Archive for July 16th, 2004
Friday, July 16th, 2004
Beginner’s Guide to the Tour, Part 2b
One more thing: Cycling News has a pretty goodsummary of the Tour route, stage by stage. Oh, me? Wedding on Saturday in Yarrow (in a turkey barn!), and this week I made sour plum preserves and syrup with my mother-in-law, and built up a wheel that needed building.
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Friday, July 16th, 2004
Beginner’s Guide to the Tour, Part 2a
Oh, and Susan at work asked me a question today about how the teams decide who the leader is. I gave her a few answers: the rider has a history of big performances, the rider shows strength early in the tour, et cetera. I also gave her the historical examples of where there were two […]
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Friday, July 16th, 2004
Beginner’s guide to the Tour, Part 2
First of all, let me note something that I was surprised by: Lance went for it today! Today featured a flat start to the stage, but at the end it it two Category 1 (very hard, but not quite the hardest class) climbs right at the end of the stage, ending atop the second mountain. […]