OU
alum
Brian Beckham, who is spending the year working in Geneva,
sent me this picture of himself at the Col de la Colombiere,
during stage 7 of the Tour de France. Excerpted
from Brian's blog: "We
climbed the Col amid the crowds
to
the
summit. What a climb! The last 2 km are brutal (12%). At
the 1 km banner, we had some time to kill. Since the vendors
at the top were out
of drinks, as the group domestique,
I rode back down towards the valley to try to find us some
cold beverages. As luck would have it, I saw two German
guys with a ton of gear in the back of their car. After chatting
for
a bit, they were kind enough to spare 10 beers for our
group.
So, with a sack full of beer on my back, I proceeded to
climb back to the top. Then after hours in the hot sun,
the helicopters arrived, signaling the lead riders. Mostly
a blur, I did manage to find Michael Rasmussen (the current
leader, and a former world champ mountain biker). Hope
to catch many a Tour in the future!"
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Zaleski, Ohio
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