Robbie Hunter has become the first South African cyclist to win a stage on the TDF. Hunter has threatened several times in this year's tour, and today was his day.
The wild card Barloworld team are proving their worth in this years tour, with a 9th Stage win for Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez, and today's 11th stage victory for Hunter.
Tom Boonen, the leader in the green jersey classification crashed out on a sweeping right turn, with 600m to go - it would have been interesting to see the lunge for the line between Boonen and Hunter. Robbie admitted in the post race interview that Boonen is a stronger rider than himself, saying that he would try his best for as many sprint points as possible, but that chances are that Boonen would always be in front of him.
If you missed the race this afternoon, make sure you catch the delayed feed this evening - this is South African cycling history in the making...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
TDF Crashes
Seeing as its that time of year, and in reference to my previous post, I thought I'd find some footage on TDF crashes. This clip isn't very comprehensive, but it has a couple of classics, like Ullrich's wipe out on wet roads during the 2005 individual time trial stage.
The Tweedie's...
Hooked up with Ronnie, Hazel and young Edward this past weekend - they're out from the UK for a couple of weeks visiting family and renovating their place at the coast. They arrived on Friday and stayed with us for the weekend, leaving on Monday morning for East London.
Was good seeing them again - also nice to spend a bit of time with Edward - he's a cute little guy going through some teething problems at the moment. When K and I got up on Monday morning to say cheers, we just looked at each other and smiled after our 8 hours of sleep whilst Ronnie relayed how they were up every hour during the night. Our day will come sooner or later...
Was good seeing them again - also nice to spend a bit of time with Edward - he's a cute little guy going through some teething problems at the moment. When K and I got up on Monday morning to say cheers, we just looked at each other and smiled after our 8 hours of sleep whilst Ronnie relayed how they were up every hour during the night. Our day will come sooner or later...
Top 50 SA websites
If you haven't already posted your Top 50 SA websites on Arthur Preston's Facebook Group, or Online Trek blog, get over there and do it quick.
The point is try and compile a list of the top 50 SA websites by popularity and not necessarily page impressions.
Time recently released their list - which provided the inspiration to Arthur to get an SA list going. My contributions so far include:
The point is try and compile a list of the top 50 SA websites by popularity and not necessarily page impressions.
Time recently released their list - which provided the inspiration to Arthur to get an SA list going. My contributions so far include:
- www.bizcommunity.com
- www.moneyweb.co.za
- www.keo.co.za
- www.amatomu.com
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