Tag: Tour de France
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23 Days In July
Click or not: 23 Days In JulyIt’s been a week of discovery and rediscovery for Skippy Week as we’ve looked back at the career of Phil Anderson. We’d been well aware of his feats at Le Tour, where he became the first non-European to ever wear the yellow jersey, and his power and poise in the one-day classics. We learned he… …
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Skippy Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.
Click or not: Skippy Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.The 70s and 80s were a great time to be an Aussie bloke. There was no PC crowd gone mad, you could drink and smoke whenever and wherever the hell you wanted, and the telly told you which brands were the most macho. Morphing from a 70s kid to an 80s teen, I knew exactly… …
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Carla Fuentes’ “Le Tour”
Click or not: Carla Fuentes’ “Le Tour”Occasionally we stumble across little nuggets of beauty when bicycles and art intersect. Carla Fuentes is an illustrator with an eye for detail and a deft touch with textures in mixed media. There’s an elegance to her brightly coloured work, the stripped back compositions tactile and feel intimate. Lucy Bourton from itsnicethat.com describes her work thus: Her series… …
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Retracing Le Ride
Click or not: Retracing Le RideAs cyclists, and fans of cycling, we enjoy a privilege that not many other sports do; we can ply our trade on the very same arenas that our heroes do, and have done for centuries. We can ride over the cobbles and kassien of Belgium, we can climb the cols of the French Alps, we… …