Friday 26 October 2007

Sorted?

Entry sorted
Accomodation sorted
Weight - unsorted
Training - unsorted

Only 30 miles so far this week (5 days), looks like a heavy weekend after a Saturday that looks distinctly diy-ridden.

I'm beginning to be suspicious of next years etape route. What's the catch compared to 2007?

Sure, the Tourmalet is indeed a 'bad detour' and will be, if not the 'mother of all killer climbs', at least a very close relative. Hautacam should probably be renamed Hurtacam but, if that is all, we seem to be getting off lightly compared to the attempted murder to which this years etappers were subjected.

Would I be right in assuming that there will be a reduced time allocation next year, and that the broom wagons will come hurtling after us piloted by Lewis Hamilton? Are the climbs hiding something their profiles don't show? Is there no oxygen at those altitudes? Time will tell.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nothing hidden in the climbs-though if riders aren't used to the conditions, they'll be tough.

Far from being a shortened time, the organisers will revert to normal time-there was an hour added this year to take account of the unfriendly nature of the terrain

You'll love it if you've done the training