Feature Article #1

TDF09 – Stage 18 Preview

Stage 18 : Annecy > Annecy – 40.5km
Stage 18’s TT course follows the foreshores of the lac d’Annecy.
The course is mainly flat with the exception of the one climb, a cat 3 at 25km into the course.

Stage Climbs
Côte de Bluffy 3.7 km, avg. 6 %, Cat 3
Current Jersey Leaders
Alberto Contador (Astana)
Thor [...]

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bourne | July 23rd, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

TDF09 – Stage 17 Preview

Stage 17 : Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Le Grand-Bornand – 169km
This is a very tough day arguably the hardest stage of the tour with four cat 1 climbs and a cat 2.
Very much a climbers stage
The final 2 climbs are tough ones not all that long at 8km but both are over an 8% average [...]

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bourne | July 22nd, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Improbable Performances – is Contador clean??

I’ve written on a number of occasions about improbable performances (eg this article) and the link back to doping.  The basic view I take is that it’s just not really possible for someone to come out and ride the legs off the rest of the peleton without an unfair advantage.  Last year probably one of [...]

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gj | July 22nd, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #4

TDF09 – Stage 16 Preview

Stage 16 : Martigny > Bourg-Saint-Maurice – 159km
This is a pretty tough day, even more so after yesterdays rest day. The day after a rest day is always said to be fairly tough on the body.
There are two big Mountains to cross with the finish right after the descent off the second mountain.
It [...]

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bourne | July 21st, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #5

TDF09 : Stage 13 Preview

Stage 13 : Vittel > Colmar – 200km
Back to the hills where the race should start to be a little more lively.
A number of good climbs, in particular the 2 main climbs in the last half of the stage.
A cat 1 followed by a cat 2 which the summit is only 20km from the [...]

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bourne | July 17th, 2009 | Continued

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TDF : Stage 12 Preview

Stage 12 : Tonnerre > Vittel – 211km
Another of the similar stages as per the last two days.
Plenty of rolling hills with five cat 4 climbs and a cat 3. Enough to wear out some legs.
It should also favour a good breakaway ride, whether the break can hold on is another story.
The final catagorised [...]

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16Jul2009 | bourne | 0 comments | Continued
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TDF09 : Stage 11 Preview

Stage 11 : Vatan > Saint-Fargeau – 192km
A fairly similar type of stage as yesterdays.
Small rolling hills with two cat 4 climbs. Nothing to break up the peloton.
Standard sprint stage again, with a break of 3 or 4 riders who’ll get mowed down in the final few kilometres.
Unless the sprint teams don’t work or [...]

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15Jul2009 | bourne | 0 comments | Continued
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TDF09 : Stage 10 Preview

Stage 10 : Limoges > Issoudun – 194km
Often after the rest day there is a mountain stage, but this year it’s back to the predominantly flat stages for the sprinters with only a few cat 4 climbs early in the stage.
Stage Climbs
Côte de Salvanet 1.8 km, avg. 4.5 %, Cat 4
Côte de Saint-Laurent-les-Eglises 2.0 [...]

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14Jul2009 | bourne | 0 comments | Continued
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TDF09 : Stage 7 Preview

Stage 7 : Barcelone > Andorre Arcalis – 224 km
The first of the tours 3 mountain top stages is here.
It’s the first real test of what sort of shape the GC guys are really in.
There is a number of hills to climb before they reach the Andorre Arcalis, just to soften the legs [...]

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10Jul2009 | bourne | 0 comments | Continued
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TDF09 : Stage 6 Preview

Stage 6 : Girona > Barcelona 181km
I blew last night nights prediction, who would have thought the break (or remnants of) would survive the chase (or lack thereof as it turned out).
Stage 6 takes a visit to Spain, that could encourage Spanish riders to get themselves into the break.
There are 5 catagorised climbs [...]

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9Jul2009 | bourne | 0 comments | Continued
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