Tour d’Himalaya
I have no idea if the title of the post is grammatically correct as I don’t speak French;) That’s my adventure ‘tour’ as opposed to the Tour de France race, the greatest cycling event in the world. The annual three-week stage race starts on July 1st, about the same time as my cyclo-touring trip, and I will miss watching and following it. Hopefully, I’ll catch results enroute online;) My prediction: Alejandro Valverde will win the yellow jersey and will ‘ascend to the throne’ left vacant after the retirement of Lance Armstrong!!! I know many cycling aficionados will says that’s a long shot and they favor the more usual suspects of Basso and Ullrich but I’m sticking to my choice;) It’s time for younger riders to claim their place in history. Damiano Cunego showed that by winning another famous three-week stage race in 2004: Giro d’Italia. And Tom Boonen did the same among sprinters by winning many races over the past two years, among them the World Championship in 2005 and some of the ‘Classics’ (world-renowned one-day races): Paris-Roubaix ‘05, Tour of Flanders ‘05 & ‘06. I bet he’ll win the green jersey of the TdF race this year (best sprinter)… In the mean time, I’ll be having some fun (and little of suffering too) on my Tour d’Himalaya;)
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and countless more sport news websites;)
