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1986 – 1989 The Greatest Tours Ever? | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. 1986 – 1989 The Greatest Tours Ever? June 3, 2013. 1986 HAND IN HAND. S hands. I can’t stop staring at them. They’re just across the table from me, nursing a glass. I’m struck by his strong workmanlike fingers. Those hands that gripped the handlebars as he climbed Alpe d’Huez. 1989 is often said to be ‘The Greatest Tour de France Ever’ but 1986 lays a pretty convincing claim to the title 7 riders traded the Yellow ...
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2004- 2005 The Asterisk Years (Part 2) | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. 2004- 2005 The Asterisk Years (Part 2). June 17, 2013. If you were new to cycling in 2012 and all you knew of Lance Armstrong. Was that he was a cheat, a doper and a bully you’d have been highly incensed by comparisons between US Postal. And Team Sky. The coining of the #UKPostal hastag was mean and yet entirely apposite. On 26 July, 2004, explained the superiority of the team:. One must understand that, in this sy...
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1975 – 1980 Enter The Badger | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. 1975 – 1980 Enter The Badger. May 25, 2013. 8220;Au soleil, sous la pluie. A midi ou a minuit. Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysees”. Joe Dassin “ Les Champs Elysees. It’s one of the most iconic finishes in all sport – the ribbon of riders diving down the underpass and emerging onto the cobbles of the grand boulevard time and again before the inevitable. As the pair crossed the line. The Belgian pr...
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Nostalgie de la Boue: riding the Hell of the North | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. Nostalgie de la Boue: riding the Hell of the North. January 31, 2014. Riders line up for the Hell of The North. Philip van der Ploeg. Coming over the top to become the last French winner of Paris-Roubaix. He let the organisers know he wanted to use his pave as the keystone of his new house. Obligingly, they provided another for his trophy cabinet. Quickstep ride the Carrefour de l’Abre. Philip van der Ploeg. Crashe...
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1999 – 2003 The Asterisk Years (Part One) | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. 1999 – 2003 The Asterisk Years (Part One). June 13, 2013. 1999 THE TOUR OF RENEWAL. It is the summer of 1999 and my American. Friend and I are by the roadside in a small French town just outside Poitiers. The road leads straight through town and out and whoever rides it fastest will win the last time trial. Of the 1999 Tour de France. With the kind of performance. Would come to call ‘. Says my American friend.
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Tracey Gaudry: The Most Powerful Woman in Challenges 114 Years of History at the UCI | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. Tracey Gaudry: The Most Powerful Woman in Challenges 114 Years of History at the UCI. November 21, 2014. Tracey Gaudry has quite literally and by her own admission been there and done that. She’s a multiple national champion, has ranked third in the world, won World Cups, the Tour de Snowy and the Trophée d’Or Feminin where her names is written in the. So are women’s voices finally being heard at the UCI? So has th...
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2008 – 2010 Clash of the Titans | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. 2008 – 2010 Clash of the Titans. June 23, 2013. 2008 MAKING ONE ATTACK COUNT. Contador certainly had a knack for picking the wrong team he was absent from the start line of the 2008 Tour. Because his new Astana outfit was excluded from the race. 8211; who had taken over as head of the Tour after a career spent eulogising Lance Armstrong. The new directeur sportif. Also returns 2 CERA EPO positives in the race, but ...
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Riding with the Black Dog – Why Riis is one tick of the time bomb facing cycling | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. Riding with the Black Dog – Why Riis is one tick of the time bomb facing cycling. January 10, 2014. Anybody who watched the 1996 Tour de France. It was, quite literally, an unbelievable display. He’s never a man you’d think of as a great climber ponders Sherwen as he commentates on the events unfolding on the mountain. Like a man possessed! On January 9th, Danish Television aired a documentary on the former champion.
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The long, hard road to equality and why Koppenbergcross is such a big deal | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. The long, hard road to equality and why Koppenbergcross is such a big deal. February 27, 2014. 8220;In my eyes, this is a huge step. It is a very significant moment for women’s cycling. With the last firework fizzled and the Bear shedding a single tear just as Mischa did in Moscow, the Sochi Winter Olympics are done and dusted. A successful Games for Britain – a first ever medal on snow! In a word, no. Everyone kno...
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If there’s no place for me at Aigle, there’s no place for me in cycling | 100 Tours 100 Tales
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100 Tours 100 Tales. Flotsam and jetsam from 100 years of the greatest bike race on earth. If there’s no place for me at Aigle, there’s no place for me in cycling. November 21, 2014. Michele Acquarone, ex-director of the Giro d’Italia, recently circulated a copy of an open letter to the media updating his position in the fight to clear his name. I spoke to him about his letter, his motivation for writing it and the issues that it raises. But Zomegnan’s autocratic style would finally lead to his downfall&...
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