Lanterne George Road Club

Get outside. Go ride

Lanterne George Road Club

Get outside. Go ride. Nerazzurri

#getoutsidegoride #nerazzurri #lanternegeorge #lanternegeorgealton

Established in 2018.

Dedicated to the pursuit of cycling towards beer, crisps, and cake; named for our favourite pub with a play on the noblest of Tour de France endeavours.

Our spiritual home is (was) The George pub, Alton.

To join in, contact road.club@lanternegeorge.com.

Photos

Selection from @lanternegeorge, with originals and reposts from @wiredplanets et al.

Rides

Planning is part of the fun. A handful of rides that we've done, or will get to in good time.

Ride : Etape Le Touquet

[Strava]

Stage 4 of the 2014 Tour de France. Retracing the route from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Métroploe, for a sprint originally won by Marcel Kittel.

Ride : Randonnée Etreux

https://www.strava.com/routes/25742099

A rider who has completed a 200km event is called a randonneur. Circular route from Étreux, visiting Cambrai, Arras, Thiepval, and Saint-Quentin.

Ride : Ryde-Freshwater-Ryde

https://www.strava.com/routes/20655649

A 100km loop around the 1970s, off the ferry at Ryde then clockwise to Ventor, Freshwater, Cowes and back.

Jerseys

If we aren't dressed the same, people won't realise we know each other.

Nerazzurri. La Maglia Nera

#raphacustom from the clubhouse

Contact road.club@lanternegeorge.com to order jerseys and other kit.

Books

Chronology of books read and recommended. Mostly Le Tour, but some on a (ever so slightly) broader topic.

Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France

Max Leonard, 2014

Road to Valour: Gino Bartali – Tour de France Legend and World War Two Hero

Aili McConnon et al, 2012

Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages

Richard Moore, 2014

Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep: The Tale of the First Tour de France

Peter Cossins, 2017

Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography

Chris Boardman, 2016

Higher Calling: Road Cycling’s Obsession with the Mountains

Max Leonard, 2017

The Road Book : Cycling Almanack, the Professional Cyclist's Bible

"...The Road Book is the first of its kind, supplying data from every single World Tour race across the Men’s and Women’s calendar, exclusive essays, editorial from leading figures within cycling, team profiles, and the kind of considered editorial ... readers will dip in and out of for years to come..."

https://www.theroadbook.co.uk