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Brugge, De Panne 07-29-2010

Spent most of the day North at Brugge and De Panne. It was very windy at De Panne, just like the spring. It is amazing how many people were there for the beach. Amazing. And it wasn’t even a nice beach compared to US standards. Windy. Blowing sand. [...]

Cadel 07-28-2010

I hadn’t spoken to Cadel Evans in a while. Maybe not since he had started riding on the road. That is probably right. I can’t imagine where I would have run into him. But, my short term memory is suspect sometimes nowadays, so I wouldn’t swear to it. […]

Riding in Belgium 07-28-2010

I went out for a couple hour ride this morning. I’m going to ride over to Brugge or De Panne later this afternoon. It is amazing how many roads there are here. And how narrow they are. Nearly sidewalks. It is refreshing not riding with a phone or [...]

Natourcriterium Roeselare – Roeselare, Belgium 07-27-2010

My 10 -1 bet was on Van den Boeck. Michael Fatka was the only one to take me up on it. Milk shakes. That could be expense.

BMC Belgium Service Course – Riding along the canal 07-27-2010

Like I said before, this morning I went by the BMC Belgium service course and borrowed a bike from Ian Sherburne, head mechanic for BMC. There is a ton of stuff there. I’ve been to a bunch of different PRO Team’s service courses. This one was the most well […]

Belgium – Paris Tourist Photos 07-27-2010

We drove to Belgium yesterday late. Went by the BMC service course this morning to get a bike for the next couple days. Ended up with Brent Bookwalter’s spare. It’s only a 55cm, but has a long stem and will work great. It is kind of cool here and overcast. […]

More Tour Photos 07-26-2010

I drove to Belgium after hanging out in Paris most of the day. I slept most of the way. It was only 3 hours. I’m borrowing a BMC bike tomorrow and going for a ride. Tomorrow night there is a kermesse in Roeselare, only 5 km from here. Cancellara and [...]

Tour de France – Champs-Elyse’es 07-26-2010

I haven’t slept much since leaving Minneapolis. But that doesn’t matter. Have to get going since checkout was a couple hours ago. The BMC after race party didn’t get over until nearly morning. Yesterday at the race was great. Better people watching […]

Paris, Cable, Cavendish and random stuff 07-23-2010

I’m about ready to fly to France. I’m flying from Minneapolis to Paris and back from Brussels. Bromont is happily up in his favorite place in the world. I rode the Mama’s ride for the first time. It is about time. 30 guys showed up. Afterwards their […]

Here’s an example….. 07-21-2010

of another thing wrong with our sport. Below is a photo Ivan Stevic. He came over to the US quite a few years ago and “raced”. By that I mean that we sometimes could ride around with him. He was completely, obviously supercharged. Finally it came out that […]