Le Route. Oh.

Thursday, 28 July 2011

The first day....

Here's the little pimple we do for a warm up. I will spare you the hours of getting to the top because who wants to watch that, unless it's professionals doing it at 40kph. We are closer to 4kph (ok, I am). But not coming down...be scared...it's called Le Colombiere.

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  1. Dunc28 July 2011 at 18:14

    What have I done??????

    Better start training now.....

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What it is all about

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!”