It’s still two months away-the official announcement of the 2011 Tour de France route. But rumors are already swirling that the start will be in Brittany and will possibly look like this: Stage 1: Passage du Gois – Mont des Alouettes Stage 2: Les Essarts- Les Essarts (CLM par équipes) […]
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2010 Tour – Stage 20
Paris The 2010 Tour ended with a typical sprint and Contador winning his third yellow jersey. Mark Cavendish took the sprint on the Champs Elysee. Second place went to Andy Schleck who finished 39 seconds behind and Dennis Menchov 2 minutes behind. The top 4 categories were Contador in yellow, […]
2010 Tour – Stage 18
Bordeaux Totally flat today for 198 km. The peloton finished in a sprint with Mark Cavendish winning and taking back the green sprinter jersey. The highlight of the day was the second presentation to Alberto Contador by actors Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise.
2010 Tour – Stage 17
The Tourmalet What a difference a day makes! Two days ago it was sweltering hot on the Tourmalet. Today it was 10 degrees celsius 4k down from the top. It was pouring all through the night and most of the day. It let up when the race came through. Early […]
2010 Tour – Rest Day 2
Pau, France Today was a quiet, rainy rest day in Pau. A good day to do laundry, sleep and actually eat lunch. It was also a zoo at the Novotel where both the Astana and Saxo Bank teams are staying. Contador did not do a press conference today but Andy […]
2010 Tour – Stage 16
Pau, France Several big climbs today in the Pyrenees, including the Col de Peyresourde, Col d’Aspin, Tourmalet and Col d’Aubisque. Lance Armstrong led the charge up the Tourmalet with a group of about 10 riders which included Chris Horner. They stayed away all day until the finish line where Fedrigo […]
2010 Tour – Stage 15
Bagneres de Luchon Alberto Contador took over the yellow jersey today when he took advantage of Andy Schleck’s mechanical problem. He dropped his chain and almost crashed. Sanchez and Menchov joined Contador who put the hammer down on the Port de Bales and now is ahead by 8 seconds. Thomas […]
2010 Tour – Stage 14
Ax 3 Domaines The race went 184 km from Revel to Ax 3 Domaines in the Pyrenees. It was a relatively flat stage until the Port de Pailheres (hors category), about 15k from the start of the climb up 3 Domaines. Christophe Riblon crossed the finish line first, 54 seconds […]
2010 Tour – Stage 13
Revel, France Chavanel, Flecha and Fedrigo escaped from the peloton at 4.5k and maintained the break for 4.5 – 6 minutes ahead of the peloton most of the day. They were caught 10k from the finish. Lance is having a really lousy Tour. He crashed again during the neutral start. […]
2010 Tour – Stage 12
Col de la Croix Neuve, Mende, France A really hot day in the Massif Central with 3 small category 3 or 4 climbs before the cat 2 climb 2 k from the finish. On the first climb things started to break apart. On the second climb a group of 18 […]
