July 3, 2013
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If you watch cycling, and specifically the Tour de France, you at least have a rudimentary understanding of what goes on within the race. But one rule you usually only see enforced on the big mountain stages later in the race knocked American Ted King out of the TDF yesterday. […]
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July 23, 2011
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SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER I’m watching the final time trial in this year’s Tour de France and the podium is set. It’s going to be three men – of course – but the order isn’t decided yet. It will be Cadel Evans, Andy Schleck and Frank Schleck up on the podium […]
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July 21, 2011
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Well, that headline might be a bit over the top, but so are the world’s top cyclists. And the way they finished – except for the exceptional Thomas Voekler – might be the way they end up on Sunday. Today, we saw Andy Schleck for the first time in the […]
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July 3, 2011
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Let me catch my breath before giving you the lowdown on today’s results. Contrary to my predictions, the ride of the day was turned in by Team BMC with Cadel Evans and George Hincapie. They finished a mere four seconds behind Garmin-Cervelo in the stage (which puts Thor Hushovd in […]
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July 3, 2011
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I’ve got Versus on my flatscreen and I’m watching the recap of yesterday’s race. Holy crap was the crash at 9KM a vision of carnage! Now I understand how stage 1 ended up the way it did. As reported yesterday – because I was following along via an iPhone app […]
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July 2, 2011
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I don’t have all the details yet, but the stage today has already created implications for the podium in Paris. During most of the 192KM stage there wasn’t much to see, but then about 10KM from the end there was a crash…. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT It has been reported […]
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