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Down to the wire

Plenty of fans and pundits are saying the 2020 Tour de France was the best and most exciting in living memory. Debutant Tadej Pogačar’s time trial on the penultimate day dethroned his Slovenian compatriot, Primož Roglič, in a performance that had to be seen to be believed. It rocketed the 21-year-old into yellow for the first time and etched his name into cycling folklore.

But recency bias is a thing, and cycling is not immune. This Tour was undeniably spectacular, but does it stand alone when it comes to

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