Monthly Archives: October 2008

Reflections on doping

So, we are now able to re-write the results from this year’s Tour de France with some certainty, erasing stage wins, rejigging the overall, and congratulating Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck for jointly winning the KOM title following Kohl’s disgrace. The latter may have ridden himself into a near coma on Alpe d’Huez, with an …

October 29, 2008 – 5:47 pm | By Guy WR | Posted in Doping | Comments (2)

Alpe d’Huez revisited

The iconic climb of Alpe d’Huez featured again at the Tour de France this year and proved to be decisive in the outcome of the race. Le grimpeur has already discussed this climb on several occasions (see here, for example), but the publication of a new book on l’Alpe, as well as questions arising from …

October 2, 2008 – 1:46 pm | By Guy WR | Posted in Classic Climbs, Climbers, Doping | Comments (5)