Tag: 100th tour

  • Alp d’Huez – Twice As Nice

    Alp d’Huez – Twice As Nice

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    Today sees the Tour take onone of the most majestic mountains in the Alps, le Alp d’Huez.  This alone should get cyclists excited. For organisers, ASO, to plan a double bonananza; now that’s got to be a recipe for something extraordinary.  We hope. Yesterday’s Time-Trial proved that there’s still a lot to play for.  No one seems…

  • First Time Ventoux

    First Time Ventoux

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    Today is the one we’ve been waiting for: Stage 15 of the 100th Tour! For the London Baroudeurs it is part of the race we have been quietly anticipating.  Nearly 5 years ago an intrepid band of brothers set out to southern France in search for this infamous mountain.  Tales of Tom Simpson, and of…