Wednesday 11 July 2012
@mattgoss1986 wait til you get to the Madeleine mate... Aussie support everywhere! Hope it makes up for the killer day you have coming! 
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Two choices top of Col de la Madeleine today. Neither was that appealing so chose less stupid one ... ended up with 3200m of vertical! 
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Lots of beautiful scenery driving to Alps camp site today. Bit of traffic too. Oh well, start of Col de la Madeleine climb only 4km away 
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Lake Annecy. Very beautiful, but such a traffic snarl up & busy in town! Would like to stay a bit longer next time.
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Wait a second... this isn't France! Passing through Geneva on the way to the Alps.
Monday 9 July 2012
Another quick look at the centre of Dole this eve. Don't know what all this water is about but it looks nice, non?
Monday 9 July 2012
Amazing day out at #TdF TT. Now eating kebab in pretty park in Dole. Tired but so happy. Saw start/climb/finish. Thank you @Orica_GreenEDGE!
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Arrivé, the pointy end: Monfort, Froome, Menchov, Nibali, Evans, Wiggins
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Arrivée: Van Garderen, Brajkovic, Schleck, Gallopin, Roche, Van Den Broeck
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Arrivée: Sagan, Kashechkin, Cancellara, Sörensen, Velits, Rogers, Izaguirre Insausti, Coppel, Leipheimer
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Arrivée: O'Grady, Hincapie, Kessiakoff, Vichot, Kiserlovski (being overhauled by), Peraud, Szmyd, Casar
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Arrivée: Other sights from on and around the time trial finishing straight.
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Legend Jens Voigt doesn't seem to understand it's a TT & there's no-one behind to put the pain on! 
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Velits, Fofonov (with no back-up & next rider in his team due almost 20 minutes later!), Minard
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Henderson, who joked via Twitter about not trying too hard was certainly the one smiling most here!
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Levarlet, De Kort, Knees, Trofimov, Morkov, Devenyns, Boeckmans, Popovych, Kern, Marzano
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: As you'd expect from a legend like Johnny Hoogerland... he was up here like a rocket!
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Roelandts, Petacchi, Zingle, Impey, Kiryienka, Perez Moreno, Bak, Roy
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Martin, world TT champ looks like he knows how to suffer, but even he though is on the inner ring here!
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Quinziato, Ruijgh, Lund, Kadri, Pineau, Grabsch, Cummings
Monday 9 July 2012
On the climb: Other things snapped in the 2 minute time gaps between riders. And yes - this climb was steep!
Monday 9 July 2012
Saw the start, now on the 14% section of #TdF TT course. Glad these guys look to be finding it as hard as I did yesterday! #SweatPouring
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Départ: Cavendish, Gretsch, Van Hummel, Ladagnous, Oss, Pineau, Eisel, Westra
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Départ: Farrar, Timmer, Lemoine, Renshaw, LL Sanchez, Hutarovich, Lloyd
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Départ: Have to include a few of the caravan, but think was more impressed with the Italians at the Giro.
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Départ: Other random stuff. Note the trend in team busses, everything including...
Monday 9 July 2012
Stage 9 Départ: TT Bling! And some more standard stuff - what is that doing here? Well - it is a bike show, right?
Monday 9 July 2012
5:30am local time. Can try for another hour's sleep or get up & not worry so much about getting good place on course. Hmm. #TdF live day! 
Sunday 8 July 2012
Oil companies who claim to be clean 'energy' players yet still cause disasters like Deepwater Horizon/Oil Sands: You're not kidding anyone!
Sunday 8 July 2012
@inrng Sky should try and eliminate Cav on these hills... then he can go rest up for the Olympics
Sunday 8 July 2012
@CyclingCentral Have you noticed that the CNN F1 show is using the same title music as you guys? #RandomFactsFromAHotelRoom
Saturday 7 July 2012
These birds seem to be all over rural France. Here hunting mice spooked by tractor in a field next to our lunch stop.
Saturday 7 July 2012
Macro fun in a field of sunflowers. Very, very pleasing
Saturday 7 July 2012
When in France... in summer... it just had to be done. Messing about in a field of sunflowers of course!
Saturday 7 July 2012
Picking up some goodies for a picnic lunch in Bourbon-Lancy. Plus a last look around before we leave. Nice place.
Saturday 7 July 2012
Our hotel here is right by a small lake. Very pretty spot and very nice for an early morning stroll before breakfast.
Friday 6 July 2012
Wow! OK, I take it back about Sagan. Just out-sprinted Greipel & Goss (& trains) on the flat. And even a more normal celebration. Chapeau!
Friday 6 July 2012
@inrng Close, watching from hotel bed after nice spin this morning BTW, pavé/strade bianche a lottery? Seems plenty of crashes without!
Thursday 5 July 2012
OMG... restaurant this eve has run out of tart! Had to chase perfect duck in honey sauce down with some kind of chocolate pudding thing
Thursday 5 July 2012
Le Relais Fleuri in Toulon sur Allier: Simple yet amazing lunch. Stew and potatoes, meat that melts in the mouth. Oh, and tart for desert
Thursday 5 July 2012
Leaving region of Auvergne. We like cheese, but they love it here! Was sweating it out on the ride yesterday Wonder what's in store next?
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Seems latest moronic FB trend is posting with a caption, "Hit like if..." I know what 'like' is for thanks, and it's not posts like that!
Wednesday 4 July 2012
French #TdF coverage break: nice ad. asking viewers to join in with their local bike club. All disciplines included: road, MTB, BMX, etc.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Afternoon at Lac Chambon, then back again for dinner & walk after. Funny having raclette in summer, & with no heater.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Just arrived in Murol. Beautiful little hotel, very nice room. #TdF in HD! Riding around here looks great, best have a good meal tonight!
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Crossing Col de la Croix-Morand, looking East. Down there somewhere is Murol, where we'll spend a couple of nights.
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Beautiful spot for a picnic. Carrying your own food is the best way to guarantee finding lunch in countryside France!
Monday 2 July 2012
Evening picnic by le Plan d'Eau de Mialet (Mialet dam). Took a random road in search of a quiet spot and voilà!
Monday 2 July 2012
French TV 1962 TdF footage: Moto pillion sipping alcohol & passing to driver! Riders taking beer from cafés & washing in fountains. Great
Monday 2 July 2012
Hey Sagan, not so easy against true sprinters when you have to work is it? Few more like that and you can kiss green goodbye! #WheelSucker