Tour de France - July 27, 2008
Ciao to 2008
\n\t\tThis is it...the last blog entry...the last Stage of this year\'s Tour. I appreciate all of you that have read these blogs and I hope they have added a different perspective to the Tour for you. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 26, 2008
A Clear Winner
\n\t\tWell, the last Bed & Breakfast is behind me and thank god. For I have had enough of the French countryside to last me a long, long, long time. It will be a nice change to be in a hotel with Internet access and a town with some people. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 24, 2008
Stage 18...with Photos!
\n\t\tStage 18 - Well, after my exciting interview with Michael Douglas in the VIP area on top of the alpe, we scurried down the mountain and rolled back up to our next hotel. We were, of course, stopped on the mountain for some time, so I had MB and Frankie take my picture as we waited atop of this mighty climb. \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 23, 2008
Worth the Squeeze
\n\t\tStage 17 - The queen stage ending on the L\'Alpe-d\'Huez is simply awesome!!! The epic climbs of the Col du Galibier, Col de la Croix Fer and of course, the mother of the mountains, L\'Alpe-d\'Huez are about as tough as any Tour stage in history. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 22, 2008
Viva Italy!
\n\t\tStage 16 - Yesterday was a rest day and what a day I had! In Italy, I met up with four of my best friends \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 20, 2008
Alps, Here We Come...
\n\t\tStage 15 - Yesterday was pretty normal in terms of the Tour. That is to say, nothing about the Tour is normal really, but nothing spectacular happened (that we know of anyway), so I decided to take a break. The transfer from the Finish to our hotel was nothing short of epic. We went over three mountain passes, through the most picturesque countryside, and after three hours of driving, a soggy pizza and some serious motion sickness, we arrived at the top (altitude 6,000 feet) in a ski village where we hung out for about nine hours before we were back on the road heading to the Start about an hour away. \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 18, 2008
The Power of Water
\n\t\tStage 13 - The massive field sprint yesterday was awesome. The kings of speed were all there and once again, they were trumped by Cavendish who clearly has another gear compared to the other sprinters. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 17, 2008
Pandemonium
\n\t\tStage 12 - The Tour was rocked this morning with Riccardo Ricco testing positive for EPO. This is such a shame because Ricco made this race so exciting for the fans with his vicious attacks and fiery personality. I am sad for the race fans that loved to watch Ricco\'s aggressive racing now that the reason for his dominance has come into question. \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 15, 2008
Rest Day Number 1
\n\t\tRest Day Number 1 - The Tour is only half over and I have two weeks of travel down and two weeks more to go. Time away from my wife and family is by far the most challenging part of the Tour. I use Skype as often as I can and I talk to my wife and kids daily, but with four little ones growing up so quickly \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 14, 2008
Slip Sliding Away
\n\t\tStage 10 - Last night was a good one with a nice relaxed evening, a light meal and a good night\'s sleep. I talked to Lance a bit last night to learn more about the Hautacam. He was very helpful with his insight into the very demanding climb. He explained that this climb is not one of the hardest in France, but where it comes in the race, after this very challenging first week, means this climb is going to cause serious destruction in the group. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 13, 2008
Bike Report and Lots of Chats
\n\t\tStage 9 - I did my first technical report today and it was nice to get one of these under my belt. I did it on the TREK TTX, which is not only the coolest TT bike to look at, but, in my opinion, the fastest TT bike on the planet. It was easy to talk about such a great machine. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 12, 2008
Midnight Run
\n\t\tStage 8 - After the exciting Finish of Stage 7 into Aurillac, we headed to our next hotel. About 10km from our destination we hit a bit of a traffic jam. Frankie pulled out the map and decided it would be faster if we took a \"white road\" around the city. To give you some insight, red is the color of highway roads, yellow is for county and city roads (smaller then red roads, of course) and the smallest are white roads which are tiny tiny tiny streets for the local folk. The white road Frankie chose was more of a goat path than a road \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 10, 2008
A Bike...Finally!
\n\t\tStage 6 - My quest to get some exercise has finally come to fruition. My friend Daniel Gillespie and I picked up some bikes from Quick-Step after the stage yesterday and I was so excited that I could hardly stand it. We left the Finish line at 8pm and then had a 60km drive to our hotel, but I did not care. I was bound and determined to get a ride in that night. \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 9, 2008
Confusion Abounds...and photos!
\n\t\tStage 5 - Yesterday\'s team car adventure was fun and with Johnny V dropping the \"F Bomb\", my e-mail was full this morning with comments on how exciting that piece of TV was. I also had some fun on the Garmin Chipotle team bus with a very personal David Millar interview. \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 7, 2008
Racing Greats on a Regular Basis
\n\t\tStage 3 - After the interview with Julian Dean, I limped the tape back to the truck and saw Greg Lemond standing outside the Versus studio. I then saw Laurant Fignon there as well. I took a video of the two legends of cycling \n\t\t\t... More

Tour de France - July 6, 2008
\n\t\tStage 2 - The stage was pretty normal except that I am not as mobile as I have been in the past. I have a nasty left ankle issue right now that stems from issues with my right knee \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 5, 2008
\n\t\tStage 1 - The day started off pretty good with a nice run along the coast and a short swim at the bed and breakfast where we\'re staying. We reached the Start with plenty of time, but my main goal was to find a bathroom and then knock out my three interviews. \n\t\t\t... More
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Tour de France - July 3, 2008
\n\t\tLong night but a fun one \n\t\t\t... More