Okay gang. Several of my well traveled friends suggested I start a Blog of my Tour De France Cycling Trip scheduled for mid-July including my training and preparation. I along with about 40 of my cycling friends and non-cycling guests will be joining me on this excursion to the Pyrenees mountains in the south of France. I plan to ride many of the same stages (albeit much shorter distances) as the pros including Lance Armstrong's Radio Shack Team will ride either before or after the pros ride them. This is not a jump on a bike kind of thing and will require significant training and preparation and you get to witness all the fun, pagentry and suffering.