Nicolas: Roche: 'If my ears could have helped me pedal I would have used them'

Nicolas Roche's Tour de France diary

Nicolas Roche makes his way through the crowd during the 17th stage of the Tour de France in which he finished ninth. Photo: REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Nicolas Roche

Wednesday July 23, Stage 17: Saint Gaudens to Pal d'Adet (124km)

As my team aren't fans of chocolate, our calls for a chocolate brownie after dinner have fallen on deaf ears for the last two and a half weeks.