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Tour de France 2023 – Update II

August 18, 2023July 14, 2023

New Tour de France 2023 update.

The pros already moved on from only two Pyrenees stages which brought more spectacle than many expected.

As I have no less than 15 stages – provided I do not blow myself up like I did during my Tour of 2021 – I will have a lot more climbs to chose from.

But the more I look at/study the map on climbfinder, the more I realize that those are not enough to squeeze every one of them in.

In my – base camp – area, there are plenty hardly worth a second look, but the list of those I consider a “must” is just too long…

Tour de France 2023 – Countdown

August 23, 2023July 2, 2023

Tour de France 2023 countdown has begun. I haven’t planned much yet, though…

Four weeks from now, I will be on my brand new Trek Émonda for stage 2 – or 3 – of my Tour de France.

It will be day three, but you should know I usually kick of with a prologue.

A tradition I might actually break with this year, as my prologue’s are nothing like the pro’s short (T)TT’s to kick off many grand tours.

But this years Tour de France – two possible GC contenders short after day 1 – didn’t get off to an easy start either.

So, looking at what I have planned, I might start with stage 1 as well…

Tour de France 2023 – Update

August 23, 2023June 16, 2023

An update on my Tour de France 2023.

As I wrote in my previous post, the Hochsauerland trip was a bit of a struggle due to (additional) physical problems.

While I was in a similar pickle last year, the bruised or broken ribs sustained the week before, at least had time to heal before my Tour de France 2022.

It didn’t end up as a good training for that Tour and this year, that scenario repeated itself.

With an additional sting…

Tour de France 2023

June 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Bagnères-de-Bigorre

Our base camp for the Tour de France 2023 will be in the “Baths of Bigorre”.

As interesting as the history of the city might be, I’ll just provide you with a link to Wikipedia to read about it 😎

Of particular interest for me is the section “Climate” which is very encouraging:

It is however intensely exposed to north by north-west disturbances that collide with the terrain. This barrier effect is felt up to the foothills so that springs, autumns, and winters are cool and rainy while summers are often hot and particularly stormy.

We’ll see how that plays out…

Tour de France 2023

August 18, 2023February 13, 2023

As announced in an earlier post, I will finally get to cycle the Pyrenees during my Tour de France 2023.

Okay, that should probably read “in the Pyrenees” for I will mostly cycle the central part of the Pyrenees range.

It would be nice to cycle the “Raid Pyrenees” that is (also) available as a Tacx series of RLV’s.

This is covering many Pyrenees climbs, from East to West, and I’ve done that indoors.