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2010 Tour de France Preview – Part 2

Here’s Part 2 of Pavé’s 2010 Tour de France Preview.  You can read Part 1 here.  Please share your comments and picks below. AG2RLike most of the French teams in this year’s Tour de France, AG2R comes to the race hoping to find relevance through stage wins, days spent in various leader’s jerseys, and maybe—if … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France Preview – Part 1

Pavé’s 2010 Tour de France coverage begins this week with our second annual Tour de France Team-by-Team Preview. As rosters are finalized, we’ll take a look at each team’s prospects for the Grand Boucle, highlighting several key riders as we go. To be fair, we’ll work alphabetically, skipping the teams with rosters still undefined until … Continue reading

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Tour de France Wrap-up – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Ever seen a spaghetti western? To me, this year’s Tour might as well have been directed by Sergio Leone and played over a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. Stark landscapes, aging heroes, young upstarts, pistols, you get the idea… Where they had Clint Eastwood, we had Lance Armstrong. Where they had a cast of Spanish-American outlaws, … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 21 Wrap-up

To be honest, the final stage of the Tour de France is always a bit of a let-down for me. Not because of the racing, but because it means the end of the race…like going to bed after your birthday party or on the night before school starts again… We’ll have more wrap-up throughout the … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 20 Wrap-up

If I told you before the Tour started that a Rabobank rider would win on Ventoux, would you have thought it would be Juan Manuel Garate? Didn’t think so. But he did, and in doing so salvaged what has to be considered a disappointing Tour for the oranje. Tactics and wind certainly took their toll … Continue reading

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Tour de France – Stage 19 Wrap-up

Today’s stage finished a bit ahead of schedule; the riders must want to rest-up for tomorrow’s slog up Mont Ventoux. If you caught it, here’s what you might have noticed: 1. Did you notice Carlos Sastre in a small group off the back of the peloton today? Look for him to win tomorrow; he has … Continue reading

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