Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2013
Posts (21)
London Anniversary Games: Peter returns to the Park
Peter Allen remembers his London 2012 experience, as he prepares to return to the Olympic Park for the Anniversary Games.
Tour de France: The dreaded bonk
5 live's summariser at the Tour de France, Graham Jones, explains what the dreaded bonk means for cyclists.
Heatwave: A storm is brewing
5 live's meteorologist Simon King, offers an insight into the week ahead as the heatwave continues.
Alpe d'Huez - the Tour's most famous climb
If there is a stage on this year’s Tour that everybody has been waiting for then it’s this one. Stage 18 Gap to Alpe D’Huez: the most famous climb in the Tour, and one of the first climbs ever to be used as a summit finish. It has become a Mecca for cycling fans with its 21 hairpin bends.
Behind the scenes: Week one of the Tour de France
Behind the scenes: Week one of the Tour de France
Tour de France: Watching paint dry
BBC Radio 5 live's Tour de France producer Olie D'Albertanson films the stencil team on the morning of Stage 16.
Froome - The Best Climber in the World
Read Graham Jones's blog on why Chris Froome is the best climber in the world.
The Tour Crowd Incidents
The very unfortunate and unsavoury incident involving Mark Cavendish on Stage 11 of the Tour d France (when a spectator threw a bottle of urine in his face), reminded us all of the dangers and vulnerability of cyclists.
Disabled and Desperate to Work - Behind the Mic
I set off on my latest BBC Radio 5 Live disabled adventure knowing one thing - it’s a tough job market out there at the moment and it’s hard for anyone to get a job, but if you’re disabled, it’s even harder. So, we set out to find out why...why are there so many disabled people in the UK despera...
Tour de France: Individual Time Trial
Graham Jones on the Tour de France time trial.
