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2010 Tour

Live coverage will begin this Thursday. — At the moment Tony Martin has the best time, but there are still 150 riders yet to go.  So far the rain isn’t as bad as expected. — According the Wall Street Journal, Floyd Landis has made additional allegations against Lance Armstrong. Three […]

2010 Tour de France Route

2010 Tour de France Map

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 – […]

Pre-Tour 2010 News

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 […]

2010 Tour de France Team Rosters

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 […]

Cycling News Week of June 14 2010

Franck Schleck has won the Tour de Suisse.  This is the last race in preparation for the Tour de France. — Kim Kirchen was admitted to a hospital in Zurich after suffering a heart attack.  He’s in a medically induced coma. Portuguese rider Rui Faria Da Costa won stage 8 […]

Tour de Swiss

The final test for Lance Armstrong and Andy Schleck before Tour de France will be the Tour de Suisse which starts tomorrow.  Fabian Cancellara declared the only motor he will be using is in his body.  Team manager Bjarme Riis would like to put an end to the absurd rumors.

2010 Dauphine Libere

Brajkovic is this year’s Dauphine Libere winner! Alberto Contador won stage 6 at Alpe d’Huez today but was unable to unseat race leader Brajkovic of Team Radio Shack. Daniel Navarro won stage 5 at Chamrousse near Grenoble. The race was 17,5km at an average pitch of 7,5%.  He escaped from […]

Caucchioli

Doping This Week June 3

Caucchioli has been suspended for two years by CONI following abnormalities in his biological passport at the 2009 Tour of Poland. Caucchioli In an interview by Sal Ruibal in USA Today, Greg LeMond says he feels vindicated by Floyd Landis’ allegations of systematic doping at the former US Postal/Discovery Team.  […]

Mechanical Doping

There’s a video circulating on YouTube suggesting that Fabian Cancellara has been doping in a different way.  It suggests that he has a special button on his handlebars that he pushes to start and stop a small motor that is inside the down tube. The video suggests that his bursts […]