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Archives for July 2008

Tour de France 2008: Alp d’Huez

Ross · 24 Jul 2008 ·

Fascinating day’s racing in the Tour de France yesterday, as the riders tackled what is arguably the race’s toughest day – 209km including three out of category climbs, culminating in the most famous climb in cycling, Alp d’Huez. And as expected, the attacks started early on the final climb, as the climbers were forced to […]

Oscar Pistorius: Remarkable physiology

Ross · 17 Jul 2008 ·

This morning, my email inbox was full of stories about Oscar Pistorius contemplating legal action against the IAAF for trying to exclude him from selection for the SA Olympic team. The grounds for his ‘legal action’? Two reasons: First, the IAAF last week suggested that Pistorius would be dangerous in a relay event, where the […]

Doping and athletics

Ross · 16 Jul 2008 ·

Check in a little later for a post on the Tour de France, and the first big mountain top finish from Monday at Hautacam. Apologies for being a little behind on that one, but I’ll get some comment up on the stage a little later today. In the meantime, I came across this excellent article […]

Kenya vs. Ethiopia

Ross · 14 Jul 2008 ·

As you’ve no doubt noticed by now, we’re somewhat partial to the endurance sports here at The Science of Sport. And with the Olympics now only 24 days away, we’re starting to turn our attention to what are sure to be 3 weeks of magnificent racing action, especially on the track and roads in the […]

Real Tour de France data

Ross · 09 Jul 2008 ·

Over the last few days, we’ve been covering the “on-road” action from the first week of the Tour de France. Immediately below this post, you can find our report from the first big GC-type stage, the 29km individual time-trial in Cholet, won (somewhat surprisingly) by Stefan Schumacher, who now wears the leader’s yellow jersey. The […]

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