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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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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “I will cherish it for the rest of my life”

Stage 3: Cholet – Cholet, TTT, 35k Yesterday was one of the best days I’ve ever enjoyed as a bike rider and I will cherish it for the rest of my life. I was part of a stage-winning team in the biggest bike race in the world and it came about by sheer hard work, […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “Everyone was on keep Richie out of trouble duty!”

Stage 2; Mouilleron-Saint Germain – La Roche-Sur-Yon, 182.5km Day two is safely in the bag and I guess you could say it is mission completed with all BMC boys coming home in one piece and we turn our attention to today´s team time-trial. Yesterday, the stress levels went up another few notches as a few of […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “Even a combined effort from us and Michelton Scott wasn´t enough to close the gap”

Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on yesterday’s opener I can say one thing, the Tour is a very different animal to any other. You might have remembered my opening day last year when I went down hard in the prologue and I wrote on Friday about how I would try and at […]

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Paddy Bevin Tour Diary: “I´ve taken strength from that and used it as a springboard”

Paddy Bevin is one of four Kiwi riders on the start-list in this year´s Tour de France. He will be blogging for Eat Sleep Cycle from the BMC Racing Team camp each night throughout the race. Tomorrow I will start my second Tour de France and my third Grand Tour having done the Vuelta in […]

Italy

The Charms and Challenges of Northern Italy

It may have been a few weeks since the mountain passes of Northern Italy brought drama to the Giro d’Italia but the impact of the iconic climbs remains just as strong. It’s difficult to separate them from the three week grand tour as they never fail to incite gripping racing but you don’t have to […]

France

6 Steps to Prepare for a Cycling Tour in the High Mountains

If you’re planning a cycling tour in the high mountains, like the Pyrenees, the Alps, or the Dolomites, use our 6-step guide to prepare for your trip. CYCLING IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS: THE GUIDE When you signed up for the tour you probably had an ambitious training plan which would get you to an optimum […]