Showing posts with label Tour de France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tour de France. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011


Racing Through The Dark - David Millar

I am currently reading "Racing Through The Dark", by David Millar.

Thanks to Paul and Cat I have a signed copy! Thanks again!!!

So far it's a compelling read, up there with "It's Not About The Bike", by Lance Armstrong.

Given the controversy about doping in professional cycling, this is an insight into the stresses and pressures of the sport.

No doubt, these pressures are found in any sport. But it is in cycling where the battle against performance enhancing drugs is most exposed.

Read it!!!
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Monday, June 28, 2010


Le Tour de France: 2010


It's that time of the year!!!

England and the USA are out of the World Cup, Wimbledon's boring, but the Tour de France starts this weekend, Saturday, July 3, 2010.

In the US you can watch it on VersusTV; in the UK, I assume EuroSport will have all day coverage, but I don't know if there will be network coverage.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tour de France : Remi Gaillard

C'mon ... don't tell me you haven't daydreamed this on some long, long climb.



Incidently, can anyone tell me why it isn't the Tour du France?

Thanks to Steve Rowley and Gabriel Romeau ...

Monday, July 07, 2008

TdF on TV

Thank goodness for Versus TV.

Imagine this ... at least three hours of le Tour live every day, plus an extensive repeat in the evening ...

Better than the UK I suspect.

And if you can't get VS on cable/satellite you can still watch online.

Cool, huh?

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Le Tour : 2008

Yes, it's here again ... the greatest annual sporting event in the world.

Yes ... the world!!!

Of course, you could check the stats on Wikipedia, or any other source if you wish, but Le Tour de France is a sporting event sans pareil.

It has all the elements of a day-time soap, plus sporting endeavour, heroics, self-sacrifice ... and the added spice, alleged doping involvement.

I have been fortunate to have joined the thronging crowds along the route of the TdF; waited on a mountain-side while the approaching helicopters fanfare the arrival of a breakaway chased by the peloton; felt the physical and metaphysical rush at a sprint finish; and spent a day with the tifosi, cheering ITT riders through the Normandy countryside.

Nothing else compares ...
Tour de France : 05.07 - 27.07.2008