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Stage 21 - Recap - 164 km - Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris - Tour de France 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:40:19 -0700

Cavendish celebrates with stage win number six on the Champs-Elysees. Contador wins GC, Schleck 2nd, Armstrong 3rd.

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Race profile: http://www.letour.fr/PHOTOS/TDF/2009/2100/PROFIL.gif

Winners of the 2009 Tour de France
GC:
CONTADOR Alberto ASTANA 85h 48' 35"

Sprinter:
HUSHOVD Thor CERVELO TEST TEAM 280 pts

King of the mountain:
PELLIZOTTI Franco LIQUIGAS 210 pts

Young rider:
SCHLECK Andy TEAM SAXO BANK 85h 52' 46"

Team:
ASTANA 256h 02' 58"

Stage 20 - Recap - 167 km - Montelimar to Mont-Ventoux - Tour de France 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:31:21 -0700

In the final mountain stage of the 2009 Tour de France, Spanish Climber Garate Wins on a very windy day. No changes in GC.

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Stage 19 - Recap - 178 km - Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas - Tour de France 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:27:17 -0700

Cavendish Makes it Five Stage Wins in the 2009 Tour, Contador retains Yellow, Armstrong gains 4 seconds

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Stage 18 - Recap - iTT (40.5 km) - Annecy - Tour de France 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:21:26 -0700

Contador wins the ITT beating Cancellara by three seconds. Lance Armstrong moves to third in the GC, Andy Schleck defends 2nd.

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Nitro Nut

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:41:35 -0700

Why the pros fill their tires with nitrogen. And an old lady gets wasted.

RadioShack and Lance to Form New Cycling Team in 2010

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:40:44 -0700

Lance said he'd be back stronger in 2010. I'd have to take him at his word. Looking forward to it.
I wonder who will be on the team.

Stage 17 - Recap - 169 km - Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand - Tour de France 2009

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:39:28 -0700

The stage we've been waiting for did not disappoint. 5 climbs, 4 of them category 1 climbs. The Schleck brothers take it to the top with Frank taking the stage win. Contador hangs with them and extends his overall lead in the GC. Lance Armstrong finishes strong, but falls to 4th. What a show the Schlecks put on!

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Results
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4:53:54
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:02:18

Stage 17 - Last KMs - 169 km - Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Le Grand-Bornand - Tour de France 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:14:09 -0700

Stage 16 - Recap - 159 km - Martigny (Switzerland) to Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Tour de France 2009

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:22:42 -0700

Two category 1 climbs and a descent into Bourg-Saint-Maurice on a humid day in the Alps.
Mikel Astarloza wins stage 16, Top 5 in GC remains the same. Contador in Yellow, Lance Armstrong 1:37 back. Will there be a shakeup or is this years GC winner already decided?

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Full Results
1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4:14:20
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:00:06
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
4 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale

Podium girls interview - Tour de France 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:11:48 -0700

What's it like being a podium girl?
Interview from active.com

Stage 15 - Contador interview - Tour de France 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:58:35 -0700

Alberto Contador interview after winning stage 15 and taking the Yellow jersey

Stage 15 - Recap - 207 km - Pontarlier to Verbier (Switzerland) - Tour de France 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:47:39 -0700

Contador wins in Verbier with uphill sprint and now sports the Yellow Jersey. Lance Armstrong is 2nd trailing by 1:37

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RESULT
Stage 15: Pontarlier - Verbier 207.5km
1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana in 5-03-58
2. Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank at 43 seconds
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at at 1-03 minutes
4. Frank Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank at 1-06 minutes
5. Bradley Wiggins (GB) Garmin-Slipstream at 1-06 minutes
6. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team at 1-06 minutes

Stage 14 - Recap - 199 km - Colmar to Besançon - Tour de France 2009

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:34:58 -0700

Serguei Ivanov wins stage 14, George Hincapie finishes ahead of peloton. In a surprise, Garmin-Slipstream leads peloton pace and chases down Hincapie to deny him the Yellow jersey by 5 seconds. Nocentini retains the Yellow jersey. Cavendish DQ'ed for irregular sprint, Green jersey goes back to Thor Hushovd

RESULT
Stage 14: Colmar - Besançon 199km
1. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 4-37-46
2. Nicolas Roache (Ire) Ag2r La Mondiale at 16 seconds
3. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team
4. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
5. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
6. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre

Stage 13 - Recap - 200 km - Vittel to Colmar - Tour de France 2009

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:22:46 -0700

Heinrich Haussler wins stage in horrid conditions, Asatna loses Levi Leipheimer to a broken wrist sustained at the end of stage 12. With the obvious exception of Levi, there were no significant changes in the GC.

Overall classification after stage 11
1. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r in 43-28-59
2. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana at 6sec
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana at 8sec
4. Bradley Wiggins (GB) Garmin-Slipstream at 46sec
5. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana at 54sec

Stage 12 - Levi Breaks His Wrist - Tour de France 2009

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:10:55 -0700

Video from livestrong.com, Prior to stage 13, Lance, Levi and Johan Bruyneel talk about the team impact resulting from Levi Leipheimer's broken wrist. Levi broke his wrist with 2k to go in stage 12.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy and tougher competitor. He stood to have been a key contributer to Astana in the Alps.

Get well soon Levi!