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the tour

I admit it…I love the Tour de France. Each year, I prep my wife and kids that July means “the Tour” and I need to have my 2.5 hours each night to stoke up the Tivo, and get ready for the world’s most grueling race. I love to bike around Chicago and the lakefront. However, at the Tour de France, I marvel at the pure physical punishment that these riders take day after day for the 21 days of the race. To think that won this race 7 times in a row is unbelievable — all the potential pitfalls, (sickness, heat, nutrition, bad tire (think about Floyd Landis’ big bonk).

The Tour should be wide open this year — maybe it’s time to take a ride down memory lane and look at some awesome historical perspective on the Tour from the 1930’s-2006! Check it out.

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1. BC - May 12, 2008

Viva Le Tour…

I just hope for the sake of the event and cycling worldwide, that this year perhaps we can see a “clean” tour?

PS: Go Cadel!