Archive for Tour de France 2006
Jun
30
Day 2 - Col du Tourmalet To tackle Col du Tourmalet as the first ride was quite an ask. We bussed from Saint-Girons to Bagnères-de-Bigorre. From here we cycled via Campan before arriving at the base of the col. A 12km warmup. The weather was a mirror image of the year before, misty and cool with little visibility. I did a silly thing by not previously cleaning my Camel Pack bladder properly and getting quite sick up the climb. Kerry was on a mission and flew up first, a reward for all the ...
Thor Hushovd injury on tour de france 2006 on stage 1



