Check out this ESPN Guerilla Cam video of freestyle motocross god Ronnie Renner: A giant quarterpipe, a screaming crowd on the Santa Monica pier, a bunch of Red Bull babes. Renner hit 52 2 on the 18-foot quarterpipe at the Red Bull Experiment series on Friday night, a world record.--Emily Matchar Replica Breitling Windrider Chronomat Evolution Men's Watch Todays stage of the Tour de France went over the same route we followed for the July 6 lEtape du Tour—up the monster climbs of the Tourmalet and Hautacam. Needless to say, with the way those guys flew up the climbs, it didnt even look like the same course (what a revelation Christian Vande Velde was today).
I feel compelled to point out, though, that the racers enjoyed much, much nicer weather than we did. The photo at right shows the scene we faced last weekend. Thats the one-kilometer-to-go banner just before the finish at the summit of Hautacam, Replica Breitling Windrider Chronomat Evolution Watch where the medical tent was full of people being treated for near-hypothermic symptoms. It was perfect. The other photo is of me enjoying much nicer weather during la Marmotte on July 5th, as I drafted behind a motorcycle on the descent from the Galibier. Also perfect, but in a different way.
You can see a full set of photos from our weekend here. Theyre in reverse chronological order, beginning with me asleep in the bus after Sunday’s lEtape and ending with our arrival in France three days earlier. Last thing: Rapha has announced the Replica Breitling Aeromarine Avenger Seawolf Men's Watch winner of the Independent Fabrication giveaway. Ireland’s Eoin Hogan will soon have his own fully custom carbon-titanium XS frameset. Hogans guess of 19:28:42 nearly nailed my official cumulative time of 19:28:34 for the weekend (hey, it included food stops). Congrats, Eoin. —John BradleyPhotos ? Pete Drinkell 2008
