April 26, 2010
Beyond the Cover, Le Métier.
Select pages of Le Métier. The Seasons of a Professional Cyclist.
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- New York Times Articles
- Cycling in America Is One Big Exchange Program – 9/23/2009
- Calibrating Tour Dreams for Smaller Glories – 7/21/2009
- Pushing the Limit; Blood, Muddy Courses and Air Horns – 11/13/2008
- A Fast Day Can Last a Lifetime – 9/29/2008
- Pedaling His Way Back to His Passion – 9/12/2008
- A Ride Like No Other: Glimpsing China, New and Old – 8/11/2008
- Tour de France; In a Time Trial, Drama Occurs When the Clock Stops – 7/26/2008
- When the Peloton Doesn't Flow, the Blood Does – 7/22/2008
- Big Tour, Little Tour, Everything In Between – 7/15/2008
- In the Pursuit of Glory, Far Behind the Leaders – 7/12/2008
- Tour de Torture: Who Is Prepared to Suffer the Most? – 7/3/2008
- Toronto Star
- A glimpse of the Eiffel Tower as the Tour sprints to finish – 7/24/2011
- A workshop on wheels: Life as a Tour de France mechanic – 07/24/2011
- Saturday’s time trial will be final test for Tour champ – 07/22/2011
- Weather can make, or break, a rider’s race – 7/20/2011
- Little time to relax on a rest day – 07/19/2011
- Behind the scenes of Hesjedal’s 16th stage breakaway – 07/19/2011
- Controversial radio use during Tour must be studied – 07/17/2011
- Mountain stage of Tour de France turns riders into heroes – 7/15/2011
- What a Tour rider puts in his stomach – 7/14/2011
- Cycling leads the pack in drug testing. – 7/13/2011
- The selfless domestique takes over when the leader crashes. – 7/12/2011
- Why the first week of the Tour de France is the most dangerous. 7/8/2011
- Team time trial cycling in synch at 60 km/h – 7/4/2011
- Pushing the limits in the peloton – 7/4/2011
- Training for Tour de France an uphill climb for the lucky few – 6/30/2011
- Velonews Diary
- Starting Year #13 – 01/18/2011
- Bite The Dust Then Reach For The Stars – 8/23/10
- A Trail of Pink Around the Boot – 5/26/2010
- Highs and Lows- 05/13/10
- Cutting the grass in the flowing peloton – 5/6/2010
- Using Every Ounce – 3/19/2010
- Openers – 02/02/2010
- Christmas in Girona – 12/25/2009
- An eding looms, along with a new beginning – 9/11/2009
- Victory is secondary – 08/26/2009
- The time of transition – 08/15/2009
- Michael Barry gives an inside view of Monday's brutal Giro stage – 05/26/2009
- We will surely fight until the end – 05/12/2009
- Waiting in Venice – 05/08/2009
- The road to San Remo – 03/24/2009
- From Qatar to Cali – 02/26/2009
- Together we triumph – 02/10/2009
- Wind, Eddy and a victory – 02/05/2009
- The Peloton Unplugged – 02/04/2009
- Peloton on a plane; Boonen and Cavendish chat on the flight to Qatar – 01/30/2009
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4 Responses to “Beyond the Cover, Le Métier.”
Nice pics Michael. Specially the ones from Susqueda’s dam and the bike leaving home in Girona. Are the stairs that goes to st. Domenech ?? It’s great to see you riding up to Osor, Llémana valley or climbing Rocacorba…we live in a cycle’s paradise.
C u on the road.
Cheers
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Great pictures!!.
I have a question for you. What time you need for to climb Els Angels?
I booked your book. I am waiting to be able to read.
What is your next race?
Good luck
Hi Enric, Thanks for the note. I hope you enjoy the book. Time up Els Angels (from Madremanya)? 15 mins riding at a good tempo. Around 13 mins at race/time trial speed. All the best, Michael
Thank you for your response.
And from Girona?
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