The last pedal strokes took the Tour peloton across the Champs lyses finish line on Sunday thus ending another French Grand Tour. Lee Rodgers has followed the ups and the downs of the battle for yellow and here is how he sums up the 2015 Tour de France in his unique style.Nairo Quintana gave it his all, let there be no doubt about that. He should one day with this race but hell probably never have such a perfect route for his particular abilities again, with so few time trial kilometers and such a mountainous final week, but despite his valiant efforts the race belongs to Chris Froome.Nairo Quintana flew up l’AlpeValverdes unselfish riding on Stage 20 was something of a surprise, as he played the team mate role to perfection. Movistar might have had the strongest pairing but neither were equal to Froome over the entire course of the race, yet you cant help but feel that Quintana will be walking away from Paris feeling like he should have arrived at the race better prepared to handle the Pyrenees, where Froome delivered the blows that won him the Tour.Watching Quintana fly up l’Alpe dHuez brought back memories of those Colombian whippersnappers in the 80s who did the same, but you could almost hear him wishing for ten extra hairpins to climb for the day. Could he have attacked earlier than half way up the Col de la Croix du Fer? Its easy enough to sit on the sofa and...
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