Also featuring an unsympathetic mascot, an angry Geoff Boycott and the ‘Race of the Century’
1) Peter Sagan is known for doing ludicrous things on a racing bike – look how fast he crosses the finish line here. But it’s not just his sprinting that makes him an entertaining cyclist. Here he is doing a one-handed wheelie on the 17% gradient hill on a time-trial bike on stage 13 of this year’s Tour de France. He’s managed an in-race wheelie with no-hands, too, on the Alpe d’Huez of all places, during the 2013 Tour. We’re not quite sure what he was doing here on stage 12 of this year’s Tour – he’s either showing off or passively aggressively flicking his back wheel out to tell a spectator to move. He does practise this stuff, mind. And what about this high-speed bunny hop over a central reservation to gain an advantage at the Tour of Oman? And who else would sign an autograph for a fan while climbing up the Tourmalet? Good on you, Pete.
2) Pre-season goals ahoy! Kane from the halfway line. Woof! Armani Little’s vicious free-kick against Plymouth. Oof! And how about Stevan Jovetic’s backheel for Inter? Cheeky.
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