There has already been drama aplenty as the gruelling 3,519km Tour de France — the world’s premier road cycle stage race — nears the second week of its three-week duration.And, as always with Le Tour, as it is affectionately called, there are a host of battles within battles, with SA interests right in the thick of them.Last year’s tour winner Chris Froome, who was educated at St John’s College in Johannesburg, is again a contender, along with South African Daryl Impey (arguably the first African to wear the race leader’s yellow jersey). Impey races for the Australian team ORICA BikeExchange. And the Dimension Data team is racing in SA colours.Dimension Data, in particular, says Gregory van Heerden, secretary-general of Cycling SA (SA’s governing body for cycling), “has punched above its weight” in the early stages of this year’s race. The team delivered evergreen sprint racer Mark Cavendish first over the finishing line three times in the race’s first six stages — better than any o...
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