No Blog Post from July 10, despite John and his new bike.

John: "I lost 25lbs on my birthday thanks to the new bike".

Tom: "There are cheaper ways to lose 25 lbs."

Instead of Post about the ride, I thought I would put up some info on La Lanterne Rouge. While listening to NPR radio this morning, I heard an interview with a Brit who has written a book about La Lanterne Rouge. [available on Amazon, but not iBooks, yet] I have to confess to total ignorance of the award until today. Most have heard about the Maillot Jaune, but not La Lanterne Rouge.

Was there le maillot jaune in the first Tour de France?

While on the NPR web site, I thought I would check to see if there had been any other items on the topic, and much to my surprise there was an item in 2013 featuring a BC native one Svein Tuft who won La Lanterne Rouge in 2013