Le Grand Depart
Today and tomorrow we have the tour de France starting in London - an 8km prologue and then 120 mile stage tomorrow out to Canterbury. Some colleagues did the preview ride last week, involving a colleague picking his boss out of a bush without knowing it was him.
I am off to Hyde Park to watch, and then will try my best to keep track of it over the rest of the tour. There are well over half a million on the route to watch already - cycling has really picked up in the UK over the past few years for commuting. Bike clubs seem to be on the up as the country seems to improve in only one sport, Track Cycling.
It is a good month for sport and events here. Sadly I will be in NYC by the time that the Red Bull Air Race takes place over the Thames down at Greenwich /Canary Wharf.
Anyway - the first rider is off now. I will be cheering for Bradley Wiggins. A legend as a track cyclist over the past few years, he ought to be in with a good shot. I hope noone hits one of the potholes on the route - there are some, and they hurt me at 20mph, let alone them at 35mph.
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Hi,
I’ve been reading your blog for a little while now and I’m really enjoyingit - good insight. A few fellow business school students and I just starteda site called bschoolers.com, which is an “open”
community blog by, and for,the business school community. We’d be really interested in having you contribute postings and join our community. Check out the site, bschoolers.com, and definitely sign up for an account so you can start posting. Hopefully it can start to be a universally useful resource for b-schoolers.
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Best,
Eli