Cyclism with a Side of History
As you may have noted, we're big into the Tour de France here. We won't post about it every day, but there's plenty of Tour talk in our General Chat section.
For those of you who haven't succumbed to Tour fever, now's a great time to give in. Not only are several Americans in contention to take over where Lance Armstrong left off, but today's stage ended in Caen, France. The WWII buffs in the crowd will know that Caen was the major objective of the Allies' Normandy landings. So, watch the stage on OLN tonight and you'll not only see an exciting race, you'll also see the hedgerows and coasts where so many Americans, Brits, Canadians, Poles, French and many others fought for freedom 60+ years ago.
To paraphrase Armstrong, it's not just about the bike!
Posted by kris at July 6, 2006 10:29 AM
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