Cancellara is still in Yellow
Tom Boonen is still in Green
Stephane Auge of Cofidis is now in Polka Dot (taking it away from Millar)
And in the White jersey (the youth classification open to riders born after 1/1/82) Vladimir Gusev of Team Discovery
They're racing now in France and there shall be spoilers to come later today.
11 July 2007
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Here's the result of Stage 3 of the 2007 Tour de France...
Cancellara
Zabel
Napolitano
Boonen
Hushovd
Forster
McEwen
Eisel
Cavendish
Haussler
That's right! Cancellara led out with about a kilometer to go and just blasted past the break-away bunch and fended off the chasing sprinters. He's still in yellow and is putting his own brand on this race. YIKES!
Remember, Cancellara is supposed to be a time trial and sprint specialist. We'll see what happens to him in a few stages when the roads turn upward.
Standings after Stage 3...(pasted right from Versus' site)
(Here's your top 50 - the numbers on the far right are the minutes and seconds the rider is behind Cancellara. For example, Millar is 41 seconds back and Boonen is 46 seconds back.)
Pos. No. Name Nat. Team Time Gap
1 033 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI CSC 15:12:08.000 00:00:00.000
2 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas GER AST 15:12:41.000 00:00:33.000
3 201 MILLAR, David GBR SDV 15:12:49.000 00:00:41.000
4 114 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
5 149 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR COF 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
6 113 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS DSC 15:12:53.000 00:00:45.000
7 171 BOONEN, Tom BEL QSI 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
8 015 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS GCE 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
9 101 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR C.A 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
10 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP EUS 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
11 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ AST 15:12:58.000 00:00:50.000
12 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED RAB 15:12:59.000 00:00:51.000
13 157 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA LIQ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
14 169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît FRA FDJ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
15 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP GCE 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
16 184 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR MRM 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
17 151 POZZATO, Filippo ITA LIQ 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
18 112 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP DSC 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
19 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ AST 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
20 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS PRL 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
21 102 BONNET, William FRA C.A 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
22 077 PEREZ, Ruben ESP EUS 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
23 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA COF 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
24 021 ROGERS, Michael AUS TMO 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
25 011 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP GCE 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
26 181 ZABEL, Erik GER MRM 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
27 139 VOGONDY, Nicolas FRA AGR 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
28 025 GERDEMANN, Linus GER TMO 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
29 199 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo ITA AST 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
30 175 ROSSELER, Sébastien BEL QSI 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
31 148 VERBRUGGHE, Rik BEL COF 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
32 111 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA DSC 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
33 051 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RAB 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
34 093 FOTHEN, Markus GER GST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
35 018 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
36 192 COLOM, Antonio ESP AST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
37 095 KOHL, Bernhard AUT GST 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
38 176 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL QSI 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
39 117 PAULINHO, Sergio POR DSC 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
40 091 SCHUMACHER, Stefan GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
41 144 MORENI, Cristian ITA COF 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
42 097 SCHOLZ, Ronny GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
43 165 GILBERT, Philippe BEL FDJ 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
44 125 LEFEVRE, Laurent FRA BTL 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
45 215 GERAINT, Thomas GBR BAR 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
46 122 CLEMENT, Stef NED BTL 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
47 172 BARREDO, Carlos ESP QSI 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
48 115 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DSC 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
49 193 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ AST 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000
50 118 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DSC 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000
Cancellara
Zabel
Napolitano
Boonen
Hushovd
Forster
McEwen
Eisel
Cavendish
Haussler
That's right! Cancellara led out with about a kilometer to go and just blasted past the break-away bunch and fended off the chasing sprinters. He's still in yellow and is putting his own brand on this race. YIKES!
Remember, Cancellara is supposed to be a time trial and sprint specialist. We'll see what happens to him in a few stages when the roads turn upward.
Standings after Stage 3...(pasted right from Versus' site)
(Here's your top 50 - the numbers on the far right are the minutes and seconds the rider is behind Cancellara. For example, Millar is 41 seconds back and Boonen is 46 seconds back.)
Pos. No. Name Nat. Team Time Gap
1 033 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI CSC 15:12:08.000 00:00:00.000
2 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas GER AST 15:12:41.000 00:00:33.000
3 201 MILLAR, David GBR SDV 15:12:49.000 00:00:41.000
4 114 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
5 149 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR COF 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
6 113 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS DSC 15:12:53.000 00:00:45.000
7 171 BOONEN, Tom BEL QSI 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
8 015 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS GCE 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
9 101 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR C.A 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
10 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP EUS 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
11 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ AST 15:12:58.000 00:00:50.000
12 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED RAB 15:12:59.000 00:00:51.000
13 157 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA LIQ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
14 169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît FRA FDJ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
15 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP GCE 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
16 184 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR MRM 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
17 151 POZZATO, Filippo ITA LIQ 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
18 112 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP DSC 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
19 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ AST 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
20 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS PRL 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
21 102 BONNET, William FRA C.A 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
22 077 PEREZ, Ruben ESP EUS 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
23 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA COF 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
24 021 ROGERS, Michael AUS TMO 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
25 011 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP GCE 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
26 181 ZABEL, Erik GER MRM 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
27 139 VOGONDY, Nicolas FRA AGR 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
28 025 GERDEMANN, Linus GER TMO 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
29 199 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo ITA AST 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
30 175 ROSSELER, Sébastien BEL QSI 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
31 148 VERBRUGGHE, Rik BEL COF 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
32 111 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA DSC 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
33 051 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RAB 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
34 093 FOTHEN, Markus GER GST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
35 018 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
36 192 COLOM, Antonio ESP AST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
37 095 KOHL, Bernhard AUT GST 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
38 176 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL QSI 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
39 117 PAULINHO, Sergio POR DSC 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
40 091 SCHUMACHER, Stefan GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
41 144 MORENI, Cristian ITA COF 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
42 097 SCHOLZ, Ronny GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
43 165 GILBERT, Philippe BEL FDJ 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
44 125 LEFEVRE, Laurent FRA BTL 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
45 215 GERAINT, Thomas GBR BAR 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
46 122 CLEMENT, Stef NED BTL 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
47 172 BARREDO, Carlos ESP QSI 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
48 115 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DSC 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
49 193 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ AST 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000
50 118 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DSC 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000
Longest Stage
Even though the stage today is fairly flat (when compared to the upcoming Alpes), it's the longest in the 2007 Tour de France.
236+KM.
236+KM.
10 July 2007
Stage 3 News
Spoiler Alert. Again, if you're saving the Tour de France via Tivo or some other DVR, then don't read this post until later tonight after you've watched the stage.
OK, here's a quick recap of the race after a couple hours of Stage 3...
Thomas Vaitkus of Team Discovery abandoned the Tour with a broken thumb after yesterday's crash.
187 riders are still in the 2007 Tour de France.
Tom Boonen is in Green.
David Millar is still wearing the Polka-Dot jersey.
Fabian Cancellara is still in Yellow (no update on injuries from the crash in stage 2).
Nicolas Vogondy of France had a lead of nearly 14 minutes at one point in today's stage. He was joined in his break-away by Matthieu Ladagnous.
With less than 100KM to go in the stage, the two riders in the break-away are still more than four minutes ahead of the peloton.
More to come...
OK, here's a quick recap of the race after a couple hours of Stage 3...
Thomas Vaitkus of Team Discovery abandoned the Tour with a broken thumb after yesterday's crash.
187 riders are still in the 2007 Tour de France.
Tom Boonen is in Green.
David Millar is still wearing the Polka-Dot jersey.
Fabian Cancellara is still in Yellow (no update on injuries from the crash in stage 2).
Nicolas Vogondy of France had a lead of nearly 14 minutes at one point in today's stage. He was joined in his break-away by Matthieu Ladagnous.
With less than 100KM to go in the stage, the two riders in the break-away are still more than four minutes ahead of the peloton.
More to come...
Doping? Not yet.
So far the results of the Tour de France have been seemingly devoid of dope-enhanced performances. Less than a minute separates most of the field and none of the break-aways have been able to stay away. In fact, if I'm looking at the right stat sheet, the largest break-away margin was less than five minutes. So what's the big deal with all the doping talk!?
Well, in today's issue of the Boston Globe, an opinion piece by Matthew Stevenson rails against the sport of cycling and even seems to suggest that it might have been better for the Tour de France if the 2007 edition was shelved. That's right, Stevenson indicates that some people thought a year off would help the sport.
I disagree. I think that cycling is already rebounding. The riders are probably still doping and some will definitely get caught this year. But it's not going to disable cycling and it certainly won't wreck the Tour de France.
I also feel that Floyd Landis will be found innocent soon and that will bolster interest in cycling, not create more cynicism. The trouble is really the limited understanding people have when it comes to the testing procedures, the demands of the sport, the guilty until proven innocent pattern, and the dictatorship that is the UCI.
This year, riders couldn't even ride in the Tour de France unless they signed a contract with the UCI saying that they would forfeit all of their 2007 earnings if they were found guilty of using banned substances.
Here's the conundrum for a rider...up until July, unless you're a top top top rider, you have made only a fraction of the possible money you could make for the year. If you do poorly in the TDF, then you still are making minimal money for a pro athlete (other than those who have HUGE endorsement deals).
SO, if you need to finish high in the Tour de France to make more money. AND if you can only finish high in the Tour by doping. What do you have to lose? If you don't get caught, you have more money and a better record. If you do get caught, you lose the money that doping helped you earn. It's a gamble, but for about 150 of the 189 riders in the race, they won't be on the podium and therefore won't be locks to get tested. So the gamble is minimal.
Before today's stage, there were 53 riders tested randomly. I'll keep you updated on those results.
I still think the sport is as clean as any other major sport - maybe cleaner. The overreaching issue is the amount of information we have about the drugs and testing process in cycling.
If we had better access to Major League Baseball - or if the sport had the guts to open its doors to independent testing organizations - that would be the sport facing extinction.
For now, the wheels in the Tour de France keep turning. That's the way it should be.
Updates on Stage 3 coming up.
Well, in today's issue of the Boston Globe, an opinion piece by Matthew Stevenson rails against the sport of cycling and even seems to suggest that it might have been better for the Tour de France if the 2007 edition was shelved. That's right, Stevenson indicates that some people thought a year off would help the sport.
I disagree. I think that cycling is already rebounding. The riders are probably still doping and some will definitely get caught this year. But it's not going to disable cycling and it certainly won't wreck the Tour de France.
I also feel that Floyd Landis will be found innocent soon and that will bolster interest in cycling, not create more cynicism. The trouble is really the limited understanding people have when it comes to the testing procedures, the demands of the sport, the guilty until proven innocent pattern, and the dictatorship that is the UCI.
This year, riders couldn't even ride in the Tour de France unless they signed a contract with the UCI saying that they would forfeit all of their 2007 earnings if they were found guilty of using banned substances.
Here's the conundrum for a rider...up until July, unless you're a top top top rider, you have made only a fraction of the possible money you could make for the year. If you do poorly in the TDF, then you still are making minimal money for a pro athlete (other than those who have HUGE endorsement deals).
SO, if you need to finish high in the Tour de France to make more money. AND if you can only finish high in the Tour by doping. What do you have to lose? If you don't get caught, you have more money and a better record. If you do get caught, you lose the money that doping helped you earn. It's a gamble, but for about 150 of the 189 riders in the race, they won't be on the podium and therefore won't be locks to get tested. So the gamble is minimal.
Before today's stage, there were 53 riders tested randomly. I'll keep you updated on those results.
I still think the sport is as clean as any other major sport - maybe cleaner. The overreaching issue is the amount of information we have about the drugs and testing process in cycling.
If we had better access to Major League Baseball - or if the sport had the guts to open its doors to independent testing organizations - that would be the sport facing extinction.
For now, the wheels in the Tour de France keep turning. That's the way it should be.
Updates on Stage 3 coming up.
09 July 2007
Top Ten Finishers Today
Here's how they finished today, in order at the finish line...
1. Gert Steegmans (QSI)
2. Tom Boonen (QSI)
3. Filippo Pozzato (LIQ)
4. Robert Hunter (BAR)
5. Romain Feillu (AGR)
6. Robbie McEwen (PRL)
7. Erik Zabel (MRM)
8. Heinrich Haussler (GST)
9. Oscar Freire (RAB)
10. Sebastien Chavanel (FDJ)
Here is how the top 50 riders stack up overall...
1 CANCELLARA, Fabian
2 KLÖDEN, Andréas
3 MILLAR, David
4 HINCAPIE, George
5 WIGGINS, Bradley
6 GUSEV, Vladimir
7 BOONEN, Tom
8 KARPETS, Vladimir
9 HUSHOVD, Thor
10 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre
11 DEKKER, Thomas
12 QUINZIATO, Manuel
13 VAUGRENARD, Benoît
14 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan
15 GRIVKO, Andriy
16 ASTARLOZA, Mikel
17 POZZATO, Filippo
18 CONTADOR, Alberto
19 KASHECHKIN, Andrey
20 EVANS, Cadel
21 BONNET, William
22 PEREZ, Ruben
23 CHAVANEL, Sylvain
24 ROGERS, Michael
25 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar
26 GERDEMANN, Linus
27 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo
28 ROSSELER, Sébastien
29 VERBRUGGHE, Rik
30 LEIPHEIMER, Levi
31 MENCHOV, Denis
32 VAITKUS, Tomas
33 FOTHEN, Markus
34 VALVERDE, Alejandro
35 BENNATI, Daniele
36 COLOM, Antonio
37 KOHL, Bernhard
38 STEEGMANS, Gert
39 PAULINHO, Sergio
40 SCHUMACHER, Stefan
41 MORENI, Cristian
42 SCHOLZ, Ronny
43 GILBERT, Philippe
44 LEFEVRE, Laurent
45 GERAINT, Thomas
46 CLEMENT, Stef
47 BARREDO, Carlos
48 MARTINEZ, Egoi
49 IGLINSKIY, Maxim
50 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav
The gap from Cancellara to 50th spot is only 48 seconds! This is shaping up to be a great Tour de France.
By the way, we're waiting to see if Cancellara is OK after a nasty fall in a crash near the end of today's stage. THAT would be unreal. If Cancellara is out, then the Tour is anyone's for the taking.
1. Gert Steegmans (QSI)
2. Tom Boonen (QSI)
3. Filippo Pozzato (LIQ)
4. Robert Hunter (BAR)
5. Romain Feillu (AGR)
6. Robbie McEwen (PRL)
7. Erik Zabel (MRM)
8. Heinrich Haussler (GST)
9. Oscar Freire (RAB)
10. Sebastien Chavanel (FDJ)
Here is how the top 50 riders stack up overall...
1 CANCELLARA, Fabian
2 KLÖDEN, Andréas
3 MILLAR, David
4 HINCAPIE, George
5 WIGGINS, Bradley
6 GUSEV, Vladimir
7 BOONEN, Tom
8 KARPETS, Vladimir
9 HUSHOVD, Thor
10 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre
11 DEKKER, Thomas
12 QUINZIATO, Manuel
13 VAUGRENARD, Benoît
14 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan
15 GRIVKO, Andriy
16 ASTARLOZA, Mikel
17 POZZATO, Filippo
18 CONTADOR, Alberto
19 KASHECHKIN, Andrey
20 EVANS, Cadel
21 BONNET, William
22 PEREZ, Ruben
23 CHAVANEL, Sylvain
24 ROGERS, Michael
25 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar
26 GERDEMANN, Linus
27 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo
28 ROSSELER, Sébastien
29 VERBRUGGHE, Rik
30 LEIPHEIMER, Levi
31 MENCHOV, Denis
32 VAITKUS, Tomas
33 FOTHEN, Markus
34 VALVERDE, Alejandro
35 BENNATI, Daniele
36 COLOM, Antonio
37 KOHL, Bernhard
38 STEEGMANS, Gert
39 PAULINHO, Sergio
40 SCHUMACHER, Stefan
41 MORENI, Cristian
42 SCHOLZ, Ronny
43 GILBERT, Philippe
44 LEFEVRE, Laurent
45 GERAINT, Thomas
46 CLEMENT, Stef
47 BARREDO, Carlos
48 MARTINEZ, Egoi
49 IGLINSKIY, Maxim
50 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav
The gap from Cancellara to 50th spot is only 48 seconds! This is shaping up to be a great Tour de France.
By the way, we're waiting to see if Cancellara is OK after a nasty fall in a crash near the end of today's stage. THAT would be unreal. If Cancellara is out, then the Tour is anyone's for the taking.
And they're in Belgium
The peloton is in Belgium already and has 100KM to ride in today's second stage of the 2007 Tour de France.
Check out the dispatches/newsflashes at this link for up to the minute info.
Check out the dispatches/newsflashes at this link for up to the minute info.
Listen LIVE
Hey, if you've got headphones at work, you can listen live to the 2007 Tour de France on Eurosport.
Scroll down once you're on the site and look for the listen live link.
Enjoy.
Scroll down once you're on the site and look for the listen live link.
Enjoy.
08 July 2007
GC Standings after Stage 1
Here is how Versus has the General Classification standings after Stage One of the 2007 Tour de France...
1 033 CANCELLARA, Fabian 00:00:00.000
2 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas 00:00:13.000
3 201 MILLAR, David GBR 00:00:21.000
4 114 HINCAPIE, George 00:00:23.000
5 149 WIGGINS, Bradley 00:00:23.000
6 113 GUSEV, Vladimir 00:00:25.000
7 015 KARPETS, Vladimir 00:00:26.000
8 101 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR 00:00:29.000
9 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre 00:00:30.000
10 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED 00:00:31.000
11 157 QUINZIATO, Manuel 00:00:32.000
12 169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît 00:00:32.000
13 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan 00:00:33.000
14 184 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR 00:00:33.000
15 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel 00:00:33.000
16 112 CONTADOR, Alberto 00:00:35.000
17 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey 00:00:35.000
18 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS 00:00:36.000
19 102 BONNET, William 00:00:36.000
20 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain 00:00:36.000
This also seems to indicate that my pick for the overall winner in 2007 has a little work to do. Everyone's favorite American (at least the 'team leader' on the American Discovery Channel Team) is 40 seconds back. Oh, his name is Levi Leipheimer.
His only issue today was a puncture during the first half of the stage. After that he was able to rejoin the peloton and finish a few seconds back of the sprinters.
1 033 CANCELLARA, Fabian 00:00:00.000
2 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas 00:00:13.000
3 201 MILLAR, David GBR 00:00:21.000
4 114 HINCAPIE, George 00:00:23.000
5 149 WIGGINS, Bradley 00:00:23.000
6 113 GUSEV, Vladimir 00:00:25.000
7 015 KARPETS, Vladimir 00:00:26.000
8 101 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR 00:00:29.000
9 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre 00:00:30.000
10 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED 00:00:31.000
11 157 QUINZIATO, Manuel 00:00:32.000
12 169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît 00:00:32.000
13 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan 00:00:33.000
14 184 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR 00:00:33.000
15 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel 00:00:33.000
16 112 CONTADOR, Alberto 00:00:35.000
17 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey 00:00:35.000
18 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS 00:00:36.000
19 102 BONNET, William 00:00:36.000
20 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain 00:00:36.000
This also seems to indicate that my pick for the overall winner in 2007 has a little work to do. Everyone's favorite American (at least the 'team leader' on the American Discovery Channel Team) is 40 seconds back. Oh, his name is Levi Leipheimer.
His only issue today was a puncture during the first half of the stage. After that he was able to rejoin the peloton and finish a few seconds back of the sprinters.
Stage One Results
The results of the first stage of the 2007 Tour de France are:
1. Robbie McEwen
2. Thor Hushovd
3. Tom Boonen
4. Sebastien Chavanel
5. Romain Feillu
6. Robert Forster
7. Marcus Burghardt
8. Oscar Freire
9. Francisco Ventoso
10. Thomas Vaitkus
1. Robbie McEwen
2. Thor Hushovd
3. Tom Boonen
4. Sebastien Chavanel
5. Romain Feillu
6. Robert Forster
7. Marcus Burghardt
8. Oscar Freire
9. Francisco Ventoso
10. Thomas Vaitkus
Back at the office -Tour de France
Well, I hope you enjoyed all those random bike pictures. I was unable to get a spot to watch the tour and blog about it, so I was going about the city taking photos of bikes in various stages of use.
Now I'm back at the office and here are some bits of info about the Tour de France and about today's stage one events - courtesy of Versus.com and other outlets.
(Info that appeared on the Versus Newsflashes today) -----------
One of the five British riders in the peloton is also the youngest in the 94th edition of the Tour de France. Geraint Thomas of the Barloworld team was born on 25 May 1986.
The average age of competitors in the 2007 Tour de France is 28.5 years.
The tallest rider is Marcel Sieberg (MRM) – 198cm.
The shortest rider is Alexandre Botcharov (C.A) – 164cm.
The average height is 179cm.
The heaviest riders are Robert Forster (GST) and Gert Steegmans (QSI) – 87kg
The lightest rider is Amets Txurruka (EUS) – 56kg.
The average weight is 70kg.
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News outlets are also still harping about doping and how tarnished the Tour de France has become. I only hope that none of the riders are caught this year. It might make it tremendously easy to get rooms all over France to follow TDF08, but I would hate the spectacle of it all.
**By the way, I plan to do the full Tour de France excursion in 2008 and will be blogging it from TDF08.com. That is unless someone purchases that domain name from me.
More info shortly.
Now I'm back at the office and here are some bits of info about the Tour de France and about today's stage one events - courtesy of Versus.com and other outlets.
(Info that appeared on the Versus Newsflashes today) -----------
One of the five British riders in the peloton is also the youngest in the 94th edition of the Tour de France. Geraint Thomas of the Barloworld team was born on 25 May 1986.
The average age of competitors in the 2007 Tour de France is 28.5 years.
The tallest rider is Marcel Sieberg (MRM) – 198cm.
The shortest rider is Alexandre Botcharov (C.A) – 164cm.
The average height is 179cm.
The heaviest riders are Robert Forster (GST) and Gert Steegmans (QSI) – 87kg
The lightest rider is Amets Txurruka (EUS) – 56kg.
The average weight is 70kg.
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News outlets are also still harping about doping and how tarnished the Tour de France has become. I only hope that none of the riders are caught this year. It might make it tremendously easy to get rooms all over France to follow TDF08, but I would hate the spectacle of it all.
**By the way, I plan to do the full Tour de France excursion in 2008 and will be blogging it from TDF08.com. That is unless someone purchases that domain name from me.
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