Tour de France 2010- Stage 9
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 2nd full tour. Sandy Casar is the Zsar of Col du la Madeleine!! The 9th Stage of the TdF was from Morzine-Avoriaz to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, a distance of 204.5 km and though it had the […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 8
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 2nd full tour. Andy Schleck nails it, finally!! The 8th Stage of the TdF was from Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz, a distance 189 km and it was classic hill top finish in the […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 7
This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 2nd full tour. Chavanel’s second coming !! The 7th Stage of the TdF was from Tournus to Station des Rousses a distance of 165.5km is the first of the mountain stage at this year’s […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 6
Cav repeats but brawl & a knockout draws news!! The 6th Stage of the TdF was from Montargis to Gueugnon a distance of 227.5km the longest stage at this year’s TdF. With this stage being the last of the flats before the climbs of Alps, it was left to the sprinter teams to finish off […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 5
Finally the Manx Missile fires !! The 5th Stage of the TdF was from Épernay to Montargis a distance of 187.5km and was another undramatic & uneventful ride for the peleton. Marked out as a stage for the sprinters to showcase their sprint prowess it turn out to be the stage for the Mark “Manx […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 4
Ale Jet flies again!! The 4th Stage of the TdF was from Cambrai to Reims a distance of 154km and was an extremely peaceful ride, when compared to the fare that we have seen in the last 3 days!! A stage where the Sprinters of the teams were to fight it out in a bunch […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 3
“Day of Drama” – Cobbles claim victims!! The 3rd Stage of the TdF was from Wanze to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut and as predicted it was chaos and lots more of spills & crashes. The stage which had 7 sections of cobbled pathways for the riders to conquer did what had been predicted at the […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 2
Chavanel’s escape to victory!! The 2nd Stage of the TdF was from Brussels to Spa and once again the people of Belgium showed why they are such a keen cycling nation by turning up in huge numbers to cheer the riders onwards. So much so that at several points there was hardly any space for […]
Tour de France 2010 – Stage 1
Ale Jet takes off amongst crashes…. The cycling crazy people of Rotterdam had a field day as over 450,000 people had turned up for this 2 day start of the TdF 2010. This when considering that the city boasts a population of only 600,000!! The Erasmus bridge was once again the focus spot as all […]
Tour de France 2010 – Prologue
A Rocket called Fabian… 🙂 With the city of Rotterdam all decked up to receive the Tour de France riders, the 97th TdF kicked off to a great start with an 8.9km ride around the city itself. Rotterdam a city that revolves around one of the busiest ports in the entire Euro zone is also […]
Tour de France 2010
The Toughest 3 weeks for a professional Cyclist begins… Come July & all the attention of the sporting world turns to France, where the World’s biggest Annual Sports event kicks off in the first week itself. This three week long cycling event is perhaps the toughest human endurance sport and the success stories that come […]