Independent Sources is proud to bring you our special coverage of the 2005 Tour de France.
You already have heard about Lance’s amazing Stage One performance. Today, in discussing it, Armstrong’s training coach Chris Carmichael reported that Lance’s average heart rate during the stage was 184 bpm. Most people, could not get their heart rate to […]
Independent Sources is proud to bring you our special coverage of the 2005 Tour de France via our own Luke the Drifter who is to Le Tour coverage what Steve Lopez is to the Los Angeles Times.
Stage One:
(1) The U.S. is now the world’s #1 pro cycling country. Four of us in the top six. Six […]
Along with the Pirate’s Blog, we’ll be watching the Tour de France:
Here are some factiods they were happy to share with us:
Calories consumed by a rider per day: 5,900 average, 9,000 maxCalories burned by a rider in the course of the Tour: 123,900 (based on 5900-per day average at 21 days of racing)Number of pedal […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)There is a saying amongst riders that the question is not whether you will ever fall, but when. It turns out that this even applies to great cyclists like Lance Armstrong evidenced by the fact that he took a nasty spill this week while preparing for the 2005 Tour de France. Luckily he was wearing […]
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We’d also like to thank TDFBlog for pointing to Luke’s pre-race analysis. Despite Luke’s being a little upset at our editing of some of his French crowd commentary, we’re pretty sure that he’ll be sending us additional insights.
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A little off topic for us, but this year’s Tour de France promises to be an epic race as well as the last TdF for the great(est) American cyclist Lance Armstrong. So courtesy of our Independent Sources’ occasional contributor, Luke the Drifter, we bring you his pre-race analysis:
With regard to Jan Ullrich, no one should be 100% […]
Set your Tivos, Le Tour de France starts July 2nd. Whether you enjoy the sport of cycling for its athleticism and mind-numbing team tactics or if you just like to see an American kick French ass in their home country, this year’s race is not to be missed. It is also the debut of the […]
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