14 July, 2008

Salmon logic: Spectate the Descents

Finally! someone offers some contrary wisdom.  Short version, spectate on the fastest part of the descents.

Tour de France: Tourmalet descent excites
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Brendan Gallagher I have never quite understood the obsession with
packing the uphill slopes of the great mountain climbs on the Tour de
France. ...

Christian Vande Velde dreams of Chicago while Descending the Aspin

Going home is in his dreams, even as he climbs the standings.

TOUR DE FRANCE JOURNAL
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Christian Vande Velde | Special to the Chicago Tribune Riccardo Ricco
calls the mountains "my turf." The Italian showed his strength in the
Pyrenees on ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-14-tourjul14,0,5509417.story

Le Burrito goes to Le Tour

Nothing like a fast food burrito on a Tour rest day.  Maybe LeMond, a famous lover of Mex, is at the Tour to eat some Chipotle...

Tour de France gets it to go
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Ells will be in France on Tuesday to feed his Tour de France team. (Mark
Lennihan, Associated Press file photo ) Team Garmin-Chipotle riders will
get a ...