REST DAY at " Le Tour "!

After 2 Days of the Pyrennees , " Le Tour " moves north , racers by air , their Equipment by Road ! Fans , well they will do the best they can ! Georgethecyclist.blogspot left Albi by car for the first 100 miles with a fellow Touring Cyclist but will continue the slog North at about 10MPH , hoping to arrive in time to see Tuesday's Arrivee near St Malo ! Better you than me , my friend !

Each Tour de FRANCE has it's retinue of " Drug Busts /Cheats " , usually it takes a few days for the announcement , but the dates are generally associated with " Rest Days "! Already the Gendarmerie has taken several hours turning over the contents of the " Radio Shack Camper Van " , fruitless effort , to the relief of ALL Fans .

Seems the UCI Presidential Race is now in full swing with ONLY 2 Candidates , both people are using time and money to impress the 40 other " Voting Delegates " !  phat the rat has called for " Pantani's Legacy " to be overturned , seen to a racer of the " 100th Le Tour " being sent home for the disgraceful offence of being unable to stay within 25% of the Winning Team's time last Tuesday ! Matters not that he was severely injured and rode the entire 25km after the Ramp , alone ! Good to see that phat applies the rules in a " Fair & impartial manner "! Of course " King Cav , in the past was treated if a different manner , as were other " Mates " ! Could be that phat is wearing " Burn proof armour on his butt , in case the Americans & Italians decide to roast him ?

GiroRosa , the Italian 8 day stage race finished today , with Vos running in 2nd to Mara Abbott of USA Team EXG :

http://www.pdcvds.com/results.php?mw=0&y=2013&event=267

Reporting the goings on during this event was Tiffany of Orica , although i saw several nights Highlights thanks to the Event coverage by RAI TV :

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/07/tiff-cromwells-giro-rosa-stage-7/

Coming in the near future is a Docu on Womens' Racing :

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/half-the-road-the-passion-pitfalls-power-of-women-s-professional-cycling

Back to " Le Tour " , in a few days , we will see what the UCI , will have done at this " 100th Edition ", but had i had my way , this Petition would have seen the UCI handling matters in a far more satisfactory way :

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/office-of-the-governor-general-of-australia-create-the-means-for-a-sports-amnesty-in-australia/edit#photo

Wonder if those 42 " Voting Delegates " will even consider " Truth & Reconciliation Commission " whilst in Firenze ?

Both Candidates are voicing , WHAT they think people consider to be issues , but ALWAYS with "qualifications attached "!

Great EXCUSE ! " Our Rules currently do not allow "!

WELL CHANGE THE RULES !

REST DAY at " Le Tour "!

KING CAV will ride the SKY in 2012

Delighted to read that “ King Cav ” is going to ride for Team Sky in 2012 . So much speculation in the last weeks about which team and which “ Sponsors ” will be involved in the deal .
My source was “ Podium Café ” and here is the link :



http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/10/11/2483390/confirmed-mark-cavendish-to-team-sky   Cav is a popular Racer with a Huge Future and so far all that is missing in his career are the Olympic Medals that he had hoped for in Beijing !
More importantly is that Berny Eisel will be with Sky to help build the Train that has been a hallmark of the success of HTC team these pass several years . Cav can win by himself as Robbie Mc Ewen was in the habit of doing but there is something special about watching the various trains fighting to get their man in place to WIN on the line . Gossy , Wilson and others from the HTC team train will of course be working hard to disrupt the continual success of Cav’s sprints . Andre Greipel must be heaving a sigh of relief that “ Specialised ” did not convince Mark to join the Quickstep / Lotto team so as to have him continue riding their bikes .
Will Sky have King Cav at the Tour Down Under must be a key question for the media at present as they will be looking to see the results of Cav wearing the “ Rainbow Jersey ” which tends to have been a jinx for the wearer in past seasons . So many of those wearing it have had difficult seasons and then enjoyed success when it passed on to the next Racer .
Have waited until now to offer congrats to Mark on his winning the “ World Champs ” since I felt certain that he and the British team regarded the result as a certainty barring accident or injury .
Now as another of my favourite Bloggers has pointed out recently we are less than 100 days from the start of the TDU !

KING CAV will ride the SKY in 2012