Paris — A few weeks ago, Mike and Irene Thomson walked up a mountain for three hours, battling through the heat of a hard summer’s day in France. They ascended the Alpe d’Huez to watch their son Jay Thomson as he realised his dream of riding in the Tour de France."That was a hard walk," Mike Thomson said in Lourdes before the 19th stage on Friday morning. "There were a couple of times when the wife wanted to stop and stand under a tree, but I wanted to get to Dutch Corner, because it is so famous on the Tour, for when Jay came past. So, we kept on going."Jay Thomson has kept on going through a career that has had its unfair share of hardship and fair share of reward. He has won races, national and continental titles, ridden for his country, but he has also known tough times, when there was little money and the Tour de France seemed an impossible distance away. On Sunday, on the Champs Elysees, Thomson and his Team Dimension Data colleagues finished a Tour de France that has been the...
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