"We are fascinated by historical and contemporary methods of wallpaper making, and by the possibilities for paper to hold a mark, fold or puncture".
Here's our own cycling doyen Will Fotheringham with his preview of today's stage: The Tour won't be won in Steel City but one of the favourites could lose it here, as the series of short steep climbs and some abrupt, narrow and very technical descents – equally difficult, particularly if the roads are wet – will make for a demanding finale, where a crash or a puncture could be very costly.
No one likes to see a mechanical rob a rider of overall glory – but spare a though for Oscar Gatto, who had been the fastest man in the breakaway that rode away to victory in Forli and who was also the victim of a disastrously timed puncture that robbed him of a stage win.
Related: Richie Porte's Giro d'Italia hopes deflated by puncture and penalty Some 5km from the finish line, the Sky cyclist picked up a puncture.
Bike racks on buses, lift-sharing locals and free inner tube repairs when you're left deflated by a puncture; the project has thrown every single idea it can think of at its target – with sometimes more, sometimes less, success.
A trick, a jink, and they're gone: there is a risk, of course, that they will lose the ball – even Messi has been dispossessed in 35% of his dribbles in the Champions League this season – but Luis Enrique's version of Barça is prepared to take that risk: the advantage is that one quick burst can take a couple of opposing players out of the game and so puncture any defensive shield.
Dr Foster's report reveals that, despite recent improvements, in 2009-10: ■ Almost 10,000 patients suffered an accidental puncture or laceration.
Kittel gets a puncture, and he's now almost three minutes off the leading group.
Or there might be a crash or you might get a puncture and that is it.
But WaterAid's ads should puncture such smugness.
A puncture can happen to anyone' is it fair that bad luck be mitigated by the good fortune of having a friend to hand?
