With the parcours of the 2014 Tour de France unveiled Wednesday at the Palais des Congrès de Paris amid plentiful pomp, we thought it timely to talk about next year’s Vuelta a España…

Joking!

Of course we gonna talk about the Tour, yo!

Hosted by the one and only Mike Tomalaris – can you imagine if there were two of him! – and the equally inimitable Al Hinds and Anthony Tan, the trio first get stuck into the race that makes the cycling world go round. And round. And round. And round.

The Grafton to Inverell, the final race on the men’s National Road Series calendar, will be contested this Saturday. There’s no other race quite like it in Australia – but if you had to choose between it and the Melbourne to Warrnambool, which side of the fence would your legs lie?

In Caleb Ewan, Orica-GreenEDGE secured the signature of arguably our brightest sprinting prospect since Robbie McEwen. Will the likes of Matthew Goss and Michael Matthews soon have to make way for the Southern Highlands speedster, or is three not a crowd?

This week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport annulled the decision of the UCI not to award points for riders returning from doping sanctions for two years after their return – why did they do it, and what message does it send?

And with three more signings, Drapac finalised their sixteen-man roster – have they done enough to make an impact next season?

These are the questions – and we got the answers!

Well, at least some of them, anyway.