“The ideal Tour would be a Tour in which only one rider survives the ordeal.”
Henri Desgrange (father of the TdF)

xJuly 2006
   
 

By Graham Jones
CyclingRevealed Historian

 

 

Tour de France Question of the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tour de France : First Impressions 06

The impressionists revolutionized art when they started to capture the world around them with colorful and spontaneous impressions. Here at CyclingRevealed we will report on Le Tour in a manner that would appeal to those great pioneers of art.

First Impressions - Intro 06 an assessment of what Tour 06 may bring us.

Prologue Seven Year Itch / Stage 1 Good and Evil / Stage 2 David and Goliath /

Stage 3 Redemption and Reward / Stage 4 Flat is Relative / Stage 5 The Race for Caen /

Stage 6 The Art of Crashing / Stage 7 "No More Hiding" / Stage 8 The Wolfpack /

Rest Day 1 No Rest for the Wicked / Stage 9 Homage to Darrigade / Stage 10 A Sea of Orange /

Stage 11 Circle of Death / Stage 12 Hangover on Bastille Day /

Stage 13 If You Can't Stand the Heat / Stage 14 Three Rest Days /

Rest Day 2 Bittersweet / Stage 15 The Angel Returns / Stage 16 The Spirit of Desgrange /

Stage 17 Flight of the Phoenix / Stage 18 Grand Cru / Stage 19 Putting Down the Hammer /

Stage 20 Final Impressions Killer Instinct

 
     

 

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