Just when I thought Astana will be the team to beat in this year’s Tour de France, I find out that the team was not invited to participate. WHAT?! After building an awesome team led by Contador, Levi and Kloden, they don’t get to join? I understand that ASO is wary because of what happened [...]
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Crazy Tour de France
Posted by carambs on August 19th, 2007
Yes, Tour de France 2007 is over. It was a weird tour – really exciting, disappointing, shocking – definitely a roller coaster ride for the fans. After my last Tour post, all the excitement and shocking news happened, from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the last time trial and to Paris.Vino, the number one [...]
Tour de France Review: Prologue to Stage 6
Posted by carambs on July 14th, 2007
It has been crazy in the office the past week so I wasn’t able to closely follow the Tour! I’ve been relying on the headlines of the different cycling sites. Good for me that the first few stages are flat stages, which are not as exciting as the mountain stages. Thank God for the weekend, [...]
The Greatest Show on Earth
Posted by carambs on July 8th, 2007
Okay, okay. I’m biased. I know that only a few people will agree with me when I say that. To those who don’t know yet, I’m talking about the Tour de France. It just started, and I’m so giddy with excitement! I admit, this year’s Tour is plagued with many problems, number one of which [...]
The End of an Era
Posted by carambs on February 26th, 2007
Okay, so that’s a bit dramatic, considering that Jan Ullrich wasn’t really able to fully show what he’s got. Yes, he won the Tour de France once, and gold and silver medals during the 2000 Olympics. But unfortunately for him, his peak came at a time when Lance Armstrong overshadowed everybody else. I never liked [...]
Posted by carambs on February 23rd, 2007
LiveSTRONG This is the tagline of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Lance Armstrong, 7-time Tour de France Champion, cancer-survivor. I’ve been wearing the LiveSTRONG band for more than 2 years now – as I’ve said before, it’s not a fad to me. I have found new meaning in the tagline, thanks [...]
Posted by carambs on July 24th, 2005
My Hero! Watched the last individual time trial of Lance‘s career last night – and he came out on top! He had the best time, 23 seconds ahead of Ullrich, who was number 2. He actually gained more time on his rivals in the general category of the Tour de France. I pity Rasmussen, who [...]
Posted by carambs on July 4th, 2005
Le Tour I was so pissed at Sports Plus! They kept hyping the Tour, and they even showed the schedule – Saturday, at 7:30PM. I waited, even if I knew it was only a 30-minute highlights show. On Sunday, they even had ads – The Tour, beginning Saturday 7:30PM. Stupid stupid! It was already Sunday! [...]
Posted by carambs on July 4th, 2004
Tour de France It’s my second year of following the Tour and I’m loving it! Jovan and I made sure that we taped the Prologue, which is an individual time trial. It was important for Lance (Armstrong) to send a message to his competitors, and indeed he did! He clocked a very respectable 6 minutes [...]
Posted by carambs on July 28th, 2003
WHATTA WEEKEND! The TourLance Armstrong becomes the 5th man to win the Tour de France 5 times! And he’s only the second guy to do it consecutively! We knew this since the time trial last saturday but I didn’t want to celebrate because a lot of things happened in the tour, and there was still [...]
