All new: more pain, more glory, more magnificence!! Under the new and very
effective management of the ATTC 04 (L'Association du Tour
des Communautés de Communes des Alpes de Haute Provence), Les Boucles du
Verdon is ready for a more prominent role on the late-spring
cyclosportif calendar.
Cycling
Monday 18 July 2011
Cyclosportif report: Les Boucles du Verdon, May 2011
By Baron von Rupp on Monday 18 July 2011, 14:57
Saturday 28 August 2010
Cyclosportif report: La Louis Pasteur, 22 August 2010
By Baron von Rupp on Saturday 28 August 2010, 15:01
The starting
line for the Louis Pasteur in Dôle.
Summer weekends have been pretty busy and thus
cyclosportif opportunities quite rare, so when Sunday
22 August opened up I found the nearest one and went for it...with questionable
results.
Saturday 24 July 2010
The Tour de France, French-style
By Baron von Rupp on Saturday 24 July 2010, 15:04
The Tour de France is quite a spectacle, whether or not you
enjoy watching professional cycling; however, you can't really understand why
it's such a big deal until you watch it on French television.
Monday 31 May 2010
Cyclosportif report: Les Boucles du Verdon, 30 May 2010
By Baron von Rupp on Monday 31 May 2010, 15:42
Despite howling winds and some, oh let's call them operational curiosities, the
2010 edition of this cyclosportif provençal was
everything 160 kilometers of cycling in the mountains should be.
Thursday 20 May 2010
Say it ain't so, Floyd: an open letter to Floyd Landis
By Baron von Rupp on Thursday 20 May 2010, 16:03
Today Floyd Landis has finally topped himself, bringing his dog and pony show full circle with a last-ditch, eleventh-hour, you're-all-going-down-with-me (please add any other cliches you can think of) round of accusatory emails aiming to bring down many of his former bosses and teammates. Given his demonstrated capacity for revenge by any means available, I hope he never reads the following letter.
Thursday 29 April 2010
Cyclosportif Report: 2010 Scott 1000 Bosses
By Baron von Rupp on Thursday 29 April 2010, 17:26
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Cycling in France
By Baron von Rupp on Wednesday 31 March 2010, 16:27
Everyone knows that professional
cycling is a big deal in France. What is less commonly known—at least
outside of cycling circles—is how wonderful of a place France is to ride a
bicycle. Any bicycle: road, mountain, hybrid, cruiser, motor-assisted...they
all have a respected place in society, be it as a means of transportation,
exercise, competition or
museum piece. As an American cyclist, this all came as a
wonderful shock to me: read on to learn all the ways that cycling in
France is better than in the United States.
