Dutch sprinter Arvid De Kleijn had to dig really deep to get through stage 3 of the Tour de France on Monday and only narrowly beat the time limit, but he said afterwards he had had a powerful source of inspiration to help him keep going and stay in the race for at least one more day.
Despite suffering badly in the heat and on the Pyrenean climbs on Monday, De Kleijn, 32, said thinking of his late father, who died earlier this year, helped spur him on.
