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Cancellara True, Contador Celebrates – 97th Tour de France, Stage 19
With television coverage focused solely on the battle for final podium places, audiences would miss two more outstanding performances by the riders that animated the 97th Tour de France Prologue. Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), the young German who sat in the hot seat for hours before Cancellara bested his time in the Prologue, had the benefit [...]
Schleck Conquers Tourmalet, Unable to Unhinged Contador – 97th Tour de France, Stage 17
The final, and perhaps decisive, mountain stage of the 97th Tour de France was billed as the dual on the Tourmalet. With the steep inclines and foggy weather serving as the background, this year’s top two riders, Alberto Contador (Astana) and Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) stood toe-to-toe on the fabled mountain pass as thousands [...]
Thor Takes A Classic – 97th Tour de France, Stage 3
The 213 kilometer Stage 3 from Wanze to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, with seven cobbled sectors, was billed as the first real selection, but it may eventually prove to be the tipping point for those contenders to the crown and in the rivalry between Lance Armstrong (Team Radio Shack) and Alberto Contador (Astana). Upset with [...]
Cancellara, In A Blink Of An Eye – 97th Tour de France, Prologue
One hundred and ninety-seven* men would start today’s Prologue in Rotterdam, but at the end the story would be written by only four of them. Tony Martin (Team HTC-Columbia), one of the revelations of last year’s Tour de France, was given the dubious honor of being one of the first riders, 11th, out of the [...]
Route, Contenders, & Predictions – 97th Tour de France, Preview
Pyrenees, Not Cobbles Will Be Decisive When the route for the 2010 Tour de France was unveiled in October of last year, it looked as if the the Tour organizers had once again reached into their devilish bag of tricks to test the mettle of its participants. Beginning on July 3rd and running through to [...]
Evans Shows His Stripes In La Fléche Wallonne Victory
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) displayed the form that earned him a set of World Championship stripes last year in capturing the 74th La Flèche Wallonne. In the frenzied final rush up the famous Mur de Huy, the 33-year old Australian showed the uncanny patience of a man seemingly in complete control of his environment before [...]
Merckx – “I think it will be a very open Tour”
With the 2010 road cycling season set to kick-off with the Tour Down Under this weekend, the Associated Press checked in with arguably the greatest cyclist of all-time, Eddy Merckx, at a presentation in Paris for next month’s inaugural Tour of Oman, for his take on this summer’s battle in France. Although Merckx expects the [...]
106th Edition of a Rivalry Renewed, Spielman Succumbs
On Saturday, the annual blood feud between The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan will take place on the gridiron in Ann Arbor, MI. And while the outcome of The Game has been a bit one sided as of late, it is still considered the greatest rivalry in sports. The rivalry began began [...]
Top 10 Reasons Lance Amstrong Did Not Win the 2009 Tour de France
As the apparent tensions, war of words, between now former Astana teammates continues to be played out in the media, we take a closer look at the final outcome of this year’s Tour de France. So without further adieu…fresh from the home office in Omaha, NE, here are the Top 10 Reasons Lance Armstrong Did [...]
Cavendish Cruises on Champs-Élysées, Contador Crowned – 96th Tour de France Stage 21
An exultant Alberto Contador (Astana) stood on top of the final Tour de France podium for the second time in his short cycling career. The 2007 Tour de France champion can now boast of consecutive Tour victories (a team exclusion in 2008 prevented him from defending his Tour crown) and a total of four consecutive [...]
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