DDW Challenge; bicycle fork

Time gaps are often measured in seconds - or fractions of a second - in a mass sprint. But as soon as the road goes up hill, the time gaps stretch into minutes, even hours. The Tour de France is usually won or lost in the mountains.

This - fork as road - is my tribute to the men in yellow and allows me, on Bastille Day, to say in the time honoured fashion, Chapeau Monsieur.

In 1988, Robert Millar (the only Brit to have won the King of the Mountains jersey) was close to victory in the Pyrenees, but took a wrong turn near the summit and lost the stage.

This just about sums up bicycle racing;

Fork as road - good.

Fork in road - bad.