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The 2010 Tour de France route. 2010 Tour de France Stage 0: Saturday, July 3 § Prologue 8k Rotterdam, Holland Stage 1: Sunday, July 4 § Rotterdam – Brussels 224 k Stage 2: Monday, July 5 § Brussels – Spa, Belgium 192k Stage 3: Tuesday, July 6 § Wanze – […]
Team Garmin Slipstream is pinning its hopes on Tyler Farrar this year. They’re hoping to place in the top 10. The start is Saturday in Rotterdam. Our live coverage will begin on Thursday with stage 5 finish at Montargis. — Tom Boonen will not be at the start of the […]
Several team have announced their upcoming Tour de France team rosters today. Radio Shack: Armstrong, Leipheimer, Brajkovic, Kloden, Muravyev, Paulinho, Popovych, Rast Saxo Bank: Cancellara, Andy Schleck, Franck Schleck, Voight, O’Grady, Breschel, Chris Sorensen, Fuglsang, Nicki Sorensen Euskatel: Ruben Perez, Velasco, Isasi, Sam Sanchez, Egoi Martinez, Txurruka, Oroz, Verdugo, Alan […]
The 22 Teams for this year’s Tour de France have been announced. AG2r-La Mondiale, Astana, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Caisse d’épargne, Cofidis, HTC-Columbia, Euskaltel, Française des Jeux, Footon-Servetto, Lampre, Liquigas, Milram, Omega-pharma Lotto, Quick Step, Rabobank, Saxo bank, RadioShack, Team Sky, Katusha, Garmin-Transitions, Cervélo Test Team, BMC. There are expected to […]
The Tour de France has announced the depart for the 2011 race. It will start about 150 meters off the continent near Noirmoutier on July 2. Ile Noirmoutier was the start of the 2005 race. They will finish with a climb on Mont des Alouettes near Les Herbiers. Stage 2 […]
The 2010 Tour de France route was unveiled in Paris this week. The race starts in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on July 3 with a prologue. Then the race will head over some cobblestones into Brussels, Belgium before crossing back into France. The race will make its way through the north […]
A French press report says that a preliminary inquest has been opened following the discovery of suspect medical products during the Tour de France. The products include hundreds of syringes and infusions. No particular team has been targeted but of course L’Equipe is accusing Astana. The AFLD found no banned […]
ASO announced the names of the 20 teams selected for the 2009 Tour de France: There will be 180 riders at the start line in Monaco on July 4. These are the teams selected: AllemagneTeam Milram (MRM) Belgique Quick Step (QST)Silence – Lotto (SIL) Danemark Team Saxo Bank (SAX) Espagne […]
Nestle’s Quick is one of the corporate sponsors of the race. They have some vehicles in the publicity caravan. In between talking about the race action, the announcers make some plugs for the sponsors. One of the announcers apparently doesn’t understand any English. While speaking about the product, he said […]
It’s official. Lance Armstrong made the “official” announcement during the Astana team training camp in Tenarife, Canary Islands. He’ll be making his Tour de France comeback in Monaco on July 4, 2009 at age 37. He said that almost no one believed in him when he made his comeback from […]
