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
Its Manx Missile time once again
Manx Missile makes it win no. 13 for himself!!
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Tour de France 2010 – Stage 6
Montargis
Cav repeats but brawl & a knockout draws news!!
The 6th Stage of the TdF was from Montargis to Gueugnon a distance of 227.5km the longest stage at this year’s TdF. With this stage being the last of the flats before the climbs of Alps, it was left to the sprinter teams to finish off the stage, while the GC riders tried to keep up & finish without any eventualities. Mark “Manx Missile” Cavendish once again came to the party with the fastest legs & repeated his Stage 5 performance to win, but the no holds barred fist fight between 2 riders & the knock down of Robbie McEwen after the race also gathered attention.
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 5
Mark “Manx Missile” Cavendish
Finally the Manx Missile fires !!
The 5th Stage of the TdF was from Épernay to Montargis a distance of 187.5km and was another undramatic & uneventful ride for the peleton. Marked out as a stage for the sprinters to showcase their sprint prowess it turn out to be the stage for the Mark “Manx Missile” Cavendish to come back to form and add to his silverware collection of TdF stages.
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 4
A typical departure - start of day
Ale Jet flies again!!
The 4th Stage of the TdF was from Cambrai to Reims a distance of 154km and was an extremely peaceful ride, when compared to the fare that we have seen in the last 3 days!! A stage where the Sprinters of the teams were to fight it out in a bunch finish, turned out to be exactly that.
Cambrai, from where the tour started of today has a population of around 34,000 and the last time the Tour visited the town the US Postal team with Lance Armstrong had taken over the race and the Yellow jersey.
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 1
Ale Jet
Ale Jet takes off amongst crashes….
The cycling crazy people of Rotterdam had a field day as over 450,000 people had turned up for this 2 day start of the TdF 2010. This when considering that the city boasts a population of only 600,000!! The Erasmus bridge was once again the focus spot as all the riders stopped there before starting of today’s ride.
Erasmus bridge
life Around Tour de France – Stage 21…the final stage!
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Cavendish rules Champ-Elysees, Contador bags 2nd TdF !!
Mark Cavendish Champ on Champs Elysees
As the riders left Montereau-Fault-Yonne for this the last stage of the 96th edition of the Tour de France, for most, it is the fulfillment of their desire to finish once on the Champs-Elysees in front of the world media & over 500,000 cheering fans.
Armstrong on Champs-elysees
Cavendish racing away from Hurshod
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 19
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The biggest challenge is yet to come !!
Contador in yellow jersey smiles for us
With the announcement of his signing up with the Radio Shack team by Lance Armstrong, the battle lines are going to drawn very clearly now. Reports of displeasure within the Astana team on Contador’s move in Stage 16 is now in the open.
Life around Tour de France – Stage 14
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Cold & rainy – the tour moves on!!
Today, we were certified “crazy & mad” by our friends in Colmar, for we braved a consistent drizzle for over 2 hours on the streets leading to Sundhoffen – a small village on the route to Besancon, to catch the publicity caravan & the riders as we have been doing for the last 13 days. For us it was more of a thrill to see Contador, Nocentini, Armstrong, Cavendish & the other riders, who have become a part of our life – cycling by. But for majority of the crowd at this town it was the publicity caravan that was the focus, as getting gifts being thrown from the branded vans & participating in contests is equally thrilling!!
Life around Tour de France – Stage 13
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent follower of Tour de France
The city where Francois Bartholdi was born does indeed have a special place for him. For not only is a square named after him along with a statue but also the pride of place in the town’s main square main is a huge work by him of General Rapp, an Officer in Napolean’s army.
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