I’m not above repeating myself: What a long strange Tour it’s been. I say it now because it is more true after today’s stage than when I first said it after Stage 14. First I’ll give you the highlights of today’s stage: Another win for a non-GC guy from the early break – Valverde today. […]
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Today was an exciting day of racing but not because of what transpired between those in the hunt for the final podium – it was the breakaway that provided the exciting racing we are used to seeing in the Tour de France and which has been strangely absent this year – except for the riders […]
Just when I thought the Tour couldn’t possibly get more boring Stage 15 happened. The first part of the stage provided great racing as we saw break after break attempt to get away. The peloton refused to let anyone get away chasing them all back until the winning break got away after a very fast […]
What a long strange Tour it’s been. Here’s what stands out for me after watching Stage 14: Sprinter Mark Cavendish at the front of the peloton setting the pace on the beginning of the most difficult climb of the day, escorting a huge peloton. How is it that they are going so slow that a […]
Today offered up one of those tricky little stages that Tour organizers must love to draw up: pancake flat so seemingly a stage for the sprinters. Not so fast though… there was a small little (1.6k in length) pimple of a climb (to quote Paul Sherwen) about 15k from the finish, plus there are always […]