A professional cyclist has completed this year’s Tour de France for the first time.
Jake Stewart, 25, from Coventry, took on the three-week and 3,500km (2,175 miles) race with the Israel-Premier Tech team. He crossed the finish line on the Champs Elysee in Paris on Sunday.
He made his debut at cycling’s showpiece stage race a year ago but did not complete it.
Known as The Coventry Comet, he has now set his sights on September’s Tour of Britain. Stage five starts in Atherstone and finishes at Burton Dassett Hills Country Park., external