Best-known for riding his bicycle to work, often crunching an apple, Dutchman Mark Rutte will need all his sense of balance to steer NATO through one of its toughest-ever periods."Ukraine must win this battle, for their security and ours," said Rutte, who is posed to be the fourth Dutchman to lead the NATO alliance.
Twelve months ago, the Manxman went into what he thought was his final Tour seeking a stage win which would be the 35th of his career.
The Tour de France is one of the three grand tours – the others being the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España – that form the backbone around which the cycling season is structured.