This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 2nd full tour
The Top three on podium
Manx Missile makes it 5, Contador makes it 3!
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tour de France 2010- Stage 18
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 2nd full tour
Cavendish dedicates win to Renshaw
Manx Missile makes it four for TdF 2010
The 18th Stage of the TdF was from Salies-de-Béarn to Bordeaux, a distance of 198km. A flat stage after the last 4 days in the Pyrenees was a relief to all riders and the fact that there was almost no effort to chase the inevitable breakaway till the last kms, also showed the mindset of the riders, who just want to finish this tour on the streets of Paris on Sunday.
Tour de France 2010
The Toughest 3 weeks for a professional Cyclist begins…
Come July & all the attention of the sporting world turns to France, where the World’s biggest Annual Sports event kicks off in the first week itself. This three week long cycling event is perhaps the toughest human endurance sport and the success stories that come out of this is what the legends are made of. Yes, am describing Tour de France. The world’s premium annual sporting event and its here for the 97th time – with the kick off to start from Rotterdam, in Netherlands.
life Around Tour de France – Stage 20
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The Killer peak tamed !!
The 20th & penultimate stage of the tour started from Montelimar and ended at Mont Ventoux, a distance of 167 kms. With one Cat – 4 climb & three Cat – 3 climbs today’s stage also had a mountain top finish with the Hors Category Mont Ventoux in the end.
Life around Tour de France – Stage 12
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Vittel – the city which is a brand!!
The 12th Stage of the Tour de France started off in Tonnere & ended at Vittel a distance of 211 kms, with the course running through the towns of Rugny, Channes, Juzennecourt, Chaumont & Malaincourt.
Life around Tour de France – Stage 11
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Cycling Schumacher in the making !!
The Tour de France has always been about the race for the Yellow Jersey & the titanic struggle which the leader of the race has to put up with. For most professional cyclists even wearing the jersey once would be a life time achievement. But guess what, this Tour is becoming a race for the Green Jersey!!
life Around Tour de France – Stage 10
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Petanque – a French pastime !!
As we made our way from Monaco to Issoudun, we saw what is a familiar sight to us now, a group of people standing around a small patch of hard soil, each of them with small steel balls, throwing them around from a stationary spot – all just like how we played marbles when we were young. The difference here was that there were very few young people playing this game and most of the players are often in the 50’s & 60’s!!
Life around Tour de France – Stage 8
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Andorra – Jewel in Pyrenees!!
According to legend, Charlemagne founded Andorra in the year 805, but the first documented proof of its existence is from the Act of consecration of the Cathedral of Santa Maria d’ Urgell in 839. Then in 1278 on the basis of sovereignty the Principality of Andorra was born and after many a changes in 1993 the Principality turned into an independent, democratic & social state with an established constitution. Today Andorra is divided into 7 parishes & has the highest life expectancy in the world!!
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 7
beautiful andorra
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Pyrenees here come the riders!!
As we head from Barcelona to Andorra, where the Stage 7 ends, the bus crosses into Andorra almost 2 hours into the journey & the Pyrenees in its glory is there all around for everyone to see. There are no trains & flights to Andorra, just the road that too just the 2 lanes!!
Life Around Tour de France – Stage 5
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Perpignan – the centre of the Universe!!
Salvadore Dali, the surrealistic painter from Italy whose works are psychedelic to some, once claimed that when he was traveling in the city he suddenly had a vision and everything became clear to him and that Perpignan was the centre of the whole universe!!
Today, it becomes the centre of the whole cycling universe. For the Tour de France with its army of cyclists are descending on this with a population of around 1.5 lac people.
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