It’s Tour de France time. But that doesn’t (just) have to mean late nights glued to SBS watching men in sweaty lycra.

These blogs offer some different views on the Tour de France, from the couch, to cows, to Cadel himself.

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1. Les vaches du tour (cows of the tour)
   Celebrating the unsung heroes of the Tour de France. That’s right. The cows.
2. Tour de Couch
   Cycling…from the couch up
   A left of centre look at cycling, which has previously included such blog posts as “Bad cow puns, underwhelming performances and press conferences”.
3. Blazin’ Saddles
   Eurosport’s blogger keeps his tongues firmly in cheek in his coverage of this year’s Tour.
4. The Sydney Morning Herald
   The time difference is a bit of a drag, but still worth seeing TDF veteran Rupert Guinness report his 24^th edition, even if only for his wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts and on-camera tanties.
5. Cadel Evans official Tour diary
   Lastly, if you’re tired of reading about the Tour from the eyes of cows or armchair critics, read about it in the words of the man himself…

Feeling routed?

Lastly, if you haven’t already seen it, check out this video of the tour route: