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2010 Tour de France – Stage 12 Wrap-Up

Here’s the question of the day: was it worth it Alberto? In my humble opinion, yes and no.  Yes, because Contador’s attack in the middle of the Cote de la Croix-Neuve, gapped Andy Schleck, earning Contador ten seconds, but more importantly sending a message to the Luxembourger wearing yellow: “I’m faster than you are.” On … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 11 – Mark Renshaw Head-Butt Video

Versus just sent me some video of today’s sprint with permission to share it with you.  Enjoy! Share your comments below!

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 10 Wrap-Up

Team Radio Shack continued to try and salvage its 2010 Tour de France with a stage win by the former Portugese champion, Sergio Paulinho.  Today’s 179km ride through the foothills of the Alps took the riders over the steepest climb of the race and down the descent that ended Joseba Beloki’s 2003 Tour—and career. While … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 9 Wrap-up

Today’s stage was quite possibly the most exciting I’ve ever seen.  The only letdown: what once seemed to be a wide-open Tour now appears to be a two-horse race. Here’s what’s what: 1. Sandy Casar’s win renders moot the huge tactical gaffe committed by the 4-man break in allowing itself to be caught by Alberto … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 9 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. Hope to see you there!

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2010 Tour de France – Rest Day Report

Like many I’m sure, I’ve been taking advantage of today’s rest day to catch-up on all the things I might have been doing over the past 9 days. So in lieu of an official report from me , I thought I would leave you with this great Rest Day report from The Inner Ring. And … Continue reading

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