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Last night I didn’t bother to set my alarm because I’ve been waking up too early since I got here. But today turned out differently. At quarter to eleven, I woke up with a start when the maid entered my room to clean. I couldn’t believe the time. I splashed water […]
Christian Guiberteau“The start of the day was good, there was breakaway and there was control over the bunch. There was not more wind than yesterday but it became hectic, very hectic. Marcel just came back of a mechanical problem and was in the back of the bunch when it happened. […]
Tour de France always has something going on. Coming to the race yesterday right off the plane and getting stuck in Tour traffic jams with all the tourists for two hours and then being sent in the wrong direction twice was the welcome back. Today was smoother. I took […]
Today was a quiet day in the race which ended in a bunch sprint in Tours. A 5-man break raced through Laval which included Flecha, Gavazzi, Siccard, Delaplace and Mori. They were gobbled up before the finish in Tours where a tight sprint between Cavendish and Marcel Kittel was won […]
This one is a blog. Getting to the Tour in the middle of the race when it goes over very small roads and there’s only one way in and out to Mont Saint Michel is was a challenge. No surprise there. My flight from Chicago to Paris was a couple […]
Garmin-Sharp’s Rohan did a great job in his first Tour and will not take the start today. Our goal for Rohan, as we said all along, was to bring him to the Tour to give him experience in order to continue to develop his talent. We wanted to get him […]
All five climbs, four of which were categorized into first class, delivered the wings as Team Saxo-Tinkoff and Movistar fractured the field emphatically on today’s 168.5 km long ninth stage between Saint-Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre. The first great rider Richie Porte (Sky) fell early from the stage while a […]
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Michal Kwiatkowski was able to maintain contact in the white jersey until late in the 195km Stage 8 on Saturday, despite a peloton setting such a high tempo in the final 10km that only about 20 riders remained in contention. However, a blistering […]
Daniele Bennati finished third in Albi The field slowly reached the foot of the Pyrenees, and on today’s 202-kilometer seventh stage of the Tour de France went from Montpellier to Albi. On the hilly course with four categorized climbs were several great sprinters including Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Marcel […]
Daryl Impey finished in a front group of 16 riders on stage six of the Tour de France to move into the race lead. The South African becomes the first African to wear the Tour’s yellow jersey. Simon Gerrans led out Matt Goss for the sprint and conceded five seconds […]
