Whisper it, but the most exciting thing about July 14 in France for some this year might not be the Tour de France, or even the Fête Nationale, but an event happening hundreds of kilometres away in Germany.
That’s right, even in the glorified air of the Tour, in the Pyrenees, on a key mountain stage, minds might be elsewhere, dreaming of ending those 58 years of hurt. Well, for a few people, anyway.