Tag Archives: 2013 Tour de France
L’Etape du Tour: The Experience Itself Is The Prize
Words & Photos || Gary J Boulanger With a 4 a.m. wake-up call for breakfast to make our 5:30 ride departure for the start line in downtown Annecy, it was a little vexing to ride the streets and bike path … Continue reading
Stevil Kinevil Recaps 2013 Tour de France Stages 13 – 21
By Stevil Kinevil | Photos: ASO/B. Bade Editor’s note: In case you haven’t been following along, we asked Paved columnist Stevil Kinevil to provide us with expert commentary on this year’s Tour de France—without actually watching any of it. Perhaps … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour: Boats, Cafes and Blick
Words & Photos || Gary J Boulanger Breakfast and riding began an hour earlier on Saturday, due to a full day of riding, race pack pickup, and final preparations at the hotel. We were getting into a collective rhythm by … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour: Savoring the Moment
Words & Photos || Gary J Boulanger With 11,475 riders toeing the line to celebrate the 20th anniversary of L’Etape on July 8, the nine of us had our work cut out in the days leading up to the Big … Continue reading
Stevil Kinevil Recaps Tour de France Stages 8 – 13
Photo: ASO/P.Perreve Ed. Note: We’ve enlisted the quill of Paved columnist Stevil Kinevil to update us regarding all the happenings in that bike race over in France—except he hasn’t watched any of it. If you missed last week’s installment, you … Continue reading
L’Etape du Tour: The Journey
Words & Photos || Gary J Boulanger Pedaling a bicycle through the French countryside, I found, is on the short list of many friends who ride. Participating in the popular L’Etape du Tour ranks highly on this list, and it … Continue reading
Tour de France Sideshow Slideshow | Part Deux
Finding Funny on the Fringes of the Tour de France It’s been an eventful first week of the Tour—hopes have been dashed, fortunes have been raised and holy crap it’s been hot. But, that’s not all that’s been happing. Welcome … Continue reading
Stevil Kinevil Recaps the Tour de France
Ed. Note: We’ve enlisted the quill of Paved columnist Stevil Kinevil to update us regarding all the happenings going on in that bike race over in France—except he hasn’t watched any of it. Stage 1- A bus crashed, lots of … Continue reading
Sideshow Slideshow | Taking in the Tour from a Different Perspective
A roving carnival as well as a bike race, it’s easy to lose perspective as we immerse ourselves in race-day recaps and finish line photos. All it takes is a look at the numbers behind the Tour de France to … Continue reading
2013 Tour de France: Now on the Mainland
Photo: ASO/G. Demouveaux I don’t mean to diminish the efforts of everyone involved in the Tour de France, but now that we’ve got a time trial under our belts, it feels like we’re finally racing. I missed the prologue, that … Continue reading
