Fresh from winning the Giro d’Italia, Britain’s latest Grand Tour winner reflects on leadership and why the team comes first
On a quiet Sunday in Soho, Tao Geoghegan Hart walks into a members’ club with the Giro d’Italia champion’s pink jersey stuffed into a pocket of his jacket. Unlike some of his British predecessors, there is no entourage and the latest member of British cycling’s select club of grand tour winners isn’t expecting a fuss.
There is no agent, PR, minder or publicist in sight. He orders a fried breakfast — hold the black pudding — and a pot of builder’s tea and is already looking forward to a socially-distanced drink in the pub later the same afternoon, watching the Arsenal game.
