Results tagged “Tour de France”

BOOK
Ride a Stage of the Tour de France, by Kristian Bauer
A&C Black, £16.99

4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
If watching sweaty men in lycra is your idea of sporting heaven then this is the book for you.

The last time cyclist Magnus Backstedt was in Canary Wharf he was very much retired after a long and successful career in the saddle.

Last June the former Tour de France rider was here helping launch ex-Formula One champion Nigel Mansell's round-Britain bike ride in aid of the UK Youth charity, and insisted that his racing days were over.

Former Olympic cycling champion Chris Boardman is tipping Bradley Wiggins as Britain's first evet Tour de France winner.

Boardman, whose gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 paved the way for the boom in British cycling, feels Wiggins has a great chance of winning the world's most prestigious road race.

Canary Wharf will be the centre of the British cycling world on May 25 when the cream of the country's road riders take to the streets.

The second Halfords Tour Series will get underway in the roads around Canada Square with 50 cyclist, including Olympic medallists Rob Hayles and Chris Newton, competing over a one kilometre circuit.

He's the fastest man on two wheels but he's not going to escape the limelight just yet - as he's just been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Mark Cavendish, Britain's best-performing Tour de France rider, rolled into the Wharf last Wednesday to sign copies of his autobiography.

AVID cyclist Dominic Barnes will be following in the tyre marks of Lance Armstrong next week.

The vice president of Credit Suisse Asset Management has been in training to take on a gruelling section of the Tour de France.

Dominic, 45, is facing a 100-mile trip, including a 40km climb up the Pyrenees, just two days before the race cyclists take on the stage.