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2010 Tour de France – Stage 18 Wrap-Up & Stage 19 Predictions

It’s funny how our opinion of certain riders changes during the course of the Tour de France.  It makes sense, though, as the Tour is the sport’s grandest stage, the perfect place for riders to reinvent themselves and careers to be resuscitated —or resurrected. Take today’s sprint for example: Mark Cavendish won Stage 18 with … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 18 Live Blog

Come on over and join me today in today’s Live Blog for Bicycling Magazine.  I’ll be sharing duties with Joe Lindsey, Bicycling contributor and writer of The Boulder Report. Things should get underway at about 8:30EST. Hope to see you there!

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Tour de France – Stage 18 Wrap-up

Alberto Contador has all but won the 2009 Tour de France with one of the most dominant individual time trial performances by a maillot jaune since his current teammate, Lance Armstrong. Going into the day, it was assumed that Contador would do well, particularly against the other GC favorites. But winning the stage outright was … Continue reading

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