Monthly Archives: July 2009

Tour de France – Stage 6 – Wrap-up – The Rain in Spain…

It was yet another exciting stage today, thanks in large part to David Millar hoping he could emulate Thomas Voeckler’s last gasp before the line. Unfortunately for Millar, the chase did its math correctly and caught the Garmin veteran with a bit less than 2km to go. This was the second bout of misfortune for … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 5 Wrap-up – Karma Police?

Congrats, to Tommy Voeckler for a terrific stage win today! Can you believe this was Voeckler’s first stage victory? It’s often forgotten that his yellow jersey exploit from several years ago was done without actually having won a stage. Voeckler’s Tour tenacity has finally been rewarded. Tom Boonen flatted at the wrong time, leaving him … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Contenders and Pretenders, So Far…

Now that we’ve had our first “real” GC shake-up—since yesterday at least—we can take some time to begin sorting the Contenders from the Pretenders. For some pundits it might be a bit early write individuals off completely, but a quick peruse down the GC, reveals that some pretty significant gaps have come to exist. First, … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 4 – A New Controversy?

Credit a Tweet from Robbie McEwen with starting today’s controversy theory: “I’m sure @Lancearmstrong did that on purpose to leave Cancellara in the jersey. He sat up in last 50m.” Interesting thoughts, Robbie. Armstrong and Bruyneel did say they worked yesterday to help preserve Cancellara’s yellow to avoid defending it themselves in the first week. … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 4 TTT Start Times

Here are the Start Times for tomorrow’s Stage 4 Team Time Trial: 14:30 (8:30am U.S. Eastern): Caisse d’Epargne 14:37 (8:37am U.S.): Team Katusha 14:44 (8:44am U.S.): Rabobank 14:51 (8:51am U.S.): Lampre 14:58 (8:58am U.S.): Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15:05 (9:05am U.S.): AG2R-La Mondiale 15:12 (9:12am U.S.): Skil-Shimano 15:19 (9:19am U.S.): Française des Jeux 15:26 (9:26am U.S.): … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 3 Wrap-up

Let the conspiracy theories begin! When the peloton split with about 30km left in Stage 3, Lance Armstrong made his statement: This team is mine. With Haimar Zubeldia and Yaroslav Popovych working with Columbia to pull the 27-rider lead group further and further up the road, Lance could probably see the yellow jersey beckoning him … Continue reading

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