Cynthia Lou.

As entrepreneurs, our most important work is to manage our selves. Our energy levels, our moods, our attitudes, in order that we can spread positive and creative growth through our work and our companies. Finding my zen at the Tour de France this year made all the difference. Last year I was tired, stressed, and [...]

The sight of a shut-down Champs-Elysées, packed with bike riders, fans, giant LCD screens, and screaming-fast team cars is quite a sight to behold. Here are a few shots from the day’s race, as teams went from chillaxin’ into town, to sprint-time business. Click on the pics below for larger versions.

A few snapshots from the day…

Riding moto on a mountain stage at the Tour de France was one of the coolest and most fun things I’ve done in a long, long time. The exhiliaration of descending long, windy, steep, crazy mountain passes, feeling what it’s like to have fans press in towards the motos, seeing the beauty of the Alps [...]

Last year after Stage 6 we saw skinny spandex-clad Carlos Barredo and Rui Costa go at it after the finish line. Punches were thrown and all sorts of cycling-cleated mayhem went down. Though I was standing next to it, I was too stunned and confused (“What? Is that really happening??”) to whip out my camera [...]

Luck is relative – a day free of crashes is quite lucky this Tour, relative to the absurd number of horrific crashes. Luck exists in hindsight – perhaps some of the riders who crashed out of the Tour will crush it at the Vuelta? Time will tell…. It’s easier to find the luck after the [...]

A beautiful day with clear weather at Le Tour, on a stage that saw a lot of gear-switching. Not a pure sprint stage, not a pure climbing stage with summit finish, but a stage that started fast and furious as sprinters dashed for sprint points then retreated on the HC climb Col d’Aubisque, down nearly [...]

Monday, July 4th, Stage 3 of Le Tour, I celebrated American Independence day in a plane, flying from Nantes, France to Paris, then to Barcelona. I’m in Spain! Hola! Visiting Spain is dream (obsession?) I’ve had for several years. Au revoir France! Hola Spain! But wait, why are you in Spain when the biggest bike [...]

Time trials require precision. Precision of positioning, precision of pedaling, precision in mental skills, precision of equipement. Multiply that by nine, and voilá! an excuse to use a French word! Oh, I mean, Team Time Trial! I am currently writing a most excellent story on SRAM. One of the things that SRAM does well is [...]

First day of Le Tour de France 2011, and everyone was at the start line looking fresh – including me, hallelujah! One thing I’ve learned from last year’s first-time-Tour experience is to be properly nourished and as rested as possible. There are so many things to manage for a solo reporter, each its own small [...]