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Toward the end of the second week, after Alberto Contador had pretty much sealed up his victory (even though he may not have even been in yellow at that time), I got bored posting daily updates. For that, I apologize. Without further ado, here’s what I missed: Alberto Contador won the Tour de France by over [...] Stage 15 saw the defeat of He Who Must Not Be Named, as Harry Potter‘s Alberto Contador’s charge up the climb to Verbier proved too much for him to handle. Watching Lance in the post-race interview was sad–you could tell he was disappointed that he simply couldn’t keep up with Contador’s amazing acceleration. The tour [...] Today was a very unusual stage. Not because of the stage profile, but because of the theatrics during and after the stage. What was not surprising is that Lance was involved. What was surprising was that George Hincapie was involved. Stage 11 was not unlike the previous flat stages. The only notable event was that Cavendish sprinted to victory in what was a considerably more impressive performance than his previous three stage wins. The big news today was that the Tour banned the use of race radios on today’s flat stage. Of course, the riders rebelled, claiming that they needed their team car to tell them where the potholes are, and so evidently no real racing happened today. Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas over at their blog, “The Science of Sport,” wrote an excellent piece on the implications of Contador’s move in yesterday’s Stage 7 of the Tour de France. Their main premise, and it’s a good one, is that Contador’s attack was in response to him feeling that he has not [...] Today was the first real test for the GC contenders. The stage finished with a long climb of much more than the advertised 10k to a summit finish. As expected, Cancellara relinquished the yellow jersey, though not without two unfortunate strokes of luck (in the form of flat tires) on the approach to [...] If it wasn’t obvious from the speeds at which the Tour de France riders conquer the stages, take a look at these power files from the Team Time Trial from Ryder Hesjedal and Bradley Wiggins. 361 watts and 371 watts average power, respectively, with max power levels well over 1000W for both riders. OUCH. That [...] Stage 4 was the much-anticipated team time trial of 39 kilometers around the city of Montpelier. Realistically, only four teams (Garmin, Saxo Bank, Columbia, Astana) had a chance of winning the TTT, but super-realistically, only one team had a chance. I’ll give you one guess. Hint: it’s the only team with Lance [...] |
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