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James Moultrie

'Cycling is tougher than football' – Spanish soccer legend Andrés Iniesta is not at the World Cup but at the Tour de France as he aims to make NSN a team 'fans can love'

NSN Cycling Team rider Biniam Girmay on stage ahead of the Tour de France alongside World Cup winner Andrés Iniesta.

With the football World Cup knockout stage currently in full flow throughout North America, almost everyone who is anyone to do with the biggest sport in the world is already present, from ex-players to celebrities in New York, Toronto or Mexico City. Except, that is, for a certain Andrés Iniesta.

A Spanish legend, an all-time midfield icon, and crucially, a World Cup winner, Iniesta is instead in Barcelona, the city where he made his name as part of one of the great club sides of all time, ahead of the Tour de France Grand Départ. 16 years since scoring the winning goal against the Netherlands in South Africa and etching his name into World Cup immortality in the second half of extra time, Iniesta's business is away from just football.

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