'Unless my legs implode, you're not done seeing me here' – Quinn Simmons to keep attacking at Tour de France after latest near-miss

US champion lights up Tour yet again, but has to settle for ninth on stage 11

Quinn Simmons on stage 11 of the Tour de France
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There are a handful of options for who the best rider of the first 11 days of this Tour de France is. There's Ben Healy, stage winner, in the yellow jersey; Tadej Pogačar, two-time stage winner, the next best on general classification; Mathieu van der Poel, stage winner, yellow jersey holder, and relentless attacker; Tim Merlier, two-time stage winner; and even Jonas Vingegaard, who has lost time, but is very much on the front foot.

Then there's Quinn Simmons. Lidl-Trek's US champion is hardly inconspicuous, with his long hair, handlebar moustache and stars and stripes kit, but the 24-year-old has been on the attack as often as he can: second on stage six to Vire Normandie, won by Healy, and in the break for 150km the day the same man took yellow on Le Mont-Dore on Sunday.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to riding bikes.

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