1. Duo Normand 2009 report
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Team Grumpy approached this year's Duo Normand with the expectation that we'd do less well than in previous years - both riders have had less than stellar seasons.  In the event, we did better than we ...

2. Duo Normand 2009 - preview
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OK, so the Duo Normand is a bit of an obsession of Team Grumpy, but I think justifiably so! Over the years we've had variable fortune in the event: 2003:  9th place (Veterans)   01:24:01 2004:  5th ...

3. How to make your Time Trial bike conform to UCI regulations: Part 2 - My bikes
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... the Duo Normand will enforce UCI regs on all race categories- at the moment this is merely a rumour.  Indeed, having seen race officials checking the bikes in the elite categories, I doubt they are competent ...

4. How to make your Time Trial bike conform to UCI regulations: Part 1 - interpreting the regulations
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... it's quite complex. Personally, all my time trialling is conducted under CTT regulations, but with one annual exception, the Duo Normand.  The Duo is UCI registered, and nominally at least, all bikes shouls ...

5. Tips for entering and riding the Duo Normand
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The Duo Normand is possibly Team Grumpy's favourite time trial - the course offers a bit of everything to the rider, fast flat roads, coupled with quite technical sections.  We've always been favoured ...

6. How to ride two-up team time trials
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... what you might have done better, or where you might have lost time, but keep it constructive. We'll add to this article periodically.  Upcoming: tips and tricks realting to riding the Duo Normand - watch ...

7. In 2003...
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In our first outing at the Duo Normand, I was at the tail of perhaps my last great racing season, and had only a couple of weeks before ridden my first (and currently only) 12hr time trial.  In all subsequent ...

8. Duo Normand, 2004
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Note: this report describes Team Grumpy's second ride in the Duo Normand (we have ridden each year from 2003, with the exception of 2006), and was originally published in the North Bucks Road Club Newsletter. ...

9. Duo Normand 2008
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The Duo Normand two-up team time trial is held annually in September on a 54.3km circuit based in the Normandy town of Marigny.  from a British time triallist's point of view, it's a spectacular event ...

10. About this Website
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... together in 2-up time trials wherever possible, most notably at the Duo Normand time trial held in Normandy each September. The Team Grumpy Blog Team Grumpy has run a blog, the Team Grumpy Blog, since ...