Off the Top: Cycling Entries


July 4, 2004

Le Tour 2004

It is Le Tour time again and we are following Oskar's Tour updates and his Tour links. Here in the U.S. we are following the Tour on OLN. It may finally be time we got Tivo so we don't miss a bit of the peddling.

The summer is the time we turn our focus to Europe to watch the tennis Grand Slam's of French Open and Wimbledon (these were the calming influence when we had horrible reverse culture shock in 1988). But, it is the Tour that brings back memories of Hinault, LeMond, Roche (watching him ride into Paris in person), Indurain, and Armstrong. Le Tour is summer as it has been since the 70s in our memories. It is always a reminder how little we are on our bike, even the years we were putting well over 2,000 miles under our peddles.



July 7, 2002

Le Tour

Le Tour begins in ernestness today. To follow along for the next three weeks Yahoo Cycling will provide a great jumping off point for coverage. If you are fortunate enough to have OLN on your cable or satellite setup you are golden. OLN offers one or two hours of coverage each day. The Internet, for me, has always brought my favorite sports and teams closer, beginning in 1993.

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