Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about. No, it is the sunflowers dotting French countryside in July that captivates the imagination, the high Alpine and Pyrenean passes that separate the contenders from the pretenders.
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about. No, it is the sunflowers dotting French countryside in July that captivates the imagination, the high Alpine and Pyrenean passes that separate the contenders from the pretenders. Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on August 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
It’s funny how we can procrastinate sometimes despite having everything laid out in front of us. I started this column back on Saturday, diligently starting the process of building the news and notes of the week as I always do. The skeleton inputted online, I then went about my daily writing and slowly fleshed out the article from there. But with just this introduction and the conclusion left to write, I tabled the piece and went about my day... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 25, 2010 · 3 Comments
97th Tour de France
Stage 18 – Salies-de-Bearn to Bordeaux – 198.0 km (122.8 mi)
Stage 19 – Bordeaux to Pauillac (TT) – 52.0 km (32.2 mi)
Stage 20 – Longjumeau to Paris/Champs-Elysees – 102.5 km (63.6 mi)
23-25 July 2010
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