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2011 Tour de France – What Will the Podium Look Like?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by and

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Wow, what an amazing and surprising Tour de France this has been! Crashes, crashes, crashes, crashes, and more crashes. Oh yeah, and even more crashes. This year’s edition seems more dangerous that prior ones; race director … Continue reading →

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Rest Day Review: Handspun’s HED Belgium Wheels

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Even if you’ve been living a sheltered life under some cobbled Flemish hellingen you’ve probably heard that in recent years, many wheel manufacturers have been following HED in offering an array of road wheels and racing … Continue reading →

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2011 Tour de France – Stage 8 Wrap-up

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Wow! The first truly hilly day of the 2011 Tour de France was the first one won by a breakaway, but it was close, with Rui Costa only holding off those attacking from the peloton on … Continue reading →

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2011 Tour de France – Stage 4 Wrap-up

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. You could be forgiven for waking up late to just watch the final 10k of today’s stage. The preceding 160k didn’t have a whole lot to offer, and after a couple of anxious and exciting days … Continue reading →

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2011 Tour de France – Stage 2 Wrap-up

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Initially, stage 2’s 23kilometer team time trial wasn’t an enormous opportunity for Tour hopefuls to gather good results – it wasn’t long enough for dedicated TTT teams to really gain considerable ground in the General Classification. … Continue reading →

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2011 Tour de France Preview: Switzerland and Austria

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Switzerland and Austria brings a small contingent to this year’s Tour de France, but representatives from each are quite likely to fly his nation’s flag admirably. For starters, BMC brings two Swiss time trialists, Michael Schar … Continue reading →

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