No more late nights due to watching Tour de France. It’s really an amazing 3 weeks watching all 20 stages + 1 prologue, and after 3000+km of racing, the difference between Contador and Schleck was only about 400m!
It was really a pity that Schleck couldn’t win (he was THIS CLOSE), but I believe that soon he will! Just hope he won’t be another Jan Ulrich. And it wasn’t a fairy tale ending for Armstrong, but the end of his cycling journey may be the start of his ironman victories for all we know!
To be honest, most parts of the stages were boring, especially on flat stages. However, the final few km of every stage more than makes up for it! Many times I would just be lying on my sofa watching the peloton go under the Flamme Rouge (1 KM to go) and my heart would be beating pretty quickly. The power of television…Watching the HTC train lead the way for Mark Cavendish, imagining I am Schleck attacking Contador on Col du Tourmalet, cringing when Schleck’s chain came out right after he attacked! At times I even laughed at how easy the riders make it, trying to mimic them on my very own cycling expeditions on Sunday mornings and mostly failing terribly.
Enough words! Let the pictures do the talking.
Just look at those eyes…
Ouch on the cobblestones!
Postcard-worthy photos!
Look at the pain in his face!
Yet another stage win in the bag to make it 5!
Friendly competition
Finally, the man who has made it to the ranks of other greats
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