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gunaxin.com - 7/4/2009

A Tour de France Primer for Americans

— gunaxin.com — Banner The 2009 Tour de France is underway, with the opening stage taking place on July 4th.... While I don’t expect many Americans to tune in on Independence Day, you do have 3 weeks left to enjoy this most epic of races. Yesterday we brought you a Tour de France Preview , but today we step back ... (more) A Tour de France Primer for Americans

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bootleggersports.com - 7/6/2009

Lance Armstrong Isn’t Doing It Right

— bootleggersports.com — Winning the Tour de France is against Tour de France rules Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance... Armstrong has finally been caught cheating. Armstrong has come out of retirement to compete in this year’s race despite constant rumors that he utilized an illegal advantage to capture ... (more) Lance Armstrong Isn’t Doing It Right

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gunaxin.com - 7/3/2009

2009 Tour de France Preview

— gunaxin.com — Tour de france map Tomorrow marks the start of the 96th Tour de France, and while I... know cycling is far from popular in the United States, it is a great sporting event to watch. Yes, cycling (like most sports) is embroiled in drug scandals, but there’s something exciting about a grueling event ... (more) 2009 Tour de France Preview

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TdF Team Presentation LIVE
Podium Cafe — ... and thoroughly entertaining live thread for viewing the spectacle. (Enough exaggerating adjectives for ya?) Can any of you over there ::pointing to Europe:: see if there may be live web streaming of the presentation this year? If so, please post any information here. Much appreciated. [Ed. note: and here we go . . . ]   Edited: should start in about an hour. Cameras ready? Check http://www.cyclingfans.com/ and http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/ for live stream links. ...

It begins!
Tour de France Lanterne Rouge — Today is the start of what could be one of the most exciting Tours of all time. Here is a nice one-page summary of the route and stages and riders for you to bookmark. Here is the official starter list of all 180 riders. Our early prediction for the Lanterne Rouge of the Stage 1 individual time trial around Monaco? Probably it will be some young mountain goat who is new to the Tour de France. The logical pick, though, is Aleksandr Kuschynski of Liquigas. He started the Tour as Lanterne Rouge in both '07 and ...

Rating the Remaining Climbs... PdC Style!
Podium Cafe — ... A few words about "rating the climbs." First, the ratings applied are relative to the other climbs on the list. Fact is, everything hurts by the start of week 3 of the Tour, so it's a little obtuse to suggest otherwise. Info in this post was drawn in part from Gavia's work at Steephill.TV, while the links for each climb are to their detailed descriptions at  ...