Category Archives: Cycling

Finally, I get out of fifth gear.

So for a while now, may be close to a year, my poor old bicycle has been stuck in the same gear. I’m assuming it’s fifth gear, it’s been impossible to tell exactly but overcoming inertia has been tough and … Continue reading

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Tour de France 2007

The Tour started this weekend with two stages in the UK! Reporting suggests over one million people lined the prologue route in London and two million were on the streets for stage 1 from London to Canterbury. Yee ha! It … Continue reading

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It’s Tour time

The 2006 Tour De France is on and it looks like all bets are off as to who will win. With the big names out due to events in Spain and a couple of likely contenders out due to crashes … Continue reading

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Tour de France 2005

Another epic three weeks has come to an end and Lance Armstrong has won an incredible seventh consecutive Tour. Since they entered the Alps it’s been one nail biting thrilling stage after another. As usual the Green jersey wasn’t decided … Continue reading

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Tour de France is on!

Yes, I’m a little behind on my posts, so we’ve had nine stages of the Tour and I haven’t commented. Actually, we haven’t finished watching Stage 9, there’s just been too much going on this weekend to keep up. Thankfully … Continue reading

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Finally!

Alessandro Petacchi won stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia. We’ve waited a long time for the Fassa Bortolo boys to get things right and today the train was working hard and delivered Petacchi to the finally meters in great shape. … Continue reading

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Cycling latest

Having discovered cyclingfans.com I’ve been visiting every day and using their links to follow the 2005 Giro. Today they added a live feed to Italian TV coverage of today’s stage. The picture wasn’t the greatest but when combined with the … Continue reading

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Once Upon A Time …

… those who love the grand tours thought their fairy godmother had come in the shape of OLN. There was wall to wall coverage of the Giro, the Tour and the Vuelta. We were in seventh heaven. I fell in … Continue reading

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