BREST IN SHOW
o the best rivalries in sport need an element of animosity or needle to elevate it to new levels of appeal to us, as fans? Certainly, it rarely does any harm. It’s usually a total gift to sports journalists, for whom column inches flow more readily from the pen when there’s a heated squabble between the top competitors – and there’s often little hesitation to stir the pot. For a personality like Lance Armstrong, the one-time seven-time winner of the Tour de France, he almost needed grievance in a rivalry to light the fires. Disliking riders such as Marco Pantani – whether rooted
