I am taking time out from cycling while on what has become my annual pilgrimage to France for some 'my time'. Unfortunately, I've yet to source a bike carrier for my car and so am having to supplement my new cycling interests following the week-long
Criterium du Dauphine stage race, sans Wiggo and reading about how to win the Tour de France via Bradley's autobiography
My Time.
The great news I've read this morning is that
Chris Froome has won the Dauphine, emulating Bradley's triumph in
2011 and
2012. This bodes so well for the Tour De France in a few weeks. Meanwhile here in France I'm agreeing with the Sky cycling team's comment on Face Book that "Some parts of Europe still haven't got the memo about the good weather" as they reference the rains that are deluging the
Tour de Suisse .. ditto here.
The rain here is providing more time for reading and while I'm only a few chapters into Bradley's book, I'm already thinking about where I'm going to install my turbo trainer for the winter season and that taking these two weeks of 'My Time' off from cycling will not stand in the way of me winning the Tour next year! I'm not big on autobiographies, but this one has caught my imagination.
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