Tony Gallopin on stage nine of the 2014 Tour de France
Tony Gallopin. A Frenchman in yellow for Bastille Day. It’s so French you could keep cheese in it. Last time that a Frenchman took the lead in the Tour de France it was Tommy Voeckler in 2011. The time before that was 2004, and that was Tommy Voeckler as well.
Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol) is from one of the grand families of French cycling. His father Joel and uncle Guy rode ten Tours de France between them in the 1970s and 80s. His uncle Guy was French time-trial champion, and is now a directeur sportif at Trek Factory Racing. But Tony will take pride of place in the family’s palmares as the first Gallopin to wear yellow.
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