On the wall of a bar in the Spanish village where I live there is a signed postcard of one of the 141 survivors of this year's Tour. It is of Juan Miguel Mercado, the only local rider taking part this year. Any customers watching the Tour broadcasts on the bar's television this year would have had a hard time spotting "Juanmi". A mountain specialist, he put in a couple of attacks on the lower ...

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