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2012 Tour de France Stage 8: Belfort to Porrentruy
France’s Thibaut Pinot of FDJ-Bigmat won today’s mountainous, 97.8-mile stage from Belfort to Porrentruy. Last year’s Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans of Australia, finished second behind Pinot by 26 seconds. Some of the prominent climbers made their way toward the front of the pack over the hilly course consisting of seven climbs ranging from Category 4 to 1. Overall Tour de France Classifications Yellow—Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling, Great Britain) Green—Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale, Slovakia) Polka Dot—Fredrik Kessiakoff … Read entire article »
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2012 Tour de France Stage 2: Visé to Tournai
Today’s second stage of the Tour de France took the riders along a 129-mile route from Visé, Belgium to Tournai, Belgium. Sky Procycling’s Mark Cavendish of Great Britain won the final sprint to the finish to win the stage. He was the sixth place sprinter at Soignies. Overall Tour de France Classifications Yellow—Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan, Luxembourg) Green—Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale, Slovakia) Polka Dot—Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark) White—Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team, United States) Team—Sky Procycling Tour de France Stage 2 Sprints Soignies—Christophe Kern (Team Europcar, France), Anthony Roux (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark) Tournai—Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling, Great Britain), André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol Team), Matthew Harley Goss (Orica Greenedge, Australia) Tour de France Stage 2 Climbs Côte de la Citadelle de Namur, Category 4—Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff … Read entire article »
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2012 Tour de France Prologue and Stage 1: Liège to Seraing
The 2012 Tour de France Prologue began with a 4-mile time trial in Liège, Belgium. Not surprisingly, Luxembourg’s Fabian Cancellara, racing for RadioShack-Nissan, won the Prologue to be the bearer of the yellow jersey for the 123-mile Stage 1 from Liège to Seraing. Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling, Great Britain) and Sylvain Chavanel (Belgium, Omega Pharma-Quick Step) came in just seven seconds after Cancellara. Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale, Slovakia) won the sprint to the finish to … Read entire article »
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2012 Complete Tour de France Viewing Experience
As someone who blogs about the Tour de France, simply watching the television isn’t an option, especially since I don’t always have access to a television, or at least the right channel, throughout the month of the July. After all, it is time to travel and ride my own bike! I firmly believe that a complete Tour de France viewing experience is facilitated by the following: coffee; television; computer (preferably laptop). Apps are also plentiful for those who wish … Read entire article »
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