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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Brown: Tour Riders Hit With PelletsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at blinkx SmartFeed external link    Fri, Jul 17

Mark Brown reports that 2 Tour de France riders were hit with shots from an air gun

Rate Video: 2009 Amgen Tour of California Stage 2 Lance Armstrong GGBVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Feb 16

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By rss@youtube.com (roguealien) The 2009 Amgen Tour of California crosses the Golden Gate Bridge in a driving rainstorm with 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in the front of the pack. They actually stopped traffic briefly as the Peloton crossed the Bridge to continue on to Santa Cruz

Rate Video: L'Etape du Tour 2009 - Recon DVD Sneak Peek 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 4    1 related articles

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By rss@youtube.com (cyclefilm) Need a bit of road cycling inspiration? Want the full inside scoop on the 2009 L'Etape du Tour route - a full stage of the Tour de France? Here's an exclusive sneak peek into Cyclefilm's latest Recon DVD 'THE ROAD TO MT.VENTOUX' in association with Cannondale. Ride a stage of the Tour de France....

Rate Video: Stage 17 - 210km Embrun to L'Alpe d'Huez - Highlights - 2008 Tour de FranceVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Fri, Nov 7

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Carlos Sastre of CSC-Saxo Bank powers up the Alpe d'Huez, wins stage 17 and takes the Yellow Jersey 2+ minutes ahead of the peloton for a 1:24 lead in the GC. Has the gc winner been decided today? What a day! Stage 17 results 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank 6.07.58 (34.32 km/h) 2 Samuel Sanchez...

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Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Sep 1

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2 min - 2008-09-02 The third stage in the 2008 Tour de France. Samuel Dumoulin comes away with the victory. Romain Feillu takes over the yellow jersey from Alejandro Valverde after finishing with the breakaway group.

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Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Sep 1

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4 min - 2008-09-02 The second stage of the Tour de France, 2008. Thor Hushovd came away with the victory in a sprint for stage 2. Alejandro Valverde maintained his yellow jersey.

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Original at Grouper external link    Tue, Jul 15    7 related articles

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By info@crackle.com (VersusSports) Shared by : VersusSports On: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Views: 2 Tags:  tdf  cycling  details  local  versus  listings  Bicycling  Riders  mountains  bikes  christian  Showgirl  out  Talk  interview  More  all  Top  Tour  sure  Check  http  year  France  racing  

Rate Video: Tour de France Stage 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at blinkx SmartFeed external link    Sun, Jul 6

Rate Video: Pro-Cycling Manager - Tour De France 2008Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Jun 10

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By rss@youtube.com (MediaSafari) Pro Cycling Manager -- Tour De France 2008, the newest version of the popular racing management series for PC and PSP, is set for a Spring release in the UK. The packshot and 2 new screenshots for the PC are now available, demonstrating the game's outstanding graphics engine and giving a tas...

Year 2007

 

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Mar 3

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By rss@youtube.com (atkid99) Moved the seat back another 3/4 inch. Nice new duds from the Toronto Bike Show: Discovery Channel jersey and Pearl Izumi shorts. Music in the background is Tour de France by Kraftwerk. Author: atkid99 Keywords: bike training Added: March 3, 2007

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October of 2009

 

Rate TDF 2010: Week #2 Up Close

Original at PezCycling News external link    Thu, Oct 22

It's Friday, and we're back to the business of sifting through the possibilities of the 2010 Tour de France. For this final day of the work week, we're taking a closer look at Week #2, which means taking a closer look at the Alps: a vastly toned down version of the Alps, but the Alps nonetheless....

Rate Inside Cycling - Perspective on the 2010 Tour route

Original at VeloNews external link    Thu, Oct 15

By cpelkey Tour de France organizers always try to come up with a course that’s challenging for the riders, but not too challenging; spectacular for the fans, but not ridiculously so; and balanced enough that it falls within the parameters outlined by the UCI. Given the grand-tour restrictions of 2...

Rate Tour de France 2010 Stage Preview

Original at Bicycle.net external link    Wed, Oct 14

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By editor The prologue and 20 stages for the 2010 Tour de France, the 97th edition which will be held over an approximate distance of 3590km on July 3-25: Prologue (time trial) in Rotterdam, Netherlands (8km) Stage 1: Rotterdam – Brussels, Belgium (224km) Stage 2: Brussels – Spa, Belgium [...]

Year 2009

 

Rate Storm Swirls Around Valverde’s Rainbow Dream

Original at Bicycle.net external link    Thu, Sep 24

By editor That sanction ruled Valverde out of competing at this year’s Tour de France because the race passed through Italy. Basso, the 2006 Tour of Italy champion, was the biggest, and one of the only, names in cycling to be sanctioned for his involvement in the affair and served a two-year ban from 2...

Rate ToM Stage 2 Recap, Stage 3 Preview

Original at Rant Your Head Off external link    Wed, Sep 9

By strbuk Remember to watch the final three hours of the stage, go to either the official Tour of Missouri website Tour Tracker, or Universalsports.com to watch streaming live coverage. The camera work is not up to Tour de France standards, but Paul Sherwen makes up for it!

Rate Contador 2 days from Tour win; Armstrong 3rd

Original at NBCSports.com external link    Fri, Jul 24

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Alberto Contador stayed in command at the Tour de France with two days of racing left while teammate Lance Armstrong remained in third place as a daunting mountain climb awaits.

Rate Sanchez wins Stage 8; Nocentini, Contador, Armstrong are 1, 2, 3 at Tour de France

Original at Biking Bis external link    Sat, Jul 11

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By Gene Bisbee Tour de France first-timer Rinaldo Nocentini held onto the overall leader's yellow jersey, and remained 6 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador and 8 seconds ahead of Lance Armstrong. Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish, however, lost his green points jersey to Norway's Thor Hushovd, who ga...

Rate Cavendish wins Stage 2 sprint with Farrar on wheel; Cancellara leads Tour de France

Original at Biking Bis external link    Sun, Jul 5

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By Gene Bisbee Mark Cavendish marked his 5th-ever win at the Tour de France on Sunday with a Stage 2 sprint just ahead of Washington's Tyler Farrar hanging onto his wheel. Meanwhile, Fabio Cancellara finished in the pack, easily holding onto the yellow jersey that he earned in the Stage 1 individual time...

Rate Giro Day 2 News and Notes

Original at Bike World external link    Sun, May 10

 OH It's expected that the ASO will follow last year's suit and disallow Tom Boonen from participating in the Tour de France. Boonen's second cocaine incident may end up costing the team sponsors this time around. Quick Step's Frans de Cock says he will ...

Rate Tour de France; Two down, 19 to go!

Original at Masiguy external link    Thu, Apr 2

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy(noreply@blogger.com) Stage 2; Cavendish wins the sprint with Farrar in second and Roma Feillu in 3rd. Feillu? A French rider in 3rd in a sprint... with other non-French riders in the sprint? Has that happened since Jimmy Casper or Jalabert? I was watching the footage wondering who the non-French guy on the French te...

Rate REST DAY 2: THE ALPS LOOM

Original at tdf05 (Blogspot) external link    Sat, Oct 25

By bikehiker(noreply@blogger.com) 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak @ 1.29 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance @ 1.37 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank @ 2.30 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto @ 2.46 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC @ 3.21 12 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner @ 5.46 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner @ 7.08

Rate STAGE 2: McEWEN AT THE LINE

Original at tdf05 (Blogspot) external link    Sun, Sep 7

By bikehiker(noreply@blogger.com) AUSSIE EDGES BOONEN & HUSHOVD. Monday's Stage 2 marathon--over 228 km of racing--ended as most flat stages end: with a bunch sprint featuring the best of the best sprinters forcing their way at the line. This round goes to Australian Robbie McEwen. He nosed out reigning world sprint cha...

Rate Tour de France- Stage 3

Original at Masiguy external link    Mon, Jul 7

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy(noreply@blogger.com) Today's stage was finally won by a nice little breakaway. Four teams had a rider in the break and the quartet worked very well together to keep the field at bay until the line, by just over 2 minutes. 3km into the race today, Will Frischkorn (Garmin-Chipotle) lept from the peloton and was joine...

Rate Tour de France- Stage 2

Original at Masiguy external link    Sun, Jul 6

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy(noreply@blogger.com) Tomorrow looks to be a real stage for the sprinters. The green jersey is currently worn by Kirchen after his 2nd and 4th place finishes so far, but I expect Hushovd to make a real run on the jersey tomorrow. The stage is almost flat- for that region of France- and lends itself to the sprinters. Exp...

Year 2007

 

Rate Tour de France- Stage 15

Original at Masiguy external link    Mon, Jul 23

By Tim Jackson- Masi Guy So tomorrow is the second and final rest day of the Tour. Guys need it too... because Wednesday is another day of pain and suffering. Stage 16 serves up big doses of "owie, owie, owie" for the remaining riders of the Tour. 5 rated climbs- 1 cat 3, and 2 cat 1 and 2 "above category" climbs. The final climb...

Rate 2 riders hurt in crashes

Original at Akron Beacon Journal external link    Fri, Jul 13

Filippo Pozzato of Italy won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara held on to the leader's yellow jersey for the sixth consecutive day.

Rate RESULTS: 2007 Tour de France

Original at Earthtimes.org external link    Tue, Jul 10

Compiegne, France - The results of Tuesday's third stage of the 2007 Tour de France, 236.5 km from Waregem, Belgium, to Compiegne, France:1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team CSC, 6 hours 36 minutes 15 seconds 2. Erik Zabel, Germany, Team Milram, ...

Rate Podcast: Steegmans dodges crash to win Stage 2

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Mon, Jul 9

Gert Steegmans won the second stage of the Tour de France on Monday with an inspirational victory in his home country, avoiding a late crash that slowed many riders and left them with scrapes and bruises.

Year 2006

 

Rate Tour de France - Day 3: Stage 2

Original at Discovery Channel external link    Mon, Jul 3

Stage 2: Obernal to Esch-sur-Alzette

Rate Ullrich: Less than 2 years to retirement

Original at typepad/tdfblog (Feedburner) external link    Sun, Jun 4

By Frank Steele Sport | Ullrich to retire within two years. T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich, winner of the 1997 Tour de France and five-time runner-up, says he's unlikely to ride more than 2 more seasons. Ullrich, 32, told German TV channel ZDF “Maybe I can ...

Year 2005

 

Rate Podcast: Welcome!

Original at SIRIUS Tour de France external link    Thu, Jun 23

By SIRIUS Satellite Radio Stay on top of Lance Armstrong's quest to win a record 7th straight Tour de France with daily, behind-the-scenes commentary — often from Lance himself — only on SIRIUS. Reports are also available via podcast, so you can hear Lance on the go. The Tour starts on July 2 — listen in on FACTION // Ch. 2...

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