Hurrah for Carlos Sastre who won the Tour stage today after a heroic team effort got him there. It was pretty much sewn up last night at the time trial when Cadel Evans failed to pull off the outstanding time he’d relied on so we had a Spanish classic to celebrate. It was a Palacio de… Read More »
Not bored of it yet!
Cavendish took another stage yesterday – hurrah! I’m low on English wines, but had one bottle of red that I’d picked up at the vineyard gate on my travels around the country. It was from a winery I’d been to before and I’d enjoyed good wine. We cracked it open, we poured, we prepared it… Read More »
Ricardo Ricco of Italy took the sixth stage of the Tour in an exciting last kilometre climb which saw the yellow jersey splatted into the road with a silly wheel clip mistake. We celebrated for him with a Gavi La Lancellotta 2007. It’s very pale with a zippy scent of grapefruits and peaches. Bone dry… Read More »
Hurrah for Mark Cavendish who sprinted across the line to take the longest stage in the Tour de France today. A bit harsh on the breakaway who he sprinted past, but hurrah none the less. Time for an English (yes I know he’s Manx but you try growing grapes there) sparkling wine. A Ridgeview Merret… Read More »
Le Tour est arrivé! Let the fun begin. The Tour de France kicked off (pedalled off?) yesterday with a new format encouraging a tighter, more assertive race. Spain’s Alejandro Valverde took the first stage, and my ‘guest photographer’ and chief Sherry pourer is a bit of a fan having seen him years ago cycling around… Read More »
Alberto Contador made it safely across the line with the peloton to win the Tour de France. Along with his yellow jersey, he’s also entitled to the white one. He’s a team winner too with Discovery. Go Alberto! The last guy to achieve that feat was Jan Ullrich. I hope Contador doesn’t have to explain… Read More »
Levi Leipheimer put in a sterling performance to take the time trial yesterday and, barring disaster, put himself on the podium in Paris. Discovery Channel are having a great Tour, but it may be the lovely Tom Boonen who gets to decide who wins the Tour. To celebrate Levi’s win here’s a Robert Mondavi Woodbridge… Read More »
Another Belgian victory, another chance to admire Tom Boonen, another struggle with wine choices. I’m following the lead of German national broadcasters who have decided to pull coverage of this year’s Tour because one of the German riders might have taken performance enhancing drugs. Seems a bit mean of German sports fans, who like me… Read More »
Hurrah! Barloworld won another stage. I’m stretching reality a little far claiming a British victory, but the team is registered in the UK. Barloworld are doing absurdly well, and you have to love them for that, it’s like Coventry winning the FA Cup 10 years ago, so improbable that you have to be happy for… Read More »