Tag Archives: Paris – Roubaix

Tour de Timor – tougher than the rest!

August 21, 2009 – 9:45 am

…the race will be one of the toughest in the world. The Tour will be “one of the most challenging bike races anywhere in the world, probably tougher than the Tour de France”, said Timor Leste’s President, Jose Ramos-Horta.

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A chat with Graham Watson

March 11, 2009 – 9:54 am

My favourite stage race is obviously the Tour de France – it really pushes you to extremes to get the work done. And there was one particular Paris-Roubaix, probably the 2001 race, where it was extremely muddy, really treacherous…and there are pictures that you know you will live with forever.

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Ten(?) questions for Martin Hardie

January 12, 2009 – 10:59 am

Martin has the bad back that I should have from too many years of carrying black boxes around.
Martin being back in Geelong reminds me of the last time we were there together – it was sometime in the summer of 1981-82 and we were doing a gig with the Laughing Clowns (he) and The Birthday Party (me) at the Eureka Hotel.

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