From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Watching with a legend

July 31, 2008

It’s Stage 18 from Embrun to Alpe d’Huez and I’m safely ensconced in our beautiful chalet watching the race on French TV with a baguette in one hand and a Heinekin in the other. A bunch of us have ridden down and back up L’Alpe to get a flavor of the mania and now we’re [...]

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I turned away

July 29, 2008

Quick author note: I didn’t write much about my Tour experience and rather than bore everyone with a 14-page account, I’ll be posting vignettes over the next several days. Stay tuned. — Arlyn I looked at the guide as if he was crazy. Was he trying to start a fight? Get in the van? I [...]

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