1997 Tour of Scotland Review, 377.36 miles
Saturday 19 July 1997 by Richard BlayneySEVEN DAYS … FIVE BOATS … THREE ISLANDS … ONE MONSTER — A JOURNAL OF MY FIRST EVER BIKE TOUR.
Today the only thing left to do was to grab the bikes hop on the train to Glasgow and head for home. We switched stations in Glasgow and took a train to Stranrear, took the boat to Belfast and mum picked us up and rove us back to Bangor. A great tour for my first tour.
The following are some of the stats:
Days on the Bike: 7
Total Distance Covered: 377.37 miles (607.32 km)
Average Distance per Day: 53.91 miles (86.76 km)
Tour de France
In the end Jan Ullrich held out and won the Tour de France. Richard Virenque won the Polka-Dot jersey, Erik Zabel the Green jersey and Cédric Vasseur came in 40th, 1 hour 52 minutes 2 seconds behind Ullrich.
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