Tour de France in Full Swing

by Outdoor Urbanite

The Tour de France: a great way to enjoy the thrill of cycling without the worry of psychotic motorists. Of course, you won’t get a great calorie burn by sitting on your couch all day watching Team Garmin-Chipotle roll by, but the vicarious thrill will get your heart racing from time to time.

I love the Tour but I am a little saddened about the lack of Team Discovery in this year’s tour, and a little confused by the genesis of Team Garmin-Chipotle. I cannot understand what on earth Garmin and Chipotle even have to do with each other. Garmin makes GPS systems and Chipotle is McDonald’s “healthy” counterpart…I guess you could use your Garmin to help you find the nearest Chipotle, but otherwise, I just don’t get this pairing at all. It is great to hear the British announcers on Versus try to pronounce “chipotle”, though.

I don’t really have a favorite to win the tour this year (I was pulling for Vinokourov last year ), but there are many fierce competitors to chose from over the next few weeks, so I am sure I will have a favorite soon. The Tour is on Versus pretty much all month, so check it out!