Roll up, roll up – it’s the greatest show on earth. With an intriguing route and an incredible lineup, the 104th edition of the Tour de France is set to be a stunner. Iain Treloar tells you what you need to know. The Tour de France needs little introduction. It’s the world’s biggest annual sporting
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There’s nothing quite like the Tour de France. Iain Treloar runs you through the route, the riders and the romance of this iconic event. The Tour de France is a daily drama with an entire nation its stage, and a transfixed global audience. Now in its 103rd year, this venerable race has seen it all:
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Iain Treloar guides you through three weeks of climbs, teams and contenders in the world’s greatest bike race. For many bike lovers, the jewel of July is the Tour de France. For Australian audiences, the event has a magnetic quality that has us glued to our televisions year after year. Perhaps it’s the escapism as
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At 101 years old, the Tour de France is still an event of immense beauty and suffering. This year’s race promises to be one of the most exciting in recent memory, writes Iain Treloar. Fields filled with sunflowers and jagged peaks scraping the sky rush by, as a technicolour peloton threads a tarmac ribbon through
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The 100th Tour de France promises to be a magnificent and epic spectacle, writes Stephen Huntley. Supreme bike-riding athletes, stunning scenery, frenzied spectators, dramatic moments of terrible agony and overwhelming ecstasy, and all played out night after night for three spell-binding weeks; welcome to le Tour de France 2013. And this year’s Tour is
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With Cadel the firm favourite and an Australian team riding for the first time, this year’s Tour is going to be a thrill ride, writes Stephen Huntley. It’s hard to believe nearly a year has passed since Cadel Evan’s famous Tour de France victory. His popular win was viewed at the time as a triumph for gritty
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Aggressive driving behaviour puts all road users at risk. Anthea Hargreaves looks at the causes of road rage, and best approaches to deal with it. The toot of a horn, an aggressive swerve, a deliberate too-close pass or abusive obscenity yelled from a window – for too many riders, road rage is seen as an
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Bron Willis dives into the challenge and the triumph of learning to ride and how to plan bike trips the whole family will enjoy. You’re eager to launch into family riding, but when will your little one be ready for outings in the child seat or trailer? And when will junior have enough balance to
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Commentator, writer and Tour de France aficionado Matthew Keenan tells Melissa Heagney how dreams can come true—even if they have to change a little. Name: Matthew Keenan Age: 40 Job: Cycling commentator The excitement was too much. An 8-year-old Matthew Keenan just couldn’t wait to see what Santa had left under the Christmas tree. It was
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The week’s top bike news from around the world, brought to you every Wednesday. Local news Light up! Daylight saving saw those in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria enjoy an extra hour’s sleep in on Sunday. However, it also heralded the start of the dark commute. At night and in low light conditions,
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