It all happens at the “Coffee Stop”! What’s being discussed on the coffee stops, in the build up to L2P 2008? If you have any news, rumour or otherwise - please email us at info@londres-paris.com.
June Social Ride The next group ride will take place on Sunday 15th June, 08:00 am from the start venue in Esher. The ride will be a social one, group 3&4 speeds but all welcome.
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Rider Spotted June Michael Attenborough (aka Tarmac) of Team Valad Sportique caught on camera after an interval trainng session in Windsor Park.
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Rider Spotted June (2) Group Ride that took in Box Hill and the VitaminWater Combi! Click photo to enlarge.
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Start Times: Day 1, 26 June 2008 The start times for Day 1 have been announced. The times indicated are for departure from the meeting venue at Imber Court. Group 1: 07:00 Group 2: 07:15 Group 3: 07:45 Group 4: 06:45 If you need to sign on and get time chipped then give yourself 2 hours before your start time. We have arranged breakfast bacon rolls, porridge, tea coffee to streamline the proceedings. The groups will ride together to the start venue at Hampton Court Palace.
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Riders Spotted May
A number of Group 1 riders tested Day 1, with the support crew and motorbike outriders on Saturday 17th May. At the start above, and Dover below. Left to right, Ross, Scott, Sven, Paul, Paolo, Steve, Anthony, Andrew, Paul, Ian, Dave and kneeling David. Click on images to enlarge.
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Teams for 2008 The Teams for 2008 with full rider list is now available. Click here to view.
Riders for 2008 The rider and seeding groups are now available. Click here to view.
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May, June Spring Rides The next group ride will take place on Sunday 25th May, 08:00 am. L2P 2008 riders will be emailed full details of the start venue in Esher.
The final Spring Ride will take place on 8 June 2008 at 08:00 am. |
Come along to the mini L2P Sigma Expo on the 14th May 2008, 18:00 to 21:00 at the Sigma store which will be closed to the public. Find out what other riders are doing, and how they are preparing. Meet the experts at a friendly, sociable cheese and wine - and save money on your purchases.
Email info@londres-paris.com for more info. |
Rider Spotted April
Jerone Walters and Andrew Gill testing the new adidas gear on a Cycling Weekly photoshoot.
Have alook at Cycling Weekly, May 1st 2008, where the L2P is featured riding in the Surrey Hills. Some great photographs by Chris Sidwells. |
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Pasta Party Join us for the Pasta Party. 25th June 2008. Get signed on, meet the star riders, watch the jersey handover and drop off your bag saving loads of time in the morning.
Car Parking If you want to leave your car at the Meeting Venue, Imber Court Sports Club for the duration of the Tour.
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Rider Spotted April For any rider that thought snow was a reason to stop their Spring Training program, David Kirkby was out training (though not for too long!) whilst the rest of us were laid up in bed. Now who is the mad one?
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L2P Tips with Swift Racing Pro, Emma Davies There's not much time for coffee for Belgium based pro, Emma Davies. The Swift Racing pro talks to Adam Tranter about the upcoming Tour of Flanders and what it's going to take to get through the L2P.
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Stage 1 Route Preview: Adam Tranter and L2P regular David Kirkby take a look at the 2008 stages of the London-Paris Cycle Tour.
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Stage 2 Route Preview: Adam Tranter and L2P regular David Kirkby take a look at the 2008 stages of the London-Paris Cycle Tour.
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Stage 3 Route Preview: Adam Tranter and L2P regular David Kirkby take a look at the 2008 stages of the London-Paris Cycle Tour. Coming soon!
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April Spring Ride The next group ride will take place on Sunday 20th April, 08:30 am. L2P 2008 riders will be emailed full details of the start venue in Esher.
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Rider Spotted - March Anthony Shippard and Riaan Bosoff of Team Londres-Paris.com / adidas before the start of the ABSA Cape Epic, probably the most challenging MTB event. 8 Days, almost 1000km and 18,000m of climbing. Rumour has it that Shippy is going for yellow again in L2P 2008...this should be ideal prep!
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Londres-Paris.com/adidas Team The Londres-Paris.com / adidas team is lying 52nd overall in the Mens category after the prologue and is the first team from the UK. Follow some of the race snippets on Shippys Blog on his profile page. Click Here. Check out the Cape Epic web site. Click Here.
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Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders is one of the Great Spring Classics to ride. Pro rider with Swift and L2P camp host Emma Davies is organizing a cobbled few days around the event. Visit the Cobbled Classics Web Site - Click Here
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Rider Spotted - March Tim Don, Current World Champion - Triathlon was out riding in Stellenbosch, South Africa with David Kirkby, Sven Thiele and Iron Man, Nick Saunders the day after the Argus. If anyone has ever wondered what speed you can do drafting a truck try 88km/h!
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Argus Cycle Tour 2008 - Results The Argus was won by Robbie Hunter from Team Barloworld in 2:27:29. L2P riders times are below
Michael Attenborough now holds the record for best time - beating Michael Blann's time for 2007. Blann retains the title of the best placed L2P rider with 146th. (out of 40,000!). Try and beat that in 2009. |
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First Spring Ride - March The first group ride will take place on Sunday 30th March, 08:30 am. L2P 2008 riders will be emailed full details of the start venue in Esher, Surrey. Please note that this is the weekend that the clocks move onto British Summer Time.
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Rider Spotted (February)
John Crawford (aka Spanners) spotted cruising in Majorca at the Winter training camp in February. Seems that rumours that he will be the oldest in the peloton must be untrue!
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Argus Cycle Tour 2008 Each year the Argus Cycle Tour attracts more and more L2P riders. Rumoured to be in Cape Town, South Africa in the good weather, putting in "loadsa" miles and racing on Sunday 9th March are Mark Sinclair, David Kirkby, David Sargen, Mike Donohue, Richard Cleverly, Stephen Desmet, Moira Finneberg, Michael Attenborough, Martin Emery, Warren van Rooyen.
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2008 Promo Video
View the 2008 Promo Video. Click Here. Cycling.TV Broadcast of L2P 2007 View the 40 minute CyclingTV Program of the 2007 Edition of the London-Paris Cycle Tour. Click Here. |
Route Overview Day 1 David Kirkby and Anthony Shippard spotted test riding first 100km of day 1 route. Probably the coldest day of the year with temperatures being -4C.
Read the Route Report - Click Here |
Visit to Morning Star and Christel House
Moira Finneberg visited Morning Star and Christel House in November 2007 to hand over the donation cheques. Read Moira's report - Click Here
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First L2P Baby Born Andrew Gill and Lizzie Carpenter met on the L2P. They proudly announced the birth of the first L2P baby (that we know of!). Frederick Alexander Burgoyne Gill was born on February 7th weighing in at 6.6lbs.
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