The first day in the mountains in the Tour de France is usually a spectacular showdown in which the claimants for the overall title lay down their credentials for yellow. 2009 will probably not go down as such a day… Stage 7 of the 2009 Tour will be remembered for the following reasons: It was the […]
2009 Tour de France
Tour 2009: Into the Mountains
The first week of the 2009 Tour has hardly been ‘normal’, with strong cross-winds, a team-time trial and intriguing team dynamics and the return of Lance Armstrong to the Tour, but tomorrow’s first mountain finish represents one of perhaps three or four key moments in determining where the 2009 yellow jersey will ultimately end up. […]
Tour de France 2009: Team TT
Fabian Cancellara has survived in yellow for at least another day. But only just. After yesterday’s dramatic split that saw Lance Armstrong gain time on all the other GC contenders, today’s team time-trial was always going to be about whether Astana had the firepower to overhaul the starting deficit of 40 seconds, which would see Armstrong, […]
Tour de France 2009
As I am writing this, I am watching the second stage of the Tour de France, and what was looking like a routine day for the sprinters has just gone ‘live’ because of a split in the main field with about 28km to go. That split was the result of strong cross-winds, which always causes some drama […]
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