Tag: le tour

  • Bon Anniversaire Le Tour!

    Bon Anniversaire Le Tour!

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    Le Tour on the big screen, friends and barbecue.  What more could you ask for? The climax to the 100th Tour de France would end for the pros in Parisian twilight.  As for us, it is to be a celebration at London’s ‘Look Mum No Hands’ cycling cafe. We almost, almost, almost get side tracked with…

  • In The Air Tonight

    In The Air Tonight

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    Only Moments To Go It’s just gone midnight and to quote Phil Collins, “I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord!” He may not have been singing about the Tour, but it sure is what I’m thinking right now, and I know I’m not alone. With only a few hours to go…

  • Lance Man Standing

    Lance Man Standing

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    Southern France, Thursday 23 July, 2009.  Stu spreads a local map on the dinner table and invites us to share in his revelation: that we could actually fit in an extra stage of  the Tour de France, in addition to the penultimate stage on top of Mount Ventoux.  That’s two stages of Le Tour in…