Tag: tour de france
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Give Change a Chance
Pink and Yellow Here’s a round up of the first week of racing at the women’s Giro Rosa and the men’s Tour de France. Whilst the men are known to be chasing the famous yellow jersey of the Tour, the popularity of women’s racing has given rise to 10th edition of the Giro in Italy,…
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Happiness and a Bicycle
Hello July! We are delighted to turn the page on the calendar and welcome July 2017. The London Baroudeurs calendar is designed to celebrate team achievements and motivate members for the year ahead. This month we look to fellow Baroudeurs and the Grandest Tour of them all for inspiration. It’s July and it’s Tour de…
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This is what a champion looks like
In 2009 we rode up Ventoux. We’ve never been back since, but for those of us who did, we remember. We remember, we were young, naive, and full of excitement. The pros were coming and they lit up our passion for road cycling and adventure. Seven years on, the whole world is lit up once…
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Vive Le Tour 2016
Today they charge. Vive Le Tour 2016! Vive Le Tour 1962! Le Tour kicks off today and we always like to celebrate our favourite of all bicycle races. ‘Vive Le Tour’ is a short film that brilliantly captures the atmosphere for both the participant and the onlooker. Set in an era where hairnets (leather helmets)…
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Foux du fa fa
We’ve always had plenty of motivation to help us look forward to summer riding and the big 3-week races of the Grand Tour. And the Conchords never fail to get us in the right mood… (click on the youtube link on the right, to access video – sorry folks, but it’s worth it) “Come on. It will…
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Last Orders
David Millar, a popular cycling ambassador and former British road race champion leaves pro cycling after celebrating a 17-year career. Not all of it was illustrious. Millar served a two year ban, from 2004, for taking performance enhancing drugs. Thanks to his vocal anti-doping campaigning and a second chance return through a ‘clean team’ approach via Garmin-Cervelo,…
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From Yorkshire with Love
Yorkshire loves Le Tour. Le Tour loves Yorkhsire. And we love them both! This is a different kind of gallery. A day in the life of the fans… Ash and Max get up to Yorkshire nice and early for the first stage. It’s a popular day, and Max proves to be a worthy competitor for Marcel…
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Get ready Le Tour, Yorkshire’s coming!
– Big Chase gives us a nice little reminder… Can you believe it? It’s only 13 days till Le Tour is back! The Grand Depart makes a very welcome return to the UK. With three strages of this spectacular race covering: Stage 1:…
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The Armstrong Lie – A Review
Welcome to the party: We were there, in 2009, on Mount Ventoux. It was the penultimate stage of the Tour de France (Tdf). This was the day Lance Armstrong had to go all out to secure a spot on the podium. It wasn’t what he’d planned for his come back, but it was good…
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Bon Anniversaire Le Tour!
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…
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Alp d’Huez – Twice As Nice
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…
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First Time Ventoux
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…
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In The Air Tonight
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…
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Lance Man Standing
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…