Shit I couldn't believe it, I was following the race on the net and I heard that it had started to rain. On any road stage racing on wet roads can be tricky, on a TT or Prologue course it can be treacherous. Add into the mix that it was on the roads of the Netherlands, famed (and often quoted in the Classics) as having more street furniture than Ikea. This was going to mess up a few peoples rides, as some riders just don't like riding in the wet. Brad Wiggins had opted to go early in the day swaping places with Flecha (which in hindsight was a bad move).
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TdF the Prologue
Published by Big Red One on July 3rd, 2010
Castelli 24 Hour ... a weekend fun fest
Published by Big Red One on July 3rd, 2010At first the idea seems a little absurd, crazy almost an English folly. A 24 hour critrieum race in many ways is, but it has to go down as one of the best events I have attended.
The circuit itself was just around 2 km in length, but unlike many it has multiple changes in gradient with a short climb coming straight after the pavé. Other stretches of note is the even shorter descent with it's hairpin corner flowing onto it's long straight which then leads onto the pavé section and so the procedure starts again.National Champs ... in photo's
Published by Big Red One on July 3rd, 2010A big thank you to Dave Moran for sending me the photos. It looked like a tough race and we ended up with a worthy Champion. You can follow Dave on twitter @davemoran73.
Epic ... a word ... an experience
Published by Big Red One on July 3rd, 2010Epic is a word used often after a bike ride, but it isn't used for every bike ride. Epic lies somewhere between the best and worst times you can spend on a bicycle. Often within that ride you will have experienced both the highs and lows, the requirement to push deeper and to find a new strengths and reserves. This isn't just for the tough and challenging parts, but also the chapters where concentration levels need to be brought to an all time pinnacle. These rides shape us, make us grow in a way that we would never have thought possible.
Matti and the bike swap, Tour of Flanders
Published by Big Red One on July 3rd, 2010A little more on my favourite bike race.… Eddy portrait of a legend
Published by Big Red One on July 2nd, 2010A good friend of mine sent me the Eddy Merckx birthday edition of stamps.
... the Fix is in
Published by Big Red One on July 2nd, 2010'Too many times we've been postally pipped.
We've loaded the saddles.
The mickeys are slipped.
We're swapping the turf for the sand
and the surf and the sin.
'Cause the fix.
The fix is in.' - The Fix by Elbow... it's all in the small details
Published by Big Red One on July 1st, 2010
'The Saxo Bank riders rode fully equipped with SPORTFUL’s special aero technology clothing during all stages.
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