Jul 03 2008
Tour de France 2008
Saturday sees the start of the 95th Tour de France, which starts in Brest, Brittany this year. There are 21 stages in total and the cyclists will cover a gruelling 3500 kilometres in just over 3 weeks. I admire anyone who can take on such a challenge, I couldn’t even begin to contemplate doing an endurance race such as this one!
From looking at the list of riders, it looks like there are only 2 Brits participating this year, Mark Cavendish with Team Columbia and David Millar with Garmin Chipotle. Best of luck to both of them! I’m not sure if any Brit has ever won the Tour de France, so if you know of any, I’d be interested to know, particularly as we’ve some great cyclists in this country (such as Chris Boardman, one of the best known cyclists) and often do well in other international events such as the Olympics.
I doubt if I’ll follow the event closely, but usually manage to watch a few stages here and there and read snippets of news as I get them.
