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We are days away from the Grand Depart of the 105th edition of the Tour de France. The race begins in the Vendee region along the Atlantic coast and will travel across the northern part of France before heading down … Continue reading →

Stage 20 of the Tour was a 22.5 kilometer technical route around Marseilles the begins and ends at the Orange Velodrome. The route also included a climb up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde (~2 km @ 9% grade). American … Continue reading →

Today was the day that Romain Bardet, Rigoberto Uran, and Fabio Aru HAD to attack if they had any chance at all to win the Tour. On the Col d’Izoard they tried to go at Froome and they COULD NOT … Continue reading →

Lots of fireworks on a magnificent day in the Alps. The race was clearly turned on its head with a crash taking out Green Jersey leader Marcel Kittel and Fabio Aru cracking on the slopes of the Galibier to fall … Continue reading →

Once again there is no such thing as a “routine” day at the Tour de France. On paper today looked like a day for the sprinters. The climbs were early and the route leveled off heading into the finish. What … Continue reading →

First let me apologize for not posting anything since Thursday. We were on vacation and had inconsistent internet service and then arrived home to find internet and TV are both out (Comcast/Xfinity you suck!)   Stage 13 Stage 13 turned … Continue reading →

There is so much to unpack when talking about the drama on Stage 12. The queen stage of the Pyrenees did not disappoint with GC contenders attacking, cracking, and (illegally) snacking. Stage 12 began in Pau and a large breakaway … Continue reading →

The old saying of “there is no such thing as a routine day in the Tour De France” held true on what should have been a fairly quiet day for the GC contenders. Romain Bardet, Jakob Fuglsang, and Alberto Contador … Continue reading →

Stage 10 went about how we all expected. A 2 man breakaway went off the front from kilometer zero, the peloton let them dangle out there until 10 kilometers to go where the sprinters teams went to the front and … Continue reading →

I have written and rewritten this post several times today. Each time I begin the intent is to recap what has happened so far in the race and make some educated guesses about what is going to happen next week. … Continue reading →