Monthly Archives: July 2011

First Look – Sylvain Chavanel’s Bastille Day Merckx EMX-5

Just in time for Bastille Day, Sylvain Chavanel received a new Eddy Merckx EMX-5 frame sporting France’s tricolore. From the press release by Quick-Step: For tomorrow “le 14 Juillet“ Sylvain Chavanel has received a special gift. An EMX-5 frame with new graphics in the colours of the French flag, bearing his Nickname, “La Machine”, which … Continue reading

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2011 Tour de France – Stage 11 Wrap-up

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France Today brought another win by HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish. Fresh from a defeat at the hands of Andre Greipel, Cavendish executed everything perfectly, using his acceleration to open a gap that ensured no one was able to … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – July 12, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, July 12, 2011 Greipel: "Maybe too nice" Tour de France 2011: RadioShack down to six riders after Popovych exit Johan Bruyneel: "It is not our Tour" Flecha: Tour crash driver did not say sorry Seen any cool links we missed? Share ’em in the comments below!

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2011 Tour de France – Contador: Can he still win?

Can Alberto Contador win the 2011 Tour de France? This is one of the biggest questions that cycling fans are asking themselves – has Contador lost too much time,  lost his focus from his numerous crashes over the first 9 stages and has he had time to recover from the epic bludgering of pain that … Continue reading

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2011 Tour de France – Stage 10 Wrap-up

Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. With an exciting Stage 10 in the books, it looks like yesterday’s rest day did the riders well. Here’s what we had out eye on: Stage 10 had pretty even odds between attackers and sprinters, and … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – July 11, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, July 11, 2011 Voeckler Notes The Downside Of Wearing Yellow TOUR. Voeckler's frame Tour de France 2011: Alexandr Vinokourov undergoes surgery on break Sky Procycling considering possible legal action over Flecha car collision VIDEO: Nick Legan takes a look inside the Leopard-Trek team car Seen any cool links … Continue reading

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