The boys are going up, again. Follow the stupidity here as they conquer 20,000 metres of hell in a week. Or not; we'll find out. September 3 - 10 2011.
Le Route. Oh.
Friday, 29 July 2011
Combien de veloistes?
June 14: I've lost count of the number of cyclists. Not for the first time. Nigel's son is our designated driver - hoorah.
1910: At the top of the Aubisque, Desgrange (the founder of the Tour De France) and the other officials awaited the first riders. It was Lapize who emerged first, his face a perfect rictus of agony. On the stage’s final climb and with the pain of the Tourmalet still in his legs, it was at that moment that Lapize uttered the words for which he would become famous: “Vous êtes des assassins!”
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