Greetings from the Tour de d’Italia, or day I say it, Ciao! A few days ago it would have been שלום, but I will not go into that.

I would like to say that the race heated up today, exploded into action, or it had a Giro classic flow to it but I wont bother. What I will say though is that I managed to locate David Brailsford-Sir, hiding behind some basalt, and was granted an exclusive interview with him.

I asked him how Chris Froomes was coping with all the pressure from his Salbutamol case but more importantly I enquired as to when the whole sorry business will be resolved and what he thinks the outcome will be. He was typically upbeat and shed a bright light on this confusing affair: