Monday Yesterday was a “rest day” in the Tour de France. I put that in quotes because, although they weren’t riding a stage Monday, on Sunday night they flew to Perigueux, and yesterday they would hardly lay about and binge watch reality TV (well, maybe Taylor Phinney, who seems a little Bill and Ted). Most …
This stage has one category 2 climb right at the start line and a breakaway went clear right from the start. Later there are two category 3 mountains, two HCs (HC = Hors Categorie – or “beyond classification”), then the intermediate sprint point, a category 4 hill, then one more HC with a downhill finish. …
Continuing my view of strategy vs. tactics using the lens of the Tour de France. I’ll need to skip stages 6 and 7 – my small houseguests were complaining about the hours of Tour de France coverage so I took a couple of days away from the TV to show them the city. Stages 6 …
At 113.5 KM, an eight-rider break is off the front by 2:57 with the peloton in hot pursuit. One reason for their determination is because the break includes Bossen-Haggen – how did they let him get in there? He’s only 16 seconds off the yellow jersey! – Phillipe Gilbert, and Thomas Voeckler. It’s Voeckler’s last …
Continue reading TDF Stage 5: Vittel to La Planche Des Belles Filles
First, a correction to yesterday’s blog. Nate actually managed to take the polka-dot jersey from his teammate yesterday. Today he dedicated it to the USA for the 4th of July. Nate talked about how his pursuit of the polka-dot jersey wasn’t a strategy – the tactic was to try to make a break if it …
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