Crossnerd

I've only been doing the crosswords for 6 months or so, my bf is a more dedicated solver. I am an avid comment section reader though, some of you are much more entertaining than the puzles. This puzzle is the first I feel the need to comment on. It was so much fun!! Really well designed puzzle. Especially coming off a Wednesday that, as a non tour de France guy, felt like quite the slog. I got the theme almost immediately (not typical) and I think it was a very clever choice - not only was it fun and kind of intuitive to read, I think it gave the designer a lot of flexibility. Good job!