Tourmalet
In a few days Le Tour Femmes will race up the famous Tourmalet – and it’s going to be awesome. Watch it wherever you can!?
16 years ago, an event that was not allowed to be called the Tour de France raced over the same climb.
You’ve probably never have heard of La Grande Boucle. But in the long years between the original women’s Tour de France of the 80’s, and the modern #tdffemmes, it was perhaps the closest thing the women’s sport had to 'Le' Tour.?
I wrote about the Tourmalet stage of the 2007 race in an article for Escape Collective .?
It’s a little bit of cycling history and I hope it resonates with some people for other reasons too... You can read it here.
(The article is an excerpt from a chapter of my book Oat Of This World - which is more than just a recipe book…)
Head of International Sports & Cycling at the WFSGI
1 年Great read as always Emma Pooley, I’m currently en route to the Tourmalet stage and was reminiscing of the last time in the Pyrenees. You came back to the hotel after climbing 3 cols and promptly ran a half marathon for fun! x
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1 年That's a great article in the post about descending Emma ??
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1 年I remember it, Judith Painter who used to train with us raced it one year.
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