Péraud believes in podium place at Tour de France

The AG2R-La Mondiale soigneur attending to Jean-Christophe Péraud atop Hautacam after stage 18 of the Tour de France seemed almost to be performing a ritual to prepare him for passage into another world.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.