From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Stage 16 from Petite St Bernard, stolen camera

by Tim M July 23, 2009 France09

Thanks for checking back, I appreciate it!Again, sincere apologies for lack of delays, my access to wifi on a reliable basis is severely constrained. Anyway, here’s a photo from the Martigny to Col du Petite St Bernard stage (16) – the main protagonists – Andy Schleck, Alberto, Lance. The ride up was extremely hard as [...]

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Update (finally): Colmar-Suisse-France

by Tim M July 19, 2009 France09

Finally, we have an update! Wifi is super sparse if you’re not in a hotel, so I’ve been surviving (ha ha) using Twitter photos (and blowing out on data use).

Anyway, we have loads of pictures and reporting to do, but I’m sneaking some Wifi outside a bar in Montelimar so need to make this quick. I’ll process the photos tonight and get them ready.

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Report from Le Tour – Colmar

by Tim M July 16, 2009 France09

Bonsoir tout le monde!

D’accord, d’accord, I have not been slack. Au contraire, so far all we’ve done is get lost in Strasbourg (twice – thank God for Google Maps on iPhone!), visit some of Michael’s business suppliers in Strasbourg (and had a beautiful lunch [link]), and gotten ourselves to delightful Colmar for Stage 13. Pretty much I’ve worked out Michael shouldn’t be in charge of any navigational duties. Especially when a sign says “train station this way” and he insists it’s in the opposite direction.

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Planning the Ventoux+camping

by Tim M July 7, 2009 France09

As I mentioned in a previous posts here and here, I am putting a lot of thinking into planning this trip; particularly in regard of positioning on the alps in the three big stages – Stage 16, Stage 17 and Stage 20. There’d be nothing worse than turning up and finding the road closed, though, [...]

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Schnell Cadel Tshirt

by Tim M July 7, 2009 France09

I really want Cadel Evans to win this tour. I feel for him too – 23 seconds (on bonuses!) and 53 odd seconds is very close. I admire his guts and grit, and really he has a supreme physiology. He has suffered from poor recruitment decisions (I believe) and some bad luck. A win would be talent and promise fulfilled.

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France pour le Tour: tips and tricks

by Tim M July 6, 2009 France09

Ok, so I am pretty organised with travel; I like to learn some of the language if it’s a non-English country (unlike Chris G), have internet, know what I am doing (i.e. rough plan), have insurance dialled, spare passport scans cloud-computed etc etc.

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Climbs of Le Tour – The Pyrenees

by Tim M July 2, 2009 France09

Wow, truly epic.

I really wanted to get to the Pyrenees this year, but couldn’t spare the time (I am shredquesting in Hawaii and Tahoe next Feb and March), so will have to keep the D’Aspin, Tourmalet and Hautacam for next time (when we do the entire tour plus an extra 2 weeks of hill-slaying).

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8 year olds: hardcore

by Brajesh July 2, 2009 Asides

This is hardcore. I need to move to the French Alps. Tour de France Stage 20: Final Training Video — powered by http://www.livestrong.com Share on Facebook

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