Last year, I blogged the Tour de France. Because of a number of circumstances, this year I haven't. But I have been keeping up with the Tour de France (TDF). Mike asked for a link about the tour, and in my typical obsessive style, I'll provide multiple:
- TDF blog
I consider this one of the best sources for information about the TDF. - Velo News
Velo News is another classic source for information about the TDF. - BBC TDF
The BBC is often the first web site with stats, and if you search around there are numerous features. - Site officiel du tour de France
If you're looking for TDF info, the TDF official site is an obvious place to start. While this site might have results later than the BBC site, they do tend to be a bit more accurate! Once or twice last year, I got caught by publishing preliminary information that turned out to be incorrect. Nothing major, but still an "Oops."
I mention the problem with preliminary information, because that is one of the reasons I'm not blogging the TDF this year. The day before the race, the drug investigation in Spain resulted in one team being "disinvited," another team eventually "disinvited," and multiple riders (including many favorites) being withdrawn by their team.
I wrote an article based on preliminary information and then looked around the web for more. The harder I looked, the less I knew what was going on. Attempts to correct the article reached the point of absurdity in under 20 minutes, and I deleted the entire post and hung up my plans to blog the TDF. There were additional factors, but that bit of mayhem was the major source.