Dear Reader,
Welcome to my blog. Follow me as I plan and execute my quest to ride the route of the 2011 Tour de France.
I’ve been into cycling all my life. Whether this is a throwback from my French heritage, I don’t know. I just know that I like riding my bike.
The first bike I saved up for and bought myself was a Dawes 10 speed racer, when I was about 11 years old. It cost me £52. Since then, I’ve had numerous bikes, both road and mountain bikes and have Time Trialled throughout the ’90s with the Charlotteville Cycling Club of Guildford.
A few months ago, just after the 2010 Tour de France, I decided to ride the route of the 2011 Tour de France. I didn’t actually know where the route would take me as it hadn’t been announced but whatever it was, I would ride it.
This blog will follow the planning stages of this project as well as the actual ride on a day to day basis. I will publish the route every day using my Garmin GPS, plotted on Google Maps, and will include speed, elevation and Heart Rate graphs.
I would very much like to hear your views so please, leave comments.
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Jean-François Phillips
Very good luck to you.
I heard that the 2011 tour would go through Issoire, so not very far from your roots !
All the best.
Thanks. The route will be published on Wednesday. I should know then how far from Allevier it goes.