http://www.bikestyletours.com Bikestyle Tours Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:29:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're interested in Bikestyle's 2008 Giro trip, details are now available, go check them out! The trip runs from Thursday 22 May to Monday 2 June 2008, you'll stay in 4 star hotels and see seven race stages along the way. We've also updated our trip comments section, so if ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/257-girod-italia-2008-details-now-available First update just in! We're working to get you full details of all trips in the next few days. In the meantime, take a look at itineraries for: The Grand Depart - details coming soon Brittany and the Loire Valley - 3rd - 10th July 2008. 8 days, 7 nights. Starts and finishes ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/206-2008-trips-1 The 2008 Tour de France route is in! ASO has made some tweaks to the proven Tour de France course formula. The BikeStyle crew were on hand as the route was announced in Paris. So what's different about the 08 Tour? 1st: something we already knew-- no prologue (apparently this will make ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/188-tdf08-launch Hello cycling fans, Can you get yourself to Paris on October 25th 2007 (that's next Thursday)? If you live in mainland Europe or the UK and would like a free* ticket to the TdF Presentations in Paris, drop Lawrie an email (lawrie@bikestyletours.com) today with your request and a sentence or two ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/187-free-tickets-to-the-tour-de-france-2008-presentation It's very nasty. I think they should take it out. It's a violation of our human rights. I love it. Lance Armstrong about the Plateau-de-Beille in 2004 One of the great things about the BikeStyle VIP tours is that you get the chance to ride a stage of the Tour de France ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/151-tour-de-france-stage-14-2007-riding-the-col-de-pailheres-and-plateau-de-beille Interesting and insightful analysis of the battle for the Lanterne Rouge by Nancy Toby. http://www.bikestyletours.com/149-lanterne-rouge Time to roll out the puns and cliches, members of the press! Today saw the second serious dog-related incident of this year's tour, though it didn't end so badly for Sandy Casar. In stage 9 we saw Markus Burghardt's wheel fold under the impact of a tubby blond Labrador going ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/147-dogged-days As it stands Cadel Evans is a minute and fifty three seconds behind Alberto Contado with the Tour de France due to finish on Sunday. It would seem only the time trial in Cognac will give the opportunity for Cadel to make up the time (though the Tour has a ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/137-can-cadel-evans-catch-contador-in-cognac Stage 16 - Wednesday, July 25: Orthez - Gourette - Col d’Aubisque, 218.5km Well I'm back in England being drowned by rain and having to watch the decisive stage of the tour on the computer (check out cyclingfans.com for links to video and audio feeds- it's great, though it does make ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/136-bikestyle-tours-now-on-tv Mazamet -> Plateau-de-Beille It's very nasty. I think they should take it out. It's a violation of our human rights. I love it. Lance Armstrong about the Plateau-de-Beille in 2004 Mazamet > Plateau-de-Beille July 22 2007 / 14th Stage / Distance : 197 km Km 9 Côte de Sarraille Montée de 9 km à 5,2% Km 146 Col de Pailhères Montée de 16,8 km à 7,2% Km 197 Plateau-de-Beille Montée de 15,9 km à 7,9% BikeStyle ... http://www.bikestyletours.com/130-mazamet-to-plateau-de-beille