MONDORF-LES-BAINES, LUXEMBOURG Our last day, and our biggest day. The preparation for this ride started on Wednesday at our team meeting. Fränk Schleck stated that he was going to offer two rides: The planned 155 km four-country ride and a shorter (100 km) ride that would only be able to take in three countries. To […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG Another beautiful day in Luxembourg. We looked forward to another brilliant ride. One problem. My illness, and I think it’s a cold, got worse. I had a bad headache last night and was feeling like crap. I thought about sitting this one out. But I hoped a bike ride would make it better. […]
LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG On the schedule, this was a rest day as we had ridden 100 km in France and 100 km in Holland the past two days. Fränk Schleck proposed we see Luxembourg City. We had two non-riders in our group for the week but Fränk found some “city bike” rentals for Svetlana and […]
We went to the Netherlands and rode the route of the Amstel Gold race
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG I love France. In five times of coming here in nine years, I never experienced any road rage. Until today. Early in our ride a car did not like being behind these cyclists and went by with its horn blaring. Damnit France, you went and screwed up. Fränk We rolled out of Luxembourg […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG I rode in the morning in Frankfurt, which was really a bunch of wooded bike trails near the airport. I never did find Center City Frankfurt. In the lobby of the Airport Hilton, I met Julie Trimble then went to breakfast and met Dan McDonogh and Scott Hesford. We all assembled in the […]
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