Today is probably the defining moment of the 2013 Tour de France. Either because it will be remembered as the day only the second time ever the Yellow Jersey has won in top of the giant of Provence on his way to dominating the race to victory. Or the day Froome went a bit to … Continue reading
I had to watch todays stage on ITV player via the internet. Its shit. Full of adverts that you cant fast forward through. I don’t appreciate someone deciding what I can and can’t watch, so that experiment won’t be happening again. Not a lot to comment on today concerning the stage. Bog standard breakaway wins, … Continue reading
Absolutely bloody amazing stage. Flat? Sprints stage? Could’ve been dull? Today rolled back the years. It was 1930 – there was no predicting the winner! Groups scattered across the road. Great TV. Except a sprinter won – that’s what the record books will show, but luckily I saw it (well, the highlights at least). An … Continue reading
A two day recap blog extravaganza today as I’ve been a bit busy again. The time trial stage went to plan for Chris Froome, putting time into all his GC rivals. I read today that he has the biggest lead at stage 11 since 2011. Possibly the most irrelevant stat I have read for some … Continue reading
The rest day brings a welcome respite from my blogging activity. Anyway – the second day in the Pyrenees provided the most exciting bit of racing and certainly got the most spectacular press activity of the tour so far…….The super team cracked…… Froome Isolated!……. It’s the end of team sky’s domination…….. The headlines went on … Continue reading
A short blog tonight, mainly because I am tired. Not of the tour, oh no. Today as a Brit you have to be happy as Cav turned on the afterburners and cruised to a stage victory. And you have to say an excellent lead out to get him there. Rather disappointed tat there were no … Continue reading