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2011 Tour de France Preview – North America

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France.   The 2011 Tour de France will see arguably the strongest North American contingent in the history of the race as 4 riders with top-10 finishes on their resumes will toe the start line on Saturday. … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Romandie, Turkey, and the Belgian Divorce

  Here’s the week’s Monday Musette: 1. BMC’s Cadel Evans won his second mid-major stage race of the year yesterday, overcoming a late-start and an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s time trial to win the Tour de Romandie over Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov and HTC-High Road’s Tony Martin. All three men on the podium used Romandie as … Continue reading

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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #7

#7 – Garmin-Transitions (Preview Ranking: 13) What We Said: While on the rise, Garmin’s still not quite there when compared to the truly elite teams in the sport.  There’s enough potential on the roster to easily make Jonathan Vaughters’ squad one of the top five or six in the world, but until we start seeing … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 19 Wrap-Up

I’m certain to have missed the time cut by now, but here’s my two cents anyway: 1. Is Fabian Cancellara to Tony Martin and time trials what Alberto Contador is to Andy Schleck and the Tour de France?  Discuss. 2. Seriously though, I thought I learned my lesson the first 3 times I bet against … Continue reading

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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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Weekend Preview – The Giro Hits the Mountains and the ATOC Heads to Hollywood

With mountain action from Italy and the final two days of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, this weekend looks to be the most exciting since April.  Let’s take a look at what’s in store: 1.  The Giro was turned on its head Wednesday when a large group of riders broke away from the main … Continue reading

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