The Tour de France begins next Saturday with a 6.4 Km individual time trial in Liege. The route includes:
9 flat stages
4 medium mountain stages - one with a summit finish
5 mountain stages - two with a summit finish
2 individual time-trial stages
1 prologue
2 rest days
I came across a description of the race bike used by Team Sky, a Pinarello Dogma 2 that is available for purchase - if you can afford it - at 10,000 Euros. Think of it as Formula One on two wheels:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/24/martin-love-cycling-tour-pinarello (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/24/martin-love-cycling-tour-pinarello)
Down at the bottom of the page, there's wonderful description of an upcoming BBC series on the World's Most Dangerous Roads, and I love this sentence:
"...old friends Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons crossing over 2,000km of frozen wilderness as the two comedians attempt the epic drive from Yakutz, the coldest city in the world along the infamous "Road of Bones" to finish in the coastal city of Magadan, known as "The gateway to Hell"."
Yep, a road from the coldest city in the world right up the the gateway to Hell. And if it were in Oklahoma, it would be a turnpike.
Quote from: Ed W on June 24, 2012, 05:31:40 PM
The Tour de France begins next Saturday with a 6.4 Km individual time trial in Liege. The route includes:
9 flat stages
4 medium mountain stages - one with a summit finish
5 mountain stages - two with a summit finish
2 individual time-trial stages
1 prologue
2 rest days
I see the TDF all the time along the river. I am rooting for this guy...
(https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIBpEgH6L9ZfHMHUMpD4EWTlv8RMT4UkCp2ATCYd2vyoYVaWYn)
Seriously, with the new doping sh!t be tossed around again, I have about had it with cycling.
Quote from: guido911 on June 24, 2012, 05:47:06 PM
I see the TDF all the time along the river. I am rooting for this guy...
(https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIBpEgH6L9ZfHMHUMpD4EWTlv8RMT4UkCp2ATCYd2vyoYVaWYn)
Seriously, with the new doping sh!t be tossed around again, I have about had it with cycling.
Amen. How many times does that make now that they've accused Lance of doping? Eleventy billion? Got to be close.
Quote from: guido911 on June 24, 2012, 05:47:06 PM
I see the TDF all the time along the river. I am rooting for this guy...
(https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQIBpEgH6L9ZfHMHUMpD4EWTlv8RMT4UkCp2ATCYd2vyoYVaWYn)
Seriously, with the new doping sh!t be tossed around again, I have about had it with cycling.
Just don't threaten to punk him the next time Lance blocks you on 111th st. ;)