ALPDHUEZ. HAPPY. ICECREAM. The Bora Boys look happy enough tonight. Very pleased that the mountains are finally behind them. Tomorrow they will roll in to Paris for the finale a little disappointed that they could not do more in the race. However, we salute you – to complete the Tour de France is a major achievement itself. […]
30KM. TOUGH. NEARLY…. “Take this Glandon” was the message that just popped up on my phone from Vossi. Followed by “I’m happy the Glandon has only 3 sides, otherwise we still be climbing it tomorrow”. With only 30 KM of climbing left in the Tour, the guys are sensing they are very nearly home. The climbing […]
A short gallery of photos from today’s stage. We were located at the foot of the Col du Glandon climb, after the town of Allemond. Although the road had barely kicked-up we found the race was really stretched out already, with a significant number of riders in the Gruppetto. Not the greatest gallery in the […]
GRUPPETTO. FANS. MOUNTAINS. A day in the Gruppetto for Mr Voss today- and nice to see him on the lower slopes of the Col du Glandon. I can’t repeat exactly what he said about the Glandon -, however you can imagine – it’s a 21 km climb and it was +30C all day. He was thankful […]
RELAX. SLEEPING. EATING. SSSShhhhhhh! Vossi is sleeping. The calm before the final storm – the second rest day of the 2015 Tour de France in Gap. In these next days the road goes up, up, up. Despite Vossi’s room having no air-con, its actually bareable in there now, and he described this as his favourite […]
ATTACKING. MISSING. AGAIN. Another transition stage today as the race moves from the Pyrenees towards the Alps, and a day when the GC teams seemed content to let the break go. Vossi tried again to get in the winning move, but after many attacks he unluckily missed the move of the day. But hope remains […]
COOKED. COOKED. COOKED. Oh dear, poor Vossi. Paul is not a fan of the extreme heat, so another 200 KM and an uphill finish in +35C and blazing sunshine was far from ideal. The only positive Vossi is taking from today is the post-race Haribo! When he joined BORA – ARGON 18 Vossi was hoping […]
TOO. MANY. CLIMBS. The 195 km Queen stage of this year’s Tour didn’t fail to deliver in terms of drama and excitement. We began this morning with intense +35C heat and blazing sunshine, but ended amongst pouring rain as the summit of the final climb was peppered with hailstones, thunder and lightening. The final day in the Pyrenees would […]
HEAT. FIGHTING. PROUD. Another blistering hot day in the Pyrenees on today’s 167 km stage, which tested the riders to their limits and delivered contrasting fortunes for Vossi’s teammates. The day started badly with news Dominik Nerz would not start due to struggling with severe stomach problems. On the other hand Emu Buchmann did his […]
KAPUTT. TOTAL. HEAT. Today the Tour hit the high mountains of the Pyrenees, and the first mountain summit finish of the 2015 race. And the weather was no more kind to the riders than the gradient of the road. Vossi found the heat a big shock to his body, especially after the rest day yesterday. […]
KAPUTT. TOTAL. HEAT. Today the Tour hit the high mountains of the Pyrenees, and the first mountain summit finish of the 2015 race. And the weather was no more kind to the riders than the gradient of the road. Vossi found the heat a big shock to his body, especially after the rest day yesterday. […]
PIZZA. SHORT. RESTDAY. Today was the first rest day for the riders of the Tour. Typically they still go out and ride a little, but at a more steady pace, just to turn the legs. Tonight it’s a treat for the riders of BORA – ARGON 18 – homemade pizza! The rest day was all too […]