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Paddy Bevin Tour de France Diary: “It was one of the most memorable climbs I´ve ever done”

Tour de France Diary: Stage 12, Bourg Sant Maurice Les Arcs – Alpe d´Huez, 175k When I eventually hang up my racing wheels, yesterday is one of the days I´ll recall with very fond memories. Growing up in Taupo, New Zealand, I remember watching the Tour de France in the black of night and counting […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour de France Diary: “The number of Kiwi flags and silver ferns give me shivers”

Tour de France Diary Stage 11, Albertville to La Rosiere, 108k Deep in the Alps. Deep in suffer mode. At times, yesterday was like being submerged in water with our nostrils above the surface. It was a pretty tough stage as we knew it would be after Tuesday´s er, stalemate? I knew what to expect […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “Greg skipped across on the last ticket out of town”

Tour de France Diary Stage 10; Annecy – Le Grand Bornand, 158k We´re almost at the halfway point in the race and all things considered, we´re doing pretty well. Greg is in the yellow jersey and what an awesome ride yesterday to not only hold it on terrain many felt he´d flounder on, but he […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour de France diary: “Hopefully I can recoup a bit of energy after a week defending yellow”

Tour de France diary; Rest day. July 16th, 2018 Boy was I in need of that day off yesterday! Like I said in yesterday´s blog, my day would consist of very, very, very little, so if it´s excitement you´re after in this post, you can stop reading now! 90 minutes of easy pedalling is what […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour diary: “Whoever wins this Tour will have deserved it after yesterday”

Tour de France Diary: Stage 9 Arras – Roubaix, 156k Reflecting on yesterday´s epic battle in Northern France I´m reminded of the scene from the film Gladiator when Russell Crowe addresses the crowd after dispatching a challenger in a fight and yells, “are you not entertained, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?” to the assembled gallery It […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour diary: “We were completely across the road and still riding at almost 400w.”

Stage 7, Fougeres to Chartres, 231k Sorry if we bored you yesterday! Let´s get that out there before we start, shall we? It was the longest of the race at 231 kilometres and on a pan-flat course, it was always going to be a day for the sprinters. After the madness of the opening six stages […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour diary: “It´s nice to have everyone there in a stressful situation.”

Stage 6, Brest to Mur de Bretagne, 181k So, we´re still in yellow for another day and that makes it three days in-a-row we´re starting the stage with the coveted jersey. Greg was coolness personified yesterday and rode a textbook final, following the wheels and not allowing any major GC threat give him the slip. […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour diary: “My gel count for the race took a sharp rise yesterday”

Stage 5, Lorient to Quimper, 205k Yesterday I took the gel count up to a whopping 23 for the race so far, bumping it up from 17 the day before. Keeping the yellow jersey is not easy and demands full focus and a huge amount of energy. The stage from Lorient to Quimper was over […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “We were all on keep-Richie-and-Greg-out-of-danger duty”

Stage 4, La Baule – Sarzeau, 195k Another day in the bag, yellow held, Richie very much in the race now, and onto the next challenge. Yesterday was all about staying vigilant, eating and drinking enough, keeping Richie and Greg out of any danger and making their lives as easy as possible. For a domestique, […]

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