A cyclist won his second Tour de France? A cyclist? Twice is pretty good. How many times has a cyclist won the Tour de France, anyway?
That’s an old story from 1904.
Cyclist is a pretty apt surname for a biker
I don’t understand. Cyclist is a perfectly cromulent definition for someone who rides a bicycle.
I think the idea is: who else would win it? A swimmer?
Mankind.
Yeah, but did he have a pilot’s license.
Mick Foley won the Tour de France? :eek:
Yes. It’s like Horse wins Kentucky Derby or Runner wins Boston Marathon.
No, it’s not like that at all.
It would be if the headline read Cyclist wins Tour de France.
But it said Cyclist wins 2nd Tour de France.
There is a subtle but significant difference.
mmm
The probably tried Froome Wins 2nd Tour de France and someone thought, “that looks stupid.”
Well, there was that seven year period where nobody won the Tour, so I guess anything’s possible.
Still sounds and looks just as stupid. “Horse wins 2nd Kentucky Derby” really isn’t that much better.
The headline helps explain the subject of the story to someone who has no idea what the Tour de France might be. Which is really rather rare for CNN; their headlines are usually shit.
That would be far more amazing, since the Kentucky Derby is for three-year-old Thoroughbreds.
I agree. The gist is that someone just won his 2nd Tour de France. With the emphasis on “2nd”, without specifying who - that is, emphasis on the achievement, not the achiever. Substitute “someone” for “cyclist” and it makes sense, right? But “Someone wins 2nd Tour de France” just doesn’t look like a good headline.
And thus no interest in reading the article. Talk about targeting your audience!
Oh, details, details. 
I eagerly await their follow up:
Football team wins Superbowl
Tennis player wins Wimbledon
I should have known better. I bet on the baseball player as a long shot.