'It's been an incredible journey': The story of Nic Dlamini and his first Tour de France

The South African speaks on his upbringing, racism, riding his debut Tour, and why he refused to give up on the climb to Tignes

Nic Dlamini
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The video of Nic Dlamini crossing the finish line of stage nine one hour and 24 minutes after stage winner Ben O'Connor, 40 minutes outside the time cut and as the publicity caravan began to make its way back down the mountain, gave the South African the story he deserved this Tour de France.

His journey from township to Tour is an incredible one - and we'll hear from Dlamini about it in a bit - but it was great to see the 25-year-old acknowledged solely as one of the other 177 riders in the race.

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