Le Route. Oh.

Monday, 15 August 2011

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IMG_2056 by MikeSteuart
IMG_2056, a photo by MikeSteuart on Flickr.
Our favourite Missile, and an inspiration to us all as someone who can't climb mountains. This was the Mall on Sunday 14 August as Mr Cavendish sped past us.
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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!”