Category: Tour de France
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The Yorkshire Tour de France route
If you’ve been to Leeds, you will know that it is not in France. You may even be aware of this if you haven’t visited. Despite that fact, the city is to host Le Grand Départ of the 2014 Tour de France. There will be two stages in Yorkshire with stage three taking place in…
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Which bike races actually matter?
There are a billion bike races, but few people know which ones really matter. Everyone knows the Tour de France, but beyond that people are generally a bit lost. There’s a dim awareness of the Giro d’Italia (“It’s like the Tour de France, only in Italy”) and the Vuelta a Espana (“It’s like the Tour…
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Will Bradley Wiggins ride the 2013 Tour de France
Maybe. But sounds like he won’t be racing to win. He’s got other aims: “I’m probably going to concentrate on the Giro d’Italia next year. For me, along with Paris-Roubaix, it’s the only race on the calendar that’s up there with the Tour de France for its history. It’s just beautiful and I’d love to…
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Lance Armstrong: EPO, blood transfusions, subcultures and the line
I suppose a website with ‘Tour de France’ in its title should at least acknowledge the fact that the guy who won the race a record number of times is being ripped a new one as a result of an insanely lengthy report on doping practices being released into the public domain. For my part,…
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Bradley Wiggins’ body fat
Cyclists’ bodies are famously freakish. Thighs, lungs and hearts are enormous, while the arms and torso tend to be all emaciated. For such fit people, they can look damn sickly. Bradley Wiggins is 6ft 3in (190cm) but only weighs 10st 9lbs (69kg). In terms of body fat, he said he was down to four per…
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Bradley Wiggins quotes from the 2012 Tour de France
Bradley Wiggins isn’t media-trained. It shows. He’s worth listening to. As a result of this, I thought it might be worth bringing together just a few of his best quotes from over the course of the 2012 Tour de France. What does he think about the people on social networks who point fingers regarding doping.…
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One yellow jersey – many owners
As defining images go, you’d think it would be difficult to beat the moment 1km from the finish of the final stage of this year’s Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins, in his yellow jersey, led. The entire peloton trailed behind him. However, there was a better moment and it came just a few seconds afterwards.…
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Bradley Wiggins – mean and average
I own a yellow T-shirt. I think I might wear it tomorrow in honour of the man attached to Bradley Wiggins’ sideburns. After another walloping time trial, Wiggins seems set to become Britain’s first Tour de France winner. However, perhaps the most remarkable thing about all of this is the fact that even if a…
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Chris Froome sacrifices stage, Tour and self for Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky
This may be an exaggeration, but it’s not as ludicrous as it seems. Bouncing up the final climb of stage 17, Chris Froome seemed entirely unarsed by the gradient and more than capable of hauling in Alejandro Valverde. However, he opted to wait for Wiggins. Potential stage win lost. Froome also outperformed Bradley Wiggins in…
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Thomas Voeckler and his many faces
Physically, it looks like there’s something wrong with Thomas Voeckler. His torso’s too small and the effect’s compounded by the way he rolls and writhes on his bike, like he’s trying to work half a dozen acorns out of his arse crack using only his buttock muscles. Mentally, it look like there’s something wrong with…