For three weeks every summer, my husband and I take a bicycle tour of France. Thanks to the magic of television, we cruise past fields, vineyards, castles, villages and cities. We struggle up impossibly steep mountain roads in the Alps and the Pyrenees and race down the other sides. We mingle with an international cadre of riders. In the world of sports, it's the Tour de France. In our world, it's a road vicarious road trip through France. This year, we'll be in France from July 5 though July 27, again, thanks to the magic of television.
Like the racers themselves, we've started training for the Tour de France by watching the just-concluded Amgen Tour of California. We covered 650 miles in eight days -- through vineyards and redwoods along the stunning California coast We encountered sun, rain and wind. We rooted for the young Boulder rider, Tom Zirbel, who led the stage alone for miles until the last lap -- and who blogs as well as rides very fast. Hats off to him, to race winner Levi Leipheimer and winner of the final stage, George Hincapie. And thanks, guys, for letting us ride along.
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