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July 18 – Swiss Alps to Bedoin, Mont Ventoux Recce

by Tim M August 4, 2009 France09

We awoke this morning to SNOW!! That’s right it had snowed. We got cracking early and found an awesome cafe for …

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Stage 13 Colmar Vittel, 2009 Tour de France

by Tim M August 4, 2009 France09

We awoke to very humid and pre-storm conditions after heavy rain (subsequently cleared) that night. Heading out of town on the tour route, we found a coffee bar, having now find out that they don’t do lattes (particularly soy lattes) in France. We worked out that we had to have espressos with a dash of cream – I took to short blacks very, very quickly.

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Colmar

by Tim M August 3, 2009 France09

It was warm and a tiny bit less muggy in Colmar and we really needed a ride so we headed into town and as luck would have it, found our way onto the tour route.

I really dig Colmar, it’s apparently the Venice of France (not so much, to be honest).

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Australia, Frankfurt Airport, Campervans and Getting Lost in Strasbourg

by Tim M August 3, 2009 France09

Ah, Bourg D’Oisons!
On the tail end of our trip on the 23rd of July, I FINALLY have a chance to sit down and type out what we have been up to. As I previously mentioned, we have really struggled to find reliable and free wifi (I object to paying for it, especially in paid-for camping grounds – that however will be the subject of a new web project for me).

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Home, TDF Tips ebook guide

by Tim M August 3, 2009 France09

Well, we are home from our delightful trip to France, so I am busy pulling all the photos and video together – posts are done.

So, it was an awesome trip, there were a bunch of things I didn’t do right – little pitfalls, unforeseen things etc that I didn’t foresee or think about. So to help prevent others falling into that trip, I’ve written a guide/ebook…

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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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