Monthly Archive for July, 2011

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Contador, Hoban, Finches and Twitchers

When American L. Armstrong and Spaniard Alberto C. were on the same team together (remember that? 2009?) it was popular…

Luis León Sánchez Wins Stage Nine of the 2011 TDF

Stage 9-208 km Issoire to Saint-Flour / Sanchez has won today’s stage. Without doubt he celebrates tonight, perhaps with a…

Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Wins Stage Eight of the 2011 TDF

Stage 8-189 km Aigurande to Super Besse Sancy / Today’s TDF coverage starts where yesterday’s left off: on the side…

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage Seven of the 2011 TDF

Stage 7-218 km Le Mans to Châteauroux / In every Tour de France the riders must get from here to…

Edvald Boasson Hagen wins stage six of the 2011 TDF

Stage Six—226.5km Dinan to Lisieux / Today’s route traveled the old roads of Normandy. In the spring of 1944 tens…

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage Five of the 2011 TDF

Stage Five—164.5km Carhaix to Cap Fréhel / Ernest Hemingway once said his home town of Oak Park, Illinois was a…

Cadel Evans Wins Stage Four of the 2011 TDF

Stage Four—172.5km Lorient to Mûr-de-Bretagne / Cadel Evans wins a gritty finish on stage four to the Mûr-de-Bretagne. This is…

Tyler Farrar Wins Stage Three of the 2011 TDF

Stage Three—198km Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon / As Bob Roll once said, today was a day for the “honey badgers of…

Garmin Cervelo Wins Stage Two of the 2011 TDF

Stage Two—23km Team Time Trial: Les Essarts to Les Essarts / Garmin Cervelo wins the Team Time Trial!!! The big…

Philippe Gilbert Wins Stage One of the 2011 TDF

Stage One—191.5km Passage du Gois to Mont des Alouettes / True to form, The Great Gilbert disposed of his rivals…