Tour de France and all That.

 Wow! What a week we have had both watching and cycling ourselves. It has been brilliant. 

Thanks to all those taking part in the TdF for one of the most exciting tours ever. We have seen the rise of a number of new stars. Namely, Pogacar winning the Yellow Jersey and also winning the White and Polka Dot Jerseys too. Hirschi from Switzerland won the prize for the most agressive rider. He had a win, a second and a third-place and had he not crashed might have won another. Sam Bennett of Ireland won the last stage and also the Green Jersey.

My favourite rider Julien Allaphillipe was a little under his best form but he did win a stage and wear the yellow jersey for a while. 

I felt sorry for Roglic, he must have been devastated by losing on that penultimate stage, it was of course "man against man" without team support.

More locally:

On Tuesday I had a solo ride as I still was not feeling confident enough to join the Pedallers while they were playing away.

On Thursday I decided to go for a walk instead of a ride. Did the local riverside walk of about 2.6 miles.

Then on Friday, I went a bit mad and did the battlefield Mini Circuit of nine and a half miles twice on my two Gridironman powered road Bikes.

Today Sunday, back to normal on an E-bike ride with Paddy and Reg.

Hope you are all well and enjoying yourselves. 

Best wishes, Gridironman.