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2010 Tour de France – Stage 2 Live Blog

Posted on July 5, 2010 by

Hello everyone and welcome to Stage 2 of the 2010 Tour de France.  Today’s stage featuires 201kms of racing from Brussles to spa, and should be our first chance to see some aggressive racing as the Tour enters the Belgian Ardennes. With 6 climbs on the day, I think we might see a GC contender … Continue reading →

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 1 Wrap-up

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

Sometimes just staying upright is all you need to take a big win.  With Oscar Freire, Mark Cavendish, and Tyler Farrar all crashing inside the final few kilometers, it was Alessandro Petacchi’s day in the Tour de France.  With a win eerily similar to the stage he took in Stage 4 of the Tour de … Continue reading →

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 1 Live Blog

Posted on July 4, 2010 by

Good morning everyone and welcome to today’s Stage 1 from Rotterdam to Brussels. I’ll be joining editor Bill Strickland in Bicycling Magazine’s Live Blog once again today. Please come over and join the fun–yesterday’s conversation was quite interesting. Share your picks, ask a question, or just enjoy talking about the race with other fans–I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Tour de France 2010 – Prologue Win, Lose, or Draw

Posted on July 3, 2010 by

With the Prologue to the 2010 Tour de France in the books, its time to play everyone’s favorite game: Win, Lose, or Draw. Let’s begin with today’s winners: 1. Fabian Cancellara won the Prologue with a time 10-seconds faster than Tony Martin.  Cancellara’s win is far from a surprise; if he can hold onto it … Continue reading →

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Tour de France 2010 – Prologue Live Blog

Posted on July 3, 2010 by

  Welcome to the Prologue of the 2010 Tour de France.  Today’s race takes the riders over 8.9km of roads in downtown Rotterdam. I’ll be live blogging with Bicycling Magazine editor and author of the recent Tour de Lance, Bill Strickland, over at Bicycling today.  Please stop-by and share your questions or join the conversation.  … Continue reading →

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2010 Tour de France – 10 Questions

Posted on July 2, 2010 by

It’s the day before the start of the 2010 Tour de France.  While countless questions abound, here are 10 that I’ll be looking to have answered.  Feel free to share your own questions and comments below. 1. What impact will the Wall Street Journal’s “Blood Brothers” feature have on Radio Shack’s Tour? While I would … Continue reading →

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