Nobody spent as long in the saddle last July as Caleb Ewan. The Australian rode into Paris as the lanterne rouge, covering the course almost six hours slower than overall winner Jonas Vingegaard. His career is built on speed, but his Tour de France quickly became an exercise in slow suffering on a route that provided little succour for sprinters.
“I think I didn't sprint for a win from when we left Denmark until we got to the Champs-Élysées,” Ewan tells Cyclingnews. “That’s a long time in between to be suffering through mountains and whatever to get there.”
