Jonas Vingegaard may have pushed performance to new heights with his domination of this Tour de France, but there is a sense of déjà vu about the story all the same. In the 25 years since the Festina Affair shattered the illusions of old, the exploits of the race winner have generally tended to be greeted with as much suspicion as wonderment.
The murmured unease that greeted some of the climbing speeds earlier in this race has amplified into a more open kind of scepticism during a third week that has seen Vingegaard turn a previously tight duel with Tadej Pogačar into a procession.
