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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]