There’s going to be no more looking back for Thymen Arensman. Not just because he has supercharged an already promising road career with a second, finely-taken Tour de France victory, but because looking back might have cost him dear at La Plagne.
The 25-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider was speaking after taking victory on stage 19, the final big summit finish of the Tour, running from Albertville to La Plagne in the northern Alps.