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Vino has a nose for victory

Stage 13 saw Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov time his attack perfectly on the day’s final climb taking victory just as the sprinters charged down the finishing straight. As I predicted yesterday’s stage 13 was the optimal stage for a well timed attack … Continue reading

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Contador puts time into Schleck setting up a showdown in the Pyrenees

Team Katusha’s Joaquin Rodriguez took the victory in stage 12 with GC favorite Alberto Contador finishing comfortably on his wheel in second place. More importantly, Contador gained ten seconds on overall race leader Andy Schleck, cutting his lead to just 31 seconds and setting up a … Continue reading

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Cavendish Wins 3rd Stage: His Lead Out Man is Booted from the Tour

Cavendish stamps his authority over the top sprinters in the world taking his third stage in this year’s Tour and the thirteenth in his very young career. His lead out man Mark Renshaw was ejected from the Tour by race officials for head-butting Garmin … Continue reading

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Quite possibly the most boring Tour stage ever

As expected, today was a day for the breakaway to make it to the finish. Team Radio Shack’s Sergio Paulinho put his track background to good use timing his sprint to perfection to take the stage in front of Caisse d’Epargne’s Vasili … Continue reading

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Schleck & Contador Emerge as the Clear Favorites, Evans Cracks under the Pressure

Clearly Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador are the two alpha males fighting for supremacy in this year’s Tour de France. The two GC favorites put in a Herculean effort to chase down the remnants of the today’s breakaway on the … Continue reading

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High Drama in the French Alps

  Lance Armstrong saw his Tour de France hopes evaporate into thin air in the mountains of France. Armstrong was involved in three crashes on the day hitting the pavement on two. The first came shortly after the stage began … Continue reading

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Chavanel Solos to Victory on Stage 7

Saturday’s Stage 7 proved to be anticlimactic as Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, and the other General Classification contenders played their cards close to their vest’s in anticipation of the drama that is sure to unfold on the slopes of Morzine tomorrow. … Continue reading

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The Manx Missile Fires Again

Mark Cavendish thunders to an even more resounding win in Friday’s stage 6 taking back-to-back victories before the race hits the Alps tomorrow. Although Garmin Transitions and Lampre did their best to disrupt the Columbia HTC lead-out again, Mark Renshaw … Continue reading

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Cavendish Hammers to Decisive Win in Stage 5

An emotional Cavendish had tears in his eyes as he stood on the podium today. Continue reading

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Ale-Jet Rockets to Second Stage Win

Team Radio Shack was taking no more chances with Lance’s hopes as they sat on the front most of the day. Continue reading

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