BRITAIN took 109 years to achieve its first Tour de France winner in 2012. And now we can hardly stop winning it, taking the maillot jaune every year since except in 2014 when Chris Froome crashed out and Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali won.
The French aren’t best pleased mind, “Boring, Boring Team Sky” among their less impolite responses.
Each of our winners has been different. Bradley Wiggins in 2012 was impeccably English, complete with RAF roundels mod-style on his helmet and a fondness for The Jam (the band, not what we spread on our toast).
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In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights



