My Orchids. Phalaneopsis " Maillot Jaune". Photo ET
Le Tour de France 2014
The Tour is about to start. Not sure if British traffic rules apply, which would put last year's champion Froome at an advantage. Anyway Le Tour starts again from Afar.
My Luxembourg roots would normally have me getting excited about the Schleck brothers. Obviously less than in past years, as the two brothers had their ups and downs. Their team is not really the Schleck team, and their ambitions that they publicly confirmed, are also modest. That being said, it is a long way to Paris and to Tipperary. Anything can happen, and a former talent can possibly be reborn. At which time, if opportunity strikes, one of the Schlecks could graduate from helper to leader. For those who want to wave the Luxembourg Lion in the French Cols, there is a third Luxembourg iron in the fire, young Ben Gastauer.
Who will win the Tour? I bet on Alberto Contador. He is the ideal mountain climber, strong on time trials (see second last stage over 54 km), and for the not too glorious past, he has learned how not to eat doped Spanish beef. He won't make that mistake anymore.
In the US, watch it happen on NBC Sports, or the colorful French TV5.
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