04/20/24
July 11, 2003
“The Tour de France has been killed by the passions it aroused”: : superb review of a Geoffrey Wheatcroft book on the history of the tour.
posted by Fat Buddha to extreme at 06:21 PM - 7 comments
The first real mountain stage is tomorrow. Then on Sunday comes the stage with two beyond-category climbs, including the killer finish up the Alp d'Huez, which Armstrong owns.
posted by avogadro at 10:43 PM on July 11, 2003
How to get up the mountains.
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:59 AM on July 12, 2003
How to get up the mountains. Or... How to get it up in the mountains.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:53 AM on July 12, 2003
posted by Fat Buddha at 01:09 PM on July 12, 2003
Anyone got a link to a good primer for the cycling uninformed of us out there? Different roles on the teams, strategies, scoring, etc. - a TdF for Dummies type page would be nice.
posted by mbd1 at 03:19 PM on July 12, 2003
The NY Times Tour de France page, besides offering decent stateside coverage, also includes a number of good links in its "Online Resouces" sidebar, including Everything you need to know about the Tour de France (well, almost!). .
posted by avogadro at 12:49 AM on July 13, 2003
Sounds like a good book. I'm excited that the weekend is here, it will give me a chance to catch up on the Tour. They begin the mountains this weekend, don't they?