The tour de france peleton rumbles down the Champs Elysees
Hey There Fans,
If ever you had doubts that Aussies are die hard sports fans, take a look around your office when a major sporting event is being held in the northern hemisphere. You’ll see them all around you if you look closely. Dark circles under the eyes, grey pallor to the skin, all the signs of a heavy night on the sauce and yet, they don’t have that stale beer smell about Read more »
Cadel Evans creates history in the tour de france
What a hero! Cadel Evans has created history by becoming the first Australian to finish on the podium at the legendary Tour de France. In one of the closest finishes in the Tour’s history, Evans finished 2nd overall, only 23 seconds behind Spain’s Alberto Contador. American Levi Leipheimer was 3rd only a further 8 seconds back.
Cadel Evans was certainly the crowd favourite carrying his squeaky clean image through the entire race when so many others were tarnished by the dark spectre of drug taking that has haunted this years’ Tour and the sport of cycling as a whole. It is a shame that achievements like those of Cadel Evans are tarnished by the cheats within the sport. One can only hope that others seeking to take the easy path to success are both discouraged by the cheaters being caught Read more »
cycling | The Mad Chatter, 27 Aug 08 | 
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