Stage 11 of the Tour de France
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Here are the Tour de France bikers climbing up Col du Tourmalet (2114 meters, 18.3 km, 7.7% grade). My group - Marty Jemison Cycling Tours - climbed this mountain a few hours before the tour came through around 1:30. It's a tough climb. But since I had my Samsung sports helmet camera on, and I was busy capturing certain moments on video, I didn't overexert myself (there were other days to do that). There are many riders who climb what's called an "hors" grade category mountain. After reaching the top - which takes the professionals 55 minutes to climb and good riders twice that time -- my group descended to about the 5k mark (from the top), and watched the tour from there. That's where this video is taken from. At the end of the day, we biked back down to our hotel in Luz and watched Floyd Landis win the stage and capture the Yellow Jersey, or "Maillot Jaune" - as they say here in France. I've been riding parts of the stages since the tour went through Bourdeux. The first stage our group rode was Stage 9 - Bordeaux to Dax (169.5 km). I hope to post more video blogs of the tour when I get online again.
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Posted by: Franck | July 16, 2006 at 03:40 AM
hi Bambi!
hope to see more video of the Tour soon !!
take Care
Posted by: Anthony | July 17, 2006 at 02:50 AM
great video. Levi Leipheimer was a few years ahead of me on our ski team and a good friend of my best friend (6 degrees and all that)--it's awesome to see someone you knew competing at such a high level.
looking forward to more video
Posted by: zakster | July 17, 2006 at 03:22 PM
Hey Bambi, it was cool riding with you in France. Dig the video! Who's the music? Be sure to send me the picture you took of me with my buddy, Thor Hushovd.
Cheers!
Sparky
Posted by: Gary Lundberg | July 19, 2006 at 02:49 PM
Hi, Gary:
I'm glad you like the video. Check out my MarketWatch blog and you'll see you and Mark with starring roles (at the end of the clip). I will send the photo as soon as I can. Air France lost my luggage, so I just received my bags late last night.
Posted by: BF | July 20, 2006 at 07:46 AM