The Tour is an explosion of colour, passion, noise and just a little bit of magic. Until it's gone, and we must wait 344 days for it to spark up once again. Adam Harridence spends 24 hours in Nice, and witnesses the glory - and the aftermath - of the final stage of the Tour de France.
In his ongoing blog series as he seeks to rediscover his fitness on the road back to competitive cycling, Adam talks about the need to embrace inspiration to get out on the bike, regardless of how unlikely the source.
In the second instalment of Adam's blog, he charts the ups and downs of his journey back to fitness, looking at the pure joy of being on the bike, and taking the plunge and visiting the GP.
In a new fitness blog, Saint Piran's Adam Harridence talks about the trials of returning to race fitness in time for a summer of off-road competition. In this intro, he outlines the guilt associated with trying to juggle family life and personal goals.
