heading to yorkshire later today ready for the start of the tour de france. it seems ages since we stood on the champs d'elysées last year to see chris froome win. having had a national identity crisis a few years back with a lot of success in sport round the olympics we seem back to normal with our overinflated expectations and then losing, at least in football, tennis and cricket. but maybe we can do the treble in the tour which would be extraordinary. can't wait…