Canadian Mike Woods enjoying every moment of first Tour at 32 - Sportsnet.ca

A rookie at cycling’s greatest race at an unusually ripe age — 32 — and with an unusual story as a former track athlete who switched late to pro cycling, Woods knows that his first Tour might also be his last.

But even then, with his chin bloodied, shorts torn and "really upset and disappointed," Woods says he still caught himself smiling as he rode in more than 14 minutes behind the stage winner in Saint-Etienne, awed by the spectacle of the Tour and its joyous roadside crowds.Woods’ promising running career — he ran the mile in under 4 minutes as a teen — was derailed by injury, forcing a late conversion in his mid-20s to bike racing.

He is soldiering on, looking forward to mountain climbs in the Pyrenees and Alps where he is strongest.

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