tourdefrance posts
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 day ago)
May 25th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Are you a cycling fan who has always dreamed of attending the Tour de France? Then Cannondale has a Facebook contest with a prize specifically designed for you. The company is giving one lucky fan a chance to attend the race in July and actually become a member of Team Liquigas-Cannondale for a week.
In order to win the contest you'll first have to "Like" Cannondale on their Facebook page and ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jul 25th, 2011 at 8:00AM: The 2011 Tour de France came to an end yesterday on the Champs Elyesees in Paris, where Australian Cadel Evans rode to victory in the race's famed Yellow Jersey. After more than three weeks of racing, Evans emerged from the pack as best rider in this year's event, and became the first man from Australia to win cycling's premiere event.
With a course designed to challenge the riders in unique ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jul 4th, 2011 at 8:00AM: With the 2011 Tour de France now underway, adventure travel company EpicQuest has announced that they have put their cycling tours to Sun Valley and Europe on sale. Travelers looking for an active escape this summer or fall will save as much as 50% on some of the more popular offerings.
With tours designed to appeal to the hardcore rider and the leisure cyclist alike, EpicQuest has created ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jul 2nd, 2011 at 8:00AM: One of the biggest sporting events in the world begins today when the 2011 Tour de France gets underway in the Vendée region of western France. Over the course of the next three weeks, the best cyclists in the world will pedal through beautiful towns and villages, past sun flower-filled fields, and most importantly up the Pyrenees and the Alps, to determine who will eventually ride into ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
Jun 15th, 2011 at 4:00PM: As a former resident of Boulder, Colorado (If you regularly read my posts, you may have the impression that I've lived everywhere. You are correct.), I can attest to this lovely college town's biking obsession. Boulder has more than 300 miles of dedicated bikeways, and there are almost as many bikes as cars.
One of the reasons Boulder is so bike-friendly--besides its firm stance on reducing ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jan 25th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Cycling fans who have ever wanted to experience the challenge and glory of riding in the Tour de France are in for a real treat this year. Discover France Adventures, a company that specializes in cycling and hiking tours, has announced a host of
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by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jul 25th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Spanish rider Alberto Contador has claimed his third Tour de France win after securing the victory yesterday in a 32.3 mile long individual time trial that ran across the French countryside from Bordeaux to Pauillac. Despite being pushed to the limit by his rival, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck, Contador extended his lead in the race, winning by 39 seconds. Today, he'll finish off the 2010 Tour by ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jul 8th, 2010 at 8:00AM: If you've been watching the Tour de France this week, you've no doubt seen Lance Armstrong and the rest of Team Radioshack riding their beautiful Trek bikes as they've rolled across the Netherlands, Belgium, and of course France. Perhaps it has even motivated you to dust off the Huffy and hit the road yourself. But did you know that Trek offers cycling tours to exotic places around the globe? ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jul 3rd, 2010 at 8:00AM: The world's greatest cycling event, the Tour de France, gets underway today when the best riders on the planet descend on Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a short 8.9km (5.5 mile) prologue that will help set the early tone to this year's event. Ahead of the teams sits 20 more grueling stages, spread out over three weeks, that includes six mountain stages, with three summit finishes, one of which ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Jul 5th, 2009 at 10:30AM: The 2009 Tour de France got underway yesterday with an individual time trial through the streets of Monaco. The Prologue was a short and fast 15.5km (9.6 miles) sprint that started with a steady climb and ended with the riders screaming back down the hill towards the finish line. At the end of the day, time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara took the stage victory and the famous Yellow Jersey, ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Mar 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM:
When I think about bicycles in the mountains, it tends to immediately remind me of the Tour de France. I picture an aerial camera shot of the riders, decked out in colorful jerseys, struggling up some ridiculously steep mountain pass. Flickr user kyAnosaUm also had cycling on his mind when he took this photo he describes as "Huge Bicycles on the Pyrenees." I know several Tour de France stages ...
by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Feb 19th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Every cyclist dreams of pedaling through l'Arc de Triomphe and claiming endless glory. Short of that, there is nothing wrong with viewing the action first hand. Great Explorations has put together two trips for the coming year that deliver the latter (to ride it yourself, you have to earn it).
The first itinerary offers great views of at least three stages of the race, including the mountain ...
by Josh Lew (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Oct 1st, 2008 at 9:00AM: Unless you are willing to dedicate your life to either training or discovering undetectable performance-enhancing drugs, chances are you won't be competing for that yellow jersey. Maybe you could get a job as one of those guys who rides on the back of a motorcycle with a camera. Or you could just travel to France during the race and take in the proceedings through a haze of wine and cheese. But ...
by Jerry Guo (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Aug 25th, 2008 at 8:51PM: True, the Tour de France ended last month, but this is the perfect time to plan for next year's event. Here to tell us how to bike in the legendary race yourself--or at least have a good time in the stands--is Lauren Hefferon, a former professional cyclist who has logged 35,000 miles cycling across Europe in her early years after college. She now runs a bicycle touring company, Ciclismo Classico, ...