One of the chase groups coming down the descent. Today’s stage of the TdF had a Hors Category climb about 20km from the finish. Because of that I thought that not much would change in the standings because any time gained at the top of the climb the riders behind could likely make that up […]

Ok so I got back to my hotel from a day out at the TdF, quickly had a shower, made myself pretty etc, then headed out to grab dinner at McDonalds, the food of champions. I stood in line and a girl took my order in the line with those wireless thingos and gave me […]

Probably the best cycling rivalry since Armstrong and Ullrich. There’s no separating these two in the mountains and its great to watch. Pretty tired so ill keep this one short(ish). Today was the first stage of the Pyrenees section of the Tour de France, ending with a Cat 1 climb up to Ax-3 Domaines. I […]

Who everyone comes to Lourdes for…Mary, the Mother of God Well I have finally arrived in Lourdes, only took about 40 hours door to door I think. The flights over were ok, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa are always good. I even managed to sleep on the flight from Singapore to Frankfurt which is a first […]

Getting to Paris was quite easy, caught a TGV from Geneva, arrived at Gare du Nord and then caught the metro to the closest station near the hotel. I slowly made my way up from the train station and there was the lovely Tristan waiting for me and then unfortunately behind him was Ty. The […]