The Hurt Locker

Cycling is a sport with a long history, no more so than the discipline of professional road racing. The pain, anguish and torture riders put themselves through on a daily basis hasn't changed since the sport evolved, all in the aim of victory. Here, in today's modern era at the Tour de Suisse, Arnold Jeannesson from Team FDJ sends himself into the familiar red mist on the final ascent into Saas-Fee as the pack behind begin to close in like lions hunting their prey.