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July 20, 2009 – L’Etape du Tour and Bourg St Maurice

by Tim M August 9, 2009 France09

We eventually hit the first climb which broke everyone up. People cracked almost immediately – why they headed out so hard was beyond me. 170km in the southern France heat is a long, long way. The ride had some decent climbs including a tough one into Sault. I took off on that one just to test the legs. Sault is a nice little village and everyone was out. I stopped for water but some dudes charged through (clearly serious about their time).

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July 19 – L’Etape Reg, Ventoux Recce 2

by Tim M August 5, 2009 France09

After having camped up at free parking-only camping at the main camp ground in Bedoin, we headed for breakfast at the Hotel de Relais in the main drag in Bedoin and had very good coffee. We started off trying cafe au lait, trying to get all latte-like, but the French don’t have a bar of that. It’s noisettes (espressos), or cafe (black) or I ask for cafe with creme.

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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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Planning the Ventoux+camping

by Tim M July 7, 2009 France09

Thanks for checking back, I appreciate it!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 [...]

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L’Etape du Tour: Mont Ventoux

by Tim M June 30, 2009 France09

So, we’re doing L’Etape Du Tour. Check it out below. Looks a little easy to me. The Tour hits the Ventoux in what people are calling its Queen Stage in Stage

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France pour le Tour: Itinerary

by Tim M June 22, 2009 France09

So, I recently posted I was off to France with my friend (well, it’s more that I just feel sorry for him, and let him tag along so some of my life’s awesomeness rubs off on him) for Le Tour de France, as well as L’Etape du Tour. One thing that has surprised me has [...]

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We’re going to France

by Tim M June 21, 2009 France09

We’re going to France! Stay tuned, for news on our itinerary, twitter feed and more. Share on Facebook

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