'I think the dream is dead this year' – Lewis Askey rode too well at the Tour de France to be lanterne rouge

'I think the dream is dead this year' – Lewis Askey rode too well at the Tour de France to be lanterne rouge

As I beckoned Lewis Askey over to talk to me ahead of stage 17 of the Tour de France in Chambéry, he already knew what I wanted to talk to him about.The NSN Cycling rider has had a solid Tour, the second time he has been here, now part of the team behind Biniam Girmay's challenge in sprints and the green jersey competition, but that's not what I was interested in. When we spoke on Wednesday lunchtime, Askey sat 163rd overall, 4:38:18 behind race…