Indurain time-trials to unique double-double
‘The first chapters of the soap opera arrive this weekend,’ reported the Journal de Genève on the morning of the opening stage of the 1993 Tour de France. ‘In Puy-du-Fou in the heart of the Vendée, [comes] the prologue. [Miguel] Indurain or [Alex] Zülle; Zülle or Indurain? These two names dominate. Last year in San Sebastián, two seconds separated the Basque from the Saint-Gallois.’
On that day 12 months earlier, Indurain had worn the yellow jersey as the reigning Tour champion, racing through the streets of San Sebastián in front of his home crowd, en route to a prologue win that came
