94th Tour de France, July 7-29, 2007
Stage 20 - Sunday, July 29: Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146km
Alberto Contador crowned Tour de France champion
The Tour de France finished things up with Stage 20 and the classic ride on the Champs Elysees with Alberto 'Kid' Contador of Discovery Channel enjoyed the cloudy and damp Parisian day riding in the maillot jaune which he easily kept after ending the final time trial with 23 second edge (on Cadel Evans) and American Levi Leipheimer riding in 3 rd, pedaling toward the podium on the newly designed 2008 Trek Madone road bikes.Alberto Contador crowned Tour de France champion
While all that was taking place in France, I was in Northern Kentucky (Burlington) at England-Idlewild for the KyMBA / Psycho Series mountain bike race. It has been my first race since before June and moving down to the Cincinnati area. So I have had to reset my season training and start back up mid-season and play catch up with everybody else who has been in top shape for months now. I raced in the Sport Category (19-34 yrs) and ended up 14th out of 28. Our distance was just over 15 miles in 1 hr and 33 min. It was an intense race with fast tight corners and quick switch-back climbs. And a nasty climb to the finish that left you legs thick with lactic acid and your heart rate in it's upper limits.
Tuesday - July 31st
I grabbed the Paragon and headed out to ride East Fork State Park, where the Psycho Series race was going to be at on Sunday- but has since been cancelled due to the Park being double booked with two events.
Distance : 16. 5 mi
Time : 01:37:42
Avg. : 10.1 mph
Mx. : 22.5 mph
Cdc Avg. : 73 rpm
Tuesday - July 31st
I grabbed the Paragon and headed out to ride East Fork State Park, where the Psycho Series race was going to be at on Sunday- but has since been cancelled due to the Park being double booked with two events.
Distance : 16. 5 mi
Time : 01:37:42
Avg. : 10.1 mph
Mx. : 22.5 mph
Cdc Avg. : 73 rpm
Wednesday - August 1st
CORA group ride at Landen-Deerfield Park. A great single speed trail in the area, to bad the trail is only 2 miles. It was nice to get my Fisher Rig out and give the a spin for a change. The trail does have two really nice creek crossings that are sure to get the feet wet and short but 10% grade climb to finish things up.
Laps: 3
Distance : 5.13 mi
Time : 0:38:37
Avg. : 8.0 mph
Mx. : 16.9 mph
Cdc Avg. : 50.2 rpm
Thursday - August 2nd
Harbin Park MTB Challenge
This grueling series is a time-trial format covering more technical and challenging sections of the Harbin Park MTB trail systems. Advanced is two laps ( 7 miles), Beginner is on lap (3.5 miles).
Laps : 2
Distance : 6.83 mi
Time : 50:03
Avg. : 8.3 mph
Mx. : 37 mph
Cdc Avg. : 77 rpm
CORA group ride at Landen-Deerfield Park. A great single speed trail in the area, to bad the trail is only 2 miles. It was nice to get my Fisher Rig out and give the a spin for a change. The trail does have two really nice creek crossings that are sure to get the feet wet and short but 10% grade climb to finish things up.
Laps: 3
Distance : 5.13 mi
Time : 0:38:37
Avg. : 8.0 mph
Mx. : 16.9 mph
Cdc Avg. : 50.2 rpm
Thursday - August 2nd
Harbin Park MTB Challenge
This grueling series is a time-trial format covering more technical and challenging sections of the Harbin Park MTB trail systems. Advanced is two laps ( 7 miles), Beginner is on lap (3.5 miles).
Laps : 2
Distance : 6.83 mi
Time : 50:03
Avg. : 8.3 mph
Mx. : 37 mph
Cdc Avg. : 77 rpm
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