Sky's suffocating armadaIn their three previous Tour victories, Sky had the best team but this year they brought perhaps the best team the Tour has ever seen -- notwithstanding the super-charged US Postal and Discovery Channel teams of Armstrong. He finished fourth overall, winning the young rider's white jersey and proved he's a Grand Tour winner in the making, despite his relative weakness in time-trialling. Widely proclaimed the best climber in the world, he was not even second best to Froome at this Tour. The Tour de France has had a decidedly British feel these last few years and it could remain for another generation given the performance of Yates. Sagan will likely never win the Tour but there aren't too many other titles in cycling that are beyond his reach.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 00:00 UTC