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7/1/2017 5:57 am

LE TOUR DE LYCRA: FROM DÜSSELDORF TO PARIS

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It’s that time of year again; the Tour de France is about to start. My summer has officially started!

Le Tour de France, its 104th edition, consists of 21 stages covering 2,220 miles. Riders will have to pedal their bikes across sun-drenched, rain-soaked and wind-swept roads, occasionally cobbled. They will also to climb some big mountains in the rain, sun and possibly even snow. It's one of the toughest races in the world.

The Tour starts today in rainy Düsseldorf and ends in just over three weeks later on 23 July on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

The winner of the yellow jersey is the rider who rides to Paris in the least time. The other contested jerseys are the green jersey given to the best sprinter, the polka dot jersey awarded to the best climber and the white jersey bestowed to the best young rider.

I think this Tour will be a very close and even an open race. Because there are fewer time trials this year, this suits the riders attempting to beat Chris Froome to Paris. I think the race will be a duel between Team Sky’s Chris Froome and BMC Racing’s Richie Porte. It's UK versus USA, or Kenya versus Australia depending on how you see things!

However, Team Sky has selected a very strong supporting team for Chris Froome, who is a phenomenal albeit slightly unorthodox rider, so I predict Chris Froome to wear the yellow jersey in Paris for the fourth time in five years.

Team Sky is unlikely to win the support of most spectators because of ongoing doping allegations surrounding the team, though not about Chris Froome - he's clean, please! Last year Team Sky riders were spat at, were punched and had urine thrown over them.

Some pundits think that Movistar’s Nairo Quintana will win, but the Colombian rider has just participated in this year’s Giro d’Italia and though he nearly won the winner's pink jersey I think he will be too tired to win the yellow jersey in Paris.

A few pundits think Trek-Segafredo’s Alberto Contador will don the yellow jersey but at 34 years of age he’s no longer the force that he once was, albeit when he had some doping assistance!

Much to the chagrin of the French, a French rider hasn’t won the Tour de France since 1985 and I don’t think that run will end this year, but I do think AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet will make the podium in Paris.

So, my predicted one, two, three finish for this year’s Tour is Chris Froome, Richie Porte and Romain Bardet in that order - see photos below.

Will you be following Le Tour de France?
Who do you think will win the yellow jersey in Paris?

It’s Canada’s 150th birthday today. I want to wish all my Canadian friends a very happy Canada Day. To mark the special day, a very special prize will be awarded to the first person to correctly answer this question.

Who was the last Canadian to ride in the Tour de France?

Per usual, I’ll be blogging about the Tour de France over the coming few weeks. I know you love seeing photos of men clad in lycra!

For my past blog posts on the Tour de France, please see BICYCLE RACE, LE TOUR DE FARCE, THE PELOTON AND A WHEELSUCKER, A DOMESTIC GODDESS AND A DOMESTIQUE, WATCH ME NAKED ON THE TOUR, BACK FROM LYON, LE MAILLOT JAUNE, SOME COLOMBIAN, AN INCIDENT AT THE SWIMMING POOL, MEN CAN MULTITASK, THE CURSE OF YELLOW, A COCK WAS SHOWING AND THE ALPS ARE COMING, EL DIABLO39S NAKED GRAND TOUR, LE TOUR DE FRANCE, BRITS WEARING SUNGLASSES INVADE FRANCE and LE TOUR EST FINI.

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Romain Bardet:

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7/1/2017 6:02 am

I love to watch the tour de France Spunky. Hesjedal comes to mind for a Canadian rider. He competed at the Giro d'Italia, however he dropped out of the race on the fourteenth stage due to stomach problems

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