Pointy Helmet’s Tour de France Commentary: Stage 3.

What an exciting day at the Tour, for a flat stage! Everything was going the way it usually does (a small group gets away early, is allowed to get a big gap, then is reeled back in just before the finish) until, with about 20k to go, the ENTIRE COLUMBIA TEAM decides to go [...]

Pointy Helmet’s Tour de France commentary: Stage 2.

Evidently yesterday’s stage was called “Stage 1″ and not the “Prologue.” Oops.
Today, Mark Cavendish won the stage virtually uncontested with a perfect leadout from his teammates. And no one was surprised. This guy is ridiculous. He’s got a great support crew to get him to the last 300 meters, and at [...]

Pointy Helmet’s Tour De France Commentary: Prologue.

This morning was the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The Tour de Lance France began. The prologue this year was a 15.5k time trial around Monaco, which is a tiny country that evidently is near France. For triathletes, the time trial stages hold a special place in the cockles of our [...]

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