le Tour at 70 kph.
// July 13th, 2005 // 5 Comments » // Blog
Early mornings here are spent listening to Eurosport.com and looking at live video stills from le Tour de France. The race is shaping up to be one of unpredictable moments full of excitement and drama. Tuesday, Armstrong and the team rode almost all of his rivals off his wheels. It was demoralizing for them to say the least. The race has another week and a half to go. It’s not over yet. Sunday, Michael Rasmussen gained 7 minutes in a breakaway that wasn’t chased down. Now, he’s 38 seconds behind Armstrong in overall time. Today they climbed three mountains. One is classified ‘hors categorie’ because of its length and height. On the descent after the final climb speeds up to 70 kph are easily attainable. Of course, there are switchbacks to contend with and, no guardrails. I know they could go faster if there were less of them. Believe me. When I rode on the back of a motocycle as team support in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, we couldn’t keep up on the descent. Bikes take the curves much faster.
