2011 Cycling Adventures

Cycling Trip 2011

As you maybe aware, or perhaps you are not, or maybe you just don't care, but Yellowbandchef and I did not go to see the Tour De France this year. We did missed not taking our europe trip this year but there weddings and anniversaries that cut into our travel budget this year.

We could not have a year without seeing professional cycling. This year we decided that we would stay on American soil and come to see the USA Pro Challenge out in Colorado. Interesting enough the race was originally called the Tour Of Colorado. How and why it was change I have know idea.

When we decided that this was the race that we would see the teams had not been selected and the Tour De France had not yet begun. As we sat at home watching the Tour de France we were dreaming of being there. This year Le Tour went to the town that Yellowbandchef and I first saw Le Tour. That year as the year that we first saw Le Tour, Lorient, France was an arrival town. I clearly remember the speed in which the riders came blowing into the flat streets of Lorient. The day we saw the arrival a break away succeeded.

With Le Tour De France complete and our hunger to see cycling live and in person we learned that the podium of Le Tour will be attending the US Pro Challenge. We are going to have the opportunity to see the race three different times. We will see the arrival into Steamboat Springs. The following morning we will see the departure from Steamboat Springs. We will also see the final day as the riders come into Denver.

Once we learned that the top three finishers of Le Tour were coming to ride the USA Pro Challenge I became very excited. The reason this made me very excited because in true Yellowbandchef style she obtained the equivalent of back stage passes. What this means is that we will have access to the Village. The village is the area where the buses will come in and the riders will get ready for the start. This means that we maybe able to get photographs of some of our favorite riders.

We arrived here in Steamboat Springs Sunday afternoon and we have enjoyed the sites, sounds and of course the food, but you will need to see if Yellowbandchef decides to write about that. I will update you on the happenings as the days move on.

Ciao

Sir J Rotten