Tom Pidcock, Jai Hindley, Lizzie Deignan and the Jumbo-FDJ ”beergate” spat feature in our Tour review and Tour Femmes preview

On cycling's Super Sunday as the Tour de France finishes and the Tour de France Femmes gets going, these are RadioCycling's headlines...

As Jonas Vingegaard completes the most dominant Tour victory of recent years, we pick out the race's highlights including an unforgettable first week, the return of the Puy de Dôme, Bora's poignant tribute to Gino Mäder, and, last but not least, Thibaut Pinot's tremendous swansong in the mountains.

British riders were also to the fore during the Tour, from the start in Bilbao, where Adam Yates won the day, to the finale in Paris when the Lancastrian and his twin brother Simon finished third and fourth overall.  Tom Pidcock was also in the thick of the action, and we get the Ineos Grenadier rider's take on the ups and downs of his three weeks, and what it all means for his future Grand Tour hopes. Does Pidcock think he's got what it takes to be a contender?

"Beergate" or "Fizzy Watergate"? Whatever you call it, Jumbo-Visma boss Richard Plugge's claim that a French team (it was Groupama-FDJ!) were drinking beer on the second rest day was vociferously rebuffed by Marc Madiot. We examine the spat that led to the Dutch team coming under fire from French fans and that also highlighted the difference between the cutting edge and the traditional approach to the sport.

One of the most open and engaging riders in the Tour peloton, Jai Hindley had an unforgettable Tour debut. "A left-hander who likes smashed avo on toast,” the Australian leader of the Bora-Hansgrohe team tells us about his rollercoaster three weeks that included a stage win, a spell in yellow and a GC-damaging crash.

Having hot-legged it from the Tour's finale to the Tour de France Femmes' Grand Départ, we speak to another debutant, Lizzie Deignan. The Lidl-Trek rider tells us about her fight for racing fitness after the birth of her second child, what she's hoping for over the course of the next week, and why teammate Elisa Longo Borghini is very much a contender for the yellow jersey.

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