Tom Veelers

Blood And Bruises: A Day’s Work For Tour Sprinters
Blood And Bruises: A Day’s Work For Tour Sprinters
Blood And Bruises: A Day’s Work For Tour Sprinters
Hitting the asphalt at something like 40 miles per hour flayed off a patch of skin from Tom Veelers' right thigh. Blood snaked down his leg from his sliced-up right knee. His white jersey was torn and soiled. In short, Stage 10 was another day at the office for the charging-bull sprinters of the Tour de France.