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Advice and experience of riding the Etape du Tour. Moral support, kit advice, gearing advice and all aspects of successfully riding the Etape.

The route to victory starts here

The detailed route for this year’s Etape is now on the official site: http://www.letapedutour.com/2007/ETDT/presentation/us/itineraire.htm Pretty darned detailed I’d say. It’s interesting to note that it seems there’s far more allowance for the climbs than last year. There’s two more climbs … Continue reading

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140km comfortably across Flanders

Having been a bit lax about blogging on here what with the new job and the other cycling blog, I felt you were due an update. So here goes: Weight: somewhere between 71 and 74 kg, depending on time of … Continue reading

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Weigh-in time

Have finally bought a set of scales – cheap ones from Ikea – to see where I’m up to with my training regime. Once I got the blighted thing set up properly and it stopped telling me that I have … Continue reading

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