Dean sportingly accepts second place

The Garmin-Transitions and HTC-Columbia teams have clashed in almost every sprint in this year's Tour de France but after Mark Cavendish dominated the sprint in Bordeaux, Julian Dean was quick to praise his sprint rival, in a show of sportsmanship that honoured the quiet Kiwi as much as his second place.

Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.