Monthly Archives: July 2010

2010 Tour de France – Stage 3 Wrap-up

Things have a funny way of working themselves out, don’t they?  As expected, the Tour’s trip over the pave of Belgium and Northern France produced the most dramatic and chaotic Tour de France stage since…yesterday. Let’s take a look: 1. We begin with Saxo Bank.  Hopefully, any lingering conspiracy theories as to the team’s tactics … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 3 Live Blog

I drew the lucky straw and will be hosting today’s Live Blog over at Bicycling.  Please come join me–share your insights and questions with the rest of us!  How will everyone respond to yesterday’s events? In the meantime, here’s an interesting video–Allan Peiper’s insights and descriptions of the stage are particularly fascinating.

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 2 Wrap-up

I hate to say it, but there are more important things to worry about than who might or might not have been robbed of a chance to sprint for second place in Stage 2 of the 2010 Tour de France. Such as:     1. Did Andy and/or Frank Schleck break a collarbone? (No.) 2. … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 2 Live Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to Stage 2 of the 2010 Tour de France.  Today’s stage featuires 201kms of racing from Brussles to spa, and should be our first chance to see some aggressive racing as the Tour enters the Belgian Ardennes. With 6 climbs on the day, I think we might see a GC contender … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 1 Wrap-up

Sometimes just staying upright is all you need to take a big win.  With Oscar Freire, Mark Cavendish, and Tyler Farrar all crashing inside the final few kilometers, it was Alessandro Petacchi’s day in the Tour de France.  With a win eerily similar to the stage he took in Stage 4 of the Tour de … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France – Stage 1 Live Blog

Good morning everyone and welcome to today’s Stage 1 from Rotterdam to Brussels. I’ll be joining editor Bill Strickland in Bicycling Magazine’s Live Blog once again today. Please come over and join the fun–yesterday’s conversation was quite interesting. Share your picks, ask a question, or just enjoy talking about the race with other fans–I’ll be … Continue reading

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