Around 10 hours from now, at 0500 AEST, the riders in the Paris-Brest-Paris set off on their 1,200km epic across France. I was hoping to be among them, but alas was not made of the same stern stuff - this time anyhow.
It's been my pleasure over the last 12 months or so to ride with some of the people going through their final nervous checks in Paris; to exchange messages of support over the web, or just to be inspired by them.
To all of you, but particularly Tim, Barry, Simon, Stephen, Peter, Mike and Amy: I'll be following your progress with best wishes from afar. To all of you, good luck. May the cycling gods smile.
3,768km so far this year.
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The Science of Winning the Tour
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On Sunday, I was chatting with Ted KIng. The Tour de France had just ended,
and Ted compared this year’s Tour with the ones he raced a dozen years ago.
“Wh...
3 days ago
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Yeah, echo that one from me. Hat's off to every last one of those guys.
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