Memory of Tondo spurs Intxausti on

Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) in action during Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) in action during Liège-Bastogne-Liège. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Movistar's Beñat Intxausti is going into his first Tour de France with his sights set on contending for the white jersey of best young rider and the aim of dedicating the title to his teammate Xavier Tondo, who died little more than a month ago.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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