Antipodes

Whatever happened to Brittany ? Northern France ? Grenoble ? On the other hand, it's nice to see the Tour starting in Germany. As for ...

This attractive drawing has been used in Le Monde to illustrate an ordinary article about the coming cycling season. I often wonder wh...

What's the point of coming all the way to Europe, to watch the Tour de France , if you can't attract attention? Click to enlarg...

Whichever way you look at the situation, and no matter what he actually says in his much-awaited coming-out on doping condemnations (recorde...

I call it the Darkstrong epoch. Others will evoke lies, cheating and bullying. Funnily enough, we cycling enthusiasts and observers i...

Up until the bitter end, I persisted in believing that Lance Armstrong was an extraordinary athlete and a morally upright gentleman, and th...

The US Anti-Doping Agency's decision to erase the career of Lance Armstrong is a blatant case of perfectionism. I'm using this term...

This afternoon, as I watched (on TV) the final ceremonial stage of the fabulous Tour de France parade on the Champs Elysées, I thought back ...

The city of Grenoble (half an hour away from where I live) was the birthplace of the French novelist Stendhal [1783-1842], whose most celeb...

Since Floyd Landis lied resolutely for four years about his involvement in dope, should we suddenly believe him today when he alleges that ...

A month or so ago, I was thrilled, as usual, by the brilliant analyses of Laurent Fignon in his role as a TV journalist covering the Tour d...

I believe that this is my 1500th Antipodes post. Many Tour de France cyclists (who provide France with a welcome breath of fresh air after...

I'm applying the word "tragedy" to the personal case of Floyd Landis . After getting over the initial shock of his turnabout, ...

On the eve of the Tour de France in 2006, there was a vast dope-oriented cleanup. The organizers published a short list of undesirable ride...

French journalists have had fun with the surname of the Schleck brothers, Fränk and Andy , from Luxembourg, who were the most prominent op...

Cycling is a subtle sport. There has always been only one way of winning: a brilliant performance, combining power and speed, strategy and i...

The latest news is that Lance Armstrong , after his comeback in the Down Under Tour in January, will be riding in next year's Giro d...

French stand-up comedians are intrigued by this familiar surname. "Not only did he win the Tour de France seven times. He set foot on t...

As a former adolescent cyclist of sorts in my home town of Grafton (back in the days when bicycles had only recently been invented), I'v...

No, I'm not talking about dope, but rather about their skin color. In an interesting article in the newspaper Le Monde , a journalist ha...