Ryan Gibbons was the first person through the door of his team hotel at the Tour de France on Wednesday, his eyes big with wonder as he arrived to prepare for the biggest show on earth.

On Saturday, Gibbons, who will wear the SA champions jersey and make his Tour debut, will be one of two South Africans at the 107th edition of La Grand Boucle. Daryl Impey will start his eighth and final Tour for his Australian team, Mitchelton-Scott, as he prepares to leave them at the end of the season...

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