Archive for July 29th, 2008

Super Tuff

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

It’s going to be 150°F at the start of the Tuff Ride tonight.

I’ll be there.



Posted by Smithers at 2:36 pm in Local Cycling | Permalink | 4 Comments »

Tour de France thoughts

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

It kind of seemed like a bit of a boring race this year.

Was the lack of Tom Boonen? Was it the lack of Team Astana? I’m not sure.

The sprinters teams did not seem to have it put together with the exception of Columbia and Cavendish. There were a bit of fireworks on the run up to Hautacam but when push came to shove no one really fired a kill shot. L’Alpe d’Huez? All credit to Sastre for his strong move but once he had a gap you could have turned off the TV as nothing else happened. The final time trial held nothing exciting when it was clear that Evans did not have it in him.

Your thoughts? Was the Tour exciting enough for you this year?



Posted by Smithers at 10:09 am in Pro Cycling | Permalink | 12 Comments »