The 2012 Tour de France has many new features. It will have three time trials and several new mountain stages. Some of the new climbs are steep. Christian Prudhomme, race director, has said it should be possible for a rider to attack on a climb early in a stage and […]
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2012 Tour de France
The 2012 Tour de France route was “officially” announced today. 2012 Tour de France stages: P Prologue Sat 30 June Liège > Liège 6.1 km1 Road stage Sun 1 July Liège > Seraing 198 km2 Road stage Mon 2 July Visé > Tournai 207 km3 Road stage Tues 3 July […]
2011 Tour Final Thoughts
Alberto Contador said he’s delighted with his racing season despite not winning this year’s Tour. He did win the Giro d’Italia. It was a season full of emotions. He also said he’s coming back next year intending to win even if it means skipping the Giro. Thomas Voeckler is the […]
2011 Tour de France Stage 21
CAVENDISH CROWNS GREEN JERSEY WITH FINAL STAGE WIN IN PARIS HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish crowned his first ever points jersey win in the Tour de France with a third straight victory on the Champs Elysées. The Manxman took his fifth sprint win of the 2011 race at the end of a […]
Cadel Evans wins the Tour
Cadel started the Grenoble Time Trial 57 seconds behind Andy Schleck. He not only made up the time, but is 1 minute and 34 seconds ahead in GC. Frank Schleck is 2:30 behind in third place. Thomas Voeckler didn’t make the podium but is a respectable 3:20 back. In fourth […]
Contador on the Move
Alberto Contador knocked 20 seconds off his 4 minute deficit today on a category 2 climb en route to Gap. Tomorrow will be a category 1 climb which should allow him more opportunity to make up time followed by two days of hors category climbs Thursday and Friday. Contador attacked […]
Can Contador Catch Up?
Alberto Contador is 4 minutes behind Thomas Voeckler heading into the Alps. Voeckler doesn’t have any illusions about holding onto the yellow jersey until Paris. But who will take it? Contador has had some bad luck and a knee injury that have plagued him. He got caught behind a crash […]
Cavendish wins Fourth Tour Stage
Mark Cavendish powered to the fourth stage win of this year’s Tour de France on Sunday, a victory that strengthened his overall lead in the Tour’s points competition. Cavendish blasted past the rest of the pack at the end of stage fifteen’s 192.5 kilometer run from Limoux to Montpellier, with […]
Andreas Kloden Abandons
Due to multiple contusions, Team RadioShack’s Andreas Klöden was forced to abandon in Friday’s 13th stage of the Tour de France. Klöden was involved in the terrible crash in the descent of the Col du Pas de Peyrol in Sunday’s stage 9, after which a muscle contracture and hematomas in […]
Popovych Out of the Tour
Yaroslav Popovych will not take the start of stage 10 in the Tour de France. Since Sunday Popovych has a fever. As the rest day didn’t bring any relief, the team decided not to let him start in Aurillac. The former Tour de France stage winner will undergo some extra […]
