Tour de France: Dan Martin rolls the dice on Col du Galibier

Not that the super combativity award is of much worth to a general classification rider, but if the judges were to look beyond a breakaway artist this year then Dan Martin would surely be the prime candidate. The Quick-Step Floors rider, battered, bruised, and barely able to stand up straight since his stage 9 crash, has hardly stopped attacking at this Tour de France and, while many followed the wheels up the Col du Galibier on Wednesday, the Irishman was rolling the dice once again.

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.