Saturday, July 11th, 2009 472 views
Contador seizes control of Astana; Feillu wins stage
Today’s race departed from Barcelona among throngs of fans cheering for their countryman Alberto Contador, who heeded their call by winning the race within the race to be Team Astana’s leader. Cadel Evans stated, “Cantador in Spain is going to be something special today.”
Lance Armstrong remarked prior to the start that the current lack of an obvious team leader was “not ideal” but difficult to determine who should lead since four Astana riders had podium finishes in previous Tours.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009 376 views
Tour de France Stage 6: Hushovd out sprints Freire for win in rainy Spain
Thor Hushovd of the Cervelo Test Team avoided several crashes and survived torrential conditions to win today’s stage from Girona to Barcelona.
Spaniard Oscar Freire of Team Rabobank nearly delivered, but ran out of gas near the line allowing Hushovd to take the win in a finish that left the peloton in tatters.
A four man breakaway that included Garmin Slipstream’s David Millar, led for most of the race. Given the treacherous conditions posed by massive rain, this break proved safe haven from crashes and other weather related tortures. Backsplash from rear wheels hurls dirty water into the faces of rides off the back, further jepoardizing safety.
GC favorite Michael Rogers of Team High Road HPC suffered a nasty crash while going through a roundabout that left him on the ground with Garmin’s Tyler Farrar. Farrar remounted his machine but Rogers, who crashed out of last year’s Tour, appeared to struggle with an apparent injury to his right arm or wrist.
With 25K to go, Millar attacked the trio in the breakaway and stormed off with the authority as the great time trial specialist he is. Millar’s tenure with Slipstream comes after a two year doping suspension which he served with aplomb. No excuses, no whining–he served the suspension as a champion would, and proved today that one can race without the benefit of drugs.
Despite Millar’s incredible effort, the peloton, fractured from crashes, swept him up and delivered the sprinters to the line. And despite the efforts of Rabobank and the Cervelo Test Team, there were no victories for Spain in the rain.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 686 views
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Tour De France 2009 Live Stream Online will be interesting this time for we are awaiting to see how Lance Armstrong will win his 8th title. This is the moment of truth for all the Lance Armstrong fans around the world. We all know that Tour De France was not that a hit since Armstrong retired. Of course he is now 37 years old and he still wants to prove to the world that he is the best even against younger riders.
The Tour de France 2009 Live Stream Online will start on July 4, 2009 and it will end on July 26, 2009. There are 21 stages all in all: 10 flat stages, 7 mountain stages, 2 individual time trial stages, 1 time trial stage, 1 medium mountain stage.
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