Tag: ventoux

  • This is what a champion looks like

    This is what a champion looks like

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    Lowell
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    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…

  • First Time Ventoux

    First Time Ventoux

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    Lowell
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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…