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 [...]
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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 [...] What an exciting day at the Tour, for a flat stage! Everything was going the way it usually does (a small group gets away early, is allowed to get a big gap, then is reeled back in just before the finish) until, with about 20k to go, the ENTIRE COLUMBIA TEAM decides to go [...] This morning was the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The Tour de Lance France began. The prologue this year was a 15.5k time trial around Monaco, which is a tiny country that evidently is near France. For triathletes, the time trial stages hold a special place in the cockles of our [...] |
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