It’s a day late, for which I apologize (grant proposals due at work!), but hopefully better late than never, some analysis of the first big mountains of the 2011 Tour de France. The race’s first foray into the Pyrenees went some of the way towards ‘cleaning up’ the top page of the overall GC, but […]
2011 Tour de France
Enter the Pyrenees
Today sees the first of the big encounters that will decide the Tour de France. For the next 10 days, the Pyrenees and the Alps will loom large before the GC riders still remaining in this year’s Tour de France. There are four mountain top finishes in the the next ten days of racing, all […]
Tour de France 2011: a “rest day” from analysis, Jens Voigt fills in
Tour rest today: Jens Voigt fills in the gap It’s my rest day today. A day late, relative to the race, but nevertheless, no analysis today. Possibly tomorrow either (busy period at work), but to get you through these two days, while we await the onslaught of the Pyrenees on Thursday, for entertainment alone, here […]
Tour de France 2011: Raining crashes as we build to the Pyrenees
So the Tour has a new leader – Thomas Voeckler, who got himself into a break on Stage 9 to claim yellow off Hushovd’s shoulders. It wasn’t the way many expected it to go – the ‘script’ was that Hushovd would relinquish his lead on Saturday’s Stage 8 on a relatively tough finish up to […]
The Tour 2011 takes on a new complexion
Today the Tour rolls into its first ‘taste’ of mountains, with a finish up to Super-Besse Sancy that will almost certainly see a change in the yellow jersey. Thor Hushovd has commanded yellow for since the team-time trial, but his slim lead over a host of riders is likely to be erased over a stage […]
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