Posts about L'Etape du Tour

• Etape 2009 – Champs Elysees

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  After a swift breakfast we caught a cab to Avignon for the TGV to Paris. We were met by the rest of the coach party a bit later. Annoyingly there had been space on the coach.

  The TGV was rammed with…

• Etape 2009 – stage 20

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  The day of the penultimate stage and the riding by the pro’s of our stage. I had a change of heart and opted to not go to Ventoux with the coach group. Instead I headed out to the start at…

• Etape 2009 – stage 19

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  • July
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  Another early breakfast today so we could get the coach to Aubenas, the finish of stage 19.

  We arrived in the midday heat and soon found ourselves among the throngs of supporters. Walking the final kilometer we took plenty of photos…

• Etape 2009 – Ventoux part II, this time it’s personal!

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  For some reason that I still can’t work out I not only agreed to last night suggestion of climbing Ventoux again but actually got up before 9am to do it.
  My companion for the day was Adam; whom I’m also sharing…

• Etape 2009 – Pont du Gard

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  • July
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  Time to get back on the bike today but it’s not so bad when it’s to do bit of sightseeing.

  Our group has expanded to include a couple of other riders. Between us we decided to visit Pont du Gard, a…

• Etape 2009 – rest day

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  • July
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  Enjoyed a lazy recovery day today. Headed into Pont
  St-Esprit and found a bar to watch the Tour in. An additional bonus was the superb food the bar served; the huge steak filled a hole the hotel left behind.

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• Etape 2009 – race report

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  Results

  top of Mont Ventoux: 02:26:23

  place (M/W): 2982
  place (brutto): 2982
  place (net): 2506
  place (ag): 218
  time total (netto): 07:41:17
  time total (brutto): 08:14:25

  Who’d have thought that twelve months on I’d be back in the throngs of cyclists, willingly about to set forth on…

• Etape 2009 – signing on

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  • July
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  We opted to ride to Montelimar for the signing on as our legs and bikes needed a shakedown after the coach journey.

  The ride took around an hour and a half, following the Rhone and into a fair head wind. It…

• Etape 2009 – we’ve arrived

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  • July
  • 2009
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  We’ve finally arrived in Provence having survived 48 hours on a coach, a force 8 channel crossing and a night in Paris.

  Not much of note on the journey but it served to catch up on reading and sleep.

  Nearing our destination…

• Training round up

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  • July
  • 2009
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  Not totalled up the miles for the past week yet but its got to be around a hundred. I’ve been doing shorter high intensity rides this week, working around a course of sports massages. Boy do the massages make a…

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