‘Bernard Hinault laughed at me’: Tom Gloag avoids embarrassment at the Tour de l'Avenir

20-year-old Gloag in the yellow jersey at the Tour of the Future but nearly came a cropper on the podium

Tom Gloag
(Image credit: Anouk Flesch)

Tom Gloag was able to see the funny side after nearly taking a tumble in front of cycling royalty at the Tour de l’Avenir

The 20-year-old Briton won stage four of the 'Tour of the Future' in breath-taking style, taking the overall lead in the process. After realising the significance of what he had achieved, the 20-year-old climbed the stairs to the podium to be handed the yellow jersey, although he very nearly made quite a dramatic entrance. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.