Tour Fever by J.P. Partland
Table of Contents Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Chapter 1: Naturally Epic Chapter 2: Scoring the Tour Chapter 3: Les Équipes Chapter 4: The Racer Chapter 5: The Route Chapter 6: The Jerseys Chapter 7: Race in Motion Chapter 8: Le Caravane Chapter 9: …
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It starts in Nice on August 29, 2020. The second time the Grand Depart has been staged in the city, and the 37th time The Tour has visited. The first stage is a rolling 156km circuit race. Should be one for the sprinters. The Tour …
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Racing must continue. In 2020, not 2021. The sooner the better. For everyone’s sake. I’m not just writing that as an addict, as someone who has written a book on the Tour de France, but as someone who sees the value of sport, of entertainment, …
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TrainingPeaks is offering up stage data files on riders they work with. Just go here: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/tour-de-france/ (you do need to share an email address for access) For the Stage 3 TTT, Matt Hayman had a normalized power of 348w, which included a half-hour of …
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ASO, despite their magnificent job with maps and descriptions, has a bone to pick with SNCF. The national rail line says the finishing town is Digne, not Digne les Bains, as indicated on the map. Not a big deal, but confusing when trying to …
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The Tour is an adventure. Getting to a good vantage spot on a mountain stage is the same. I wanted to go high on the highest col of the Tour to experience the glory of the race. My ride started in Bourg d’Oisans after the …
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I’ve got Ville Depart playing on France 3. It’s like the Today show, but for the Tour. There’s a dewy male host who gives news and color. A Burkina Fasoan moto driver joined the host for light banter, then we saw some local singing and …
Read MoreTour Fever explains the world’s greatest sporting event so well that the neophyte spectator can keep up with the Tour veteran, possibly teaching that person several things along the way. You learn the history of the race, the races within the race, the scoring, the …
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The ebook version of Tour Fever is currently available on Kobo, iTunes, Lulu (great for Kindles), and Nook. It will be available on other platforms shortly as well. You can find it on Kobo here: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tour-fever And on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/tour-fever/id1258792282?mt=11 And on Lulu …
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