Viviani defeated by slow puncture in Tour de France sprint

Elia Viviani pushed down on the top of his front tyre with his thumb when he reached the Deceuninck-QuickStep bus, the soft rubber confirming his feeling in the sprint that a slow puncture had hampered his ability to match the speed of his sprint rivals on stage 7 of the Tour de France despite a perfect lead-out from his teammates.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.