Photo by Will Cyclist (2009) It has been a great Tour de France. There are few moments watching sport, when you just want to admire the supreme physical effort, and as David Duffield would have as say – ‘Chapeau!’ It was gripping stuff as the diminished peleton hit the lower slopes of the Col de […]

Some Things the tour riders don’t have to cope with After watching the Tour de France I really get inspired to go out and ride my bike. The problem is I half expect to be able to replicate the tour on English roads. But, riding in England makes it very difficult to replicate a stage […]

image Hada Tour de France 2010 Recently, I wrote a post – tips to improve cycling fitness – but, really I should add another one – disable Eurosport so you don’t spend all summer watching the Tour in the vain hope this will teach you all the pro tactics necessary to effectively ride a 25 […]

Some moderately funny videos related to the Tour de France Alan Partridge on the Tour de France

photo from 1990 Tour with Indurain, Lemond and Delgrado before ascent of Luz Aridien Since I no longer subscribe to Eurosport, I can’t watch the Tour on the TV. I have been looking around for the best highlight programme offered on the Internet. These are some of the places where you can watch video highlights. […]

As mentioned, I have spent several summers glued to the Tour on tele. One of the real attractions was listening to the fascinating commentary of David Duffield. He really could talk and his passion for cycling was self evident. It was this passion that made you forgive many of his eccentricities. I’ll never forget the […]