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Tour de France - 2009
stage 1 - Monaco Monaco 15.5 km Tour de France 2009 : le parcours - The route Video Du samedi 4 au dimanche 26 juillet 2009, le 96e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance denviron 3 500 kilomètres. Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres. |
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Follow The Tour De France Online
The 2009 edition of the Tour de France -- the premiere event on the pro cycling calendar and the oldest of the three grand tours -- kicks off Saturday, July 4 with a short time trial in Monaco. If you're lucky enough to live in France, Italy or Monaco, you can follow the three-week race from town to town in person. The rest of Europe can enjoy live coverage on the Eurosport network, and North Americans can watch daily reports on the cable network Versus. American Lance Armstrong is racing again in 2009 after three years in retirement, so most everyone in the world can count on a nonstop barrage of Lance-related coverage from all the major news outlets. But the Tour is about a whole lot more than Lance. Luckily, your best friend the internet has dozens of ways you can keep up with all the sprints, climbs, crashes and breakaways in the Grande Boucle without having to dig too deep. Here are our tips for getting your Tour fix online. |
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Five riders to watch
Lance Armstrong (Astana) – There is a fascination about this man and everything he does that transcends sport. Even though it would take an extraordinary set of circumstances for him to stand any chance of winning the Tour, all eyes with be on Armstrong to see how much his years away from the sport have taken out of him. Alberto Contador (Astana) – The Tour favorite could not possibly ask for a more experienced or accomplished rider than Armstrong to help him on his quest for glory. A magnificent climber, Contador will look to establish himself in the mountains and wrap up the title. Cadel Evans (Silence Lotto) – The Australian is a former mountain-biking star who has adapted brilliantly to professional road cycling. He could be a genuine threat if his team can focus its energies behind him but is prone to mental meltdowns. Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) – The 2008 champion will like the climber-friendly conditions this year, but could be hurt by a lack of support from his relatively weak new team. Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) – The Brit is the most electrifying sprinter in cycling and racked up four stage wins last year. He is strongly tipped to win the green jersey with several stages on the course suiting his aggressive style. The team time trial returns to the Tour for the first time since 2005, Armstrong’s final year before retirement, with a new set of rules that eradicates the previous protection for weaker squads. Now there is no limit on the amount of time any team can surrender and Astana, spearheaded by Contador and marshaled by Armstrong, could stamp its authority here. Race winners since 1903 |
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http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html
----------------------------------------Interesting site particularly if you are actually watching le tour on the TV I know this was last year but to get the flavour of the event check this out http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/2008_tour_de_france.html Dont forget to look out for Dieter "Didi" Senft a bit of a wild German guy who follows the tour with a huge Bicycle cant really miss him has large bushy beard a trident and big personality a real feature of the tour Enjoy the daily coverage of this special event in the cycle world I have just got rained out from my satellite connection a real heavy down pour washed my signal away in the time trial  http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2007/07/13/the-devil-loves-the-tour-de-france/ ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by densnaps at Jul 4, 2009 3:54:42 PM] |
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Yes a very interesting race
----------------------------------------  Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres. These 21 stages have the following profiles: • 10 flat stages, • 7 mountain stages, • 1 medium mountain stage, • 2 individual time-trial stages, • 1 team time-trial stage. Distinctive aspects of the race • 3 mountain finishes, • 2 rest days, • 55 kilometres of individual time-trials, • 20 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed. 8 new stop-over towns Brignoles, Gérone (Espagne), Issoudun, Martigny (Suisse), Saint-Fargeau, Tonnerre, vatan, Verbier (Suisse Tour de France 2009 Video A short preview of the Tour de France 2009 including all the favorites. Please click on "watch in high quality". [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jul 4, 2009 4:37:54 PM] |
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It's till one of the good sports (apart from the individual substance taking) but difficult to follow,
I've seen lots of overhead shots but then the last minute is hard to absorb, From my limited cycling experience I know how tough it must be. I only drove up Mont Ventoux. |
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I did a lot , still do some, is in fact a very tough sport, , this year will be great to see it
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CANCELLARA TAKES FIRST STAGE OF TOUR, ARMSTRONG 10TH
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, with seven-time champion Lance Armstrong placing a respectable 10th for the start of his comeback to the sport's biggest event. Cancellara took 19 minutes, 32 seconds for the 15.5-kilometer (9.6 mile) time trial, in which riders set off one by one along winding and hilly roads of the Mediterranean principality of Monaco. "I am really proud," Cancellara said. "I did the maximum possible." A speed specialist who won last month's Tour of Switzerland and the time-trial gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, Cancellara had been seen as a favorite for the opening stage..... |
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I see they're going to have to do some stages this year without radio communication. It'll be interesting to see whether they can make their own tactical decisions whilst pedalling like mad.
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