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has anyone got a link to information about the cycling calendar. I don't really know what tours happen and when other than the TdF. I tried searching on Google and you get a whole load of stuff coming up, I just wondered which ones people find to give the most/best information.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/?id=cal09

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loved the decision to go from podium ambitions to polka dot after realising that he couldn't do it. and he pushed right until the end.

have a look at: *http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=13416

• i've uploaded your proposed route to a more detailed route site. if you look at the OSMCycle tab, you'll find where the pubs and rest stops are, and where the major elevation points are on the route. that should help a bit.
  

wow. that's a mighty commute and chapeau to you for deciding to do it on a bike. make sure that you also let your muscles rest and recover occasionally and take the train in. maybe mid-week. i know it's probably not the best advice but ~225 miles of commuting a week will start to wreak havoc on your muscles and your man parts.

YouTube - Leo Kottke - medley

so oxford was fun.
might try this one next sunday if anyone's up for it:
http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/London_to_Beachy_Head-Cycle-Route-1896.html

beachy head/eastbourne. 76miles/122kms

you're a weekend cycling machine, Matt! sadly busy on sunday, but looks like a good route. there are some very steep climbs/descents on that route, so if you're going fixed, be careful.

how many flowers and trophies do the jersey wearers need?

unbelievable speed in the last lap! fantastic finish. cavendish is in another league as a sprinter.

well done, Stevo! hope the ride put some of your worries to rest.

good luck with the flat-hunt, joe. sorry to hear that you guys couldn't move yesterday.

A very good afternoon at the C&H. Thank you to Jonny for organising and good to meet some more forum folks. And good brownies and flapjacks, Fluff.

loads of railings for outside parking.

no change in the GC

don't think the sprinters will do much tomorrow

wow. good finish.

both

no, oliver. they're racing machines.

slight uphill finish. and i think cavendish will want to prove something to thor.

slight uphill finish. wonder how narrow the road will be and if the rain is going to a factor.

should be interesting finish. i reckon cavendish vs. hushovd.

now it's raining.

fair enough. but Armstrong carries a lot of weight in cycling and his relationship with the french media isn't quite as bad this year as it has been.

he'll definitely be invited. it'll be just like cervelo test team this year.

"Bono first approached me about the bike and described Lance to me as 'the greatest sportsman the world has ever known after Ali!'"

i think that sentence alone puts the bike by Hirst into perspective.

Is it me or is the doping side of cycling being brushed under the carpet this year? You hear very little mention of Vinokourov, Ricco, Rasmussen etc. in the coverage. Sort of elephant in the room or unhelpful and irrelevant info?

If it is the case that there's a two speed race, between the clean riders and the dopers then why ignore it. To hear people say 'I'm glad Brad had a shit day, shows his clean' sort of undermines the performance of all those who do not have any bad days.

Vinokourov and Rasmussen have both been pretty visible in the media. Vino wanting to come back to Astana (and what that will mean for the credibility of that team) and Rasmussen wants to come back as soon as his ban expires on the 25th of july. and the reaction to diluca's positive at the giro has also been quite heavily criticised by organisers and riders in the tour.

i also found myself in slight disbelief at contador's performance yesterday; but that is more my flaw as a spectator watching a sport that i love that is also linked so closely with doping.