Sport doesn’t always do the perfect send-offs – but if the cycling gods are up for a spot of romance and emotion, they’d make sure that the much-respected Romain Bardet takes a stage victory in this month’s Giro d’Italia, his last ever Grand Tour.
The Frenchman, 34, is hanging up his road racing wheels next month after the Critérium du Dauphiné, bringing to an end a 14-year professional career, which has included two GC podium finishes, four stage victories and the King of the Mountains jersey in the Tour de France.
