Cadel Evans returns to Australia to display his yellow jersey in his history making win in the Tour De France. An amazing achievement for an individual who has twice finished runner up in 07 and 08 and to eventually win is remarkable.
Having witnessed and experienced the race this year makes it even more [...]
Continue Reading →A Yell for Cadel!!!!
Yesterday’s win by Cadel in the Tour was historic, made even more special with us being in France to experience the Tour with Cadel and the 197 other riders that commenced teir journey through france, especially with us in the Pyrenees and the Alps. We went crazy with Cadel’s win in [...]
Continue Reading →What an historic day for Australian cycling, Cadel Evans wins the Tour De France, how amazing ! No doubt most Australians around the world and at home who have any interest in sport would have been watching the time trial unfold in Grenoble this afternoon.
Our whole day was geared to sit in front of [...]
Continue Reading →12 hours in Lycra, is that normal ? Probably not but this is the Tour De France and we were on Alpe d’Huez watching the final mountain stage finish of this great race and were not going to miss it !
Riding up Alpe d’Huez is always a thrill, particularly on the day of the [...]
Continue Reading →What a day, one of the biggest stages of the tour and we were right on the mountain, Col du Lautaret was going OFF today, the whole of Europe was on that mountain, how many will be on Alpe d’Huez tomorrow ?
The weather finally cleared somewhat yet it was still not the summer weather [...]
Continue Reading →On the road again to spend the next three nights in the Alpes where the mountains sore into the sky and the air is amazingly clear and fresh. The eventual winner of the Tour will be decided over the next couple of stages, last chance for overall contenders to flex their muscles and we will [...]
Continue Reading →Beautiful rolling hills, endless vineyards, lavender fields and RAIN ! Who would have thought in the middle of summer we would have so much rain….. “C’est la vie.” But we had plenty of other options up our sleeve.
After spending 10 minutes this morning tucked under the awning of the local Pharmacy due to pouring [...]
Continue Reading →All good things must come to an end as we say to the goodbye to the village of St.Remy and head towards the Giant of Provence, Mont Vontoux. Every body thought it best we wear the Montcycling kit, so it was a sea of red in the van on the way north.
We arrived at [...]
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