Tag Archive for ‘2011 Tour de France’

Lest We Forget: Tour De France 2011

Étape 13, Pau à Lourdes / Images and Words by Patrick Kenny / Our first day photographing last year’s tour,… →

Lest We Forget: Laurens Ten Dam on the Alpe

“My legs feel just as good as they did before the crash. I would rather get hero status because of… →

Geraint Thomas

We have a new favorite cyclist. That is, since our falling out with former favorite, Michael Rasmussen. This summer, Geraint… →

Art and Alpe d’Huez

“People make references to Viennese art without really questioning the fact that there is a big difference between ketchup and… →

Opinel

On our recent trip to France the Heroes stocked up on Opinels. Joseph Opinel, a blacksmith in a long line… →

The Trip

The endlessly entertaining film The Trip, staring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, is a spot-on dramatization of what happened when… →

Humans and Dogs: A Domestic Partnership

“There are two kinds of fidelity: that of dogs and that of cats. You, gentlemen, have the fidelity of cats… →

The Girls and Boys of the Caravan: Volume One

The publicity caravan, created in 1930, is one of the defining characteristics of Le Tour. The armada of floats, cars,… →

A Hero’s Guide to France: Crossing the Alps, Part 1

Of recent years, many a Frenchmen (Virenque, Jalabert, Rinero) has won the illustrious red polka dot jersey in that Grand… →

Par Avion

Par l’oiseau? Per chance? Non. Although I chose the lightest postcards I could find, which is to say I bought… →

Requiem for Team Highroad

One of the interesting aspects of professional cycling is the often-short life span of the branded team. Their funerals are… →

Col d’Izoard to Briançon

Photographs by Jonathan Sadler and Luke Batten