Category Tour de France

Company, Cycling, France, Languedoc, Tour de France, Uncategorized

On Nîmes, in the Languedoc.

Last year (OK, a couple of weeks ago) I read an article about hidden gems to visit in France. I haven’t been able to track down the article, but one of its 5 ‘gems’ was Nîmes. And it struck me…

Bernard Dugdale
January 6, 2024

Company, Cycling, Personal, Tour de France

What to think of our anti-doping authorities?

Catching up with cycling news from the end of 2008 ( CyclingNews – great website with all the news of the professional race scene), I saw that Floyd Landis was planning to pursue legal proceedings in the USA. Having won…

Bernard Dugdale
January 15, 2009

Company, Cycling, France, Tour de France

The Tour de France and the Dreyfus Affair.

Every year I look forward to the Tour de France as one of my highlights of the sporting year. I was fascinated recently to learn about the links between the Tour de France and the notorious Dreyfus affair of late…

Bernard Dugdale
December 10, 2008
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