Tag: yunnan
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Four courageous cyclists, three countries calling, two sets of chamois and one expectant cock
Whilst not quite the 12 days of Christmas, there was certainly a festive flavour. Chinese New Year. Offices shut for more than a week. Damn cold weather to escape from. Elevation to seek. All away from Shanghai. That formed the main basis of the plan. Yunnan the ideal starting point, allowing a progressive warm up,…
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Tour of Yunnan – EEEK!
17 riders hospitalised in incident at Colorful Yunnan Gryffindor International Cycling Race A bike race in China finished in chaos last week as two groups of riders found themselves heading towards the finish line from opposite directions, causing a huge head-on crash which led to 17 of them being taken to hospital. The crash happened…