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Soul sport: much more than the Tour de France.
Bastille Day has come and gone. It’s mid July and cycling aficionados the world over are having to adjust their much-varied, geographical time clocks. For people who follow this sort of thing, it is the height of the professional season, and … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Sport, Travel
Tagged bicycling, cycling, lifestyle, soul sport, spirituality of sport, sport of the soul, Tour de France, travel
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Tuft in a league of his own at 2010 Yaletown Grand Prix
To say that Svein Tuft won the men’s elite race at the 2010 Yaletown Grand Prix on Canada Day, July 1, 2010 would be…an understatement. Fresh from a third successive Canadian National Time Trial Championship, and sixth in the last … Continue reading
Laid Back in Laos.
The road was deathly silent. Although early in the morning and devoid of any sign of human habitation, there were no bird sounds as I pedalled down the road, or movement of any kind. But, perhaps this should not have … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, bicycling Laos, cycling Laos, Kiu Kacham, Laos, Luang Prabang, national highway 13, self-supported cycling, Vang Vieng, Vientiane
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