with his fictional female counterpart …In any event, he is no stranger to pain on the roads. In April of last year, while training with with a couple of friends in Paris, he got into an argument with a speeding motorist. The motorist produced a baseball bat and blade and Offred(o) suffered a broken nose and damaged ribs. Today is a cakewalk by comparison.” 3.00pm BST So, all is back together and we await the next breakaway. Continue reading…
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