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I have been preaching "the bike" for many years!
When I first became Twitterised, the first folk I chose to follow were Cancellara, Geraint, Lizzie Armitstead and Victoria Pendleton.

Geraint tweeted that all is good with him. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Hi Jazzgirl,

So glad you have become addicted! Are you also enjoying the scenery as much as I do ? I know those places but they will never cease to amaze me !

We did a 'Tour de France' with my parents (I was about 8 years old then) in a 2 CV - Great but we wondered whether we might have to push the little car over the Tourmalet !

Now, Jazzgirl, if you are going to be a bike aficionado, you shall have to call him "G".
That is what everyone in the cycling world calls him.
He is very fond of Welsh cakes, and often tweets about them.
I am not sure what a Welsh cake is!

G it is !
Welsh cakes are lovely, but very sweet. They melt in the mouth. I am sure Asda will have them (Tesco does)

http://recipes.asda.com/Recipes/welshcakes

Hi pigale et al
I think the original categorisation of climbs was based on the gear you had to put a 2CV in to get to the top - Hors Categorie defeated the car!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK11MQ2zImg

Thanks for the clip rusty.
How many did he eat !!
Off you go to Asda for your Welsh cakes. There's nice.

There's nice! Not heard that lovely Welsh phrase in years!
It was a large box of them, too!
From the Valleys!
I may be wrong, but his girl, Sara Els, (or are they married now?) cooks quite a bit.
Maybe she sends them to Le Tour!