I have grown tired of the first week of the Tour. For me the first week of the Tour is often something to get through so we can get to the good part: enduring the sprint stages to get to the stages of the Pyrenees and Alps, where the Tour will be won or lost. […]
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Just like days of old, the relatively flat Stage 5 came down to a classic sprint and with a perfect leadout from his team, Mark Cavendish finished first, capturing his 24th Tour stage win. The usual suspects contested the sprint: Cavendish, sprinter/Mr. Everything Peter Sagan (Cannondale), plus the hulk of a sprinter Andre Greipel (Lotto) […]
Four days into the Tour and the team that has made the biggest splash is Orica-GreenEdge. First their bus, then yesterday Simon Gerrans gets them their first ever Tour stage win and today Gerrans picks up their first ever yellow jersey when the team won the 25 kilometer Team Time-trial. Not a bad week for […]
The best part of today’s stage for this fan was the scenery. The Tour is known for showing off the abundant beauty of France, but the island of Corsica takes it to a new level. I don’t think I have ever seen water that blue. The clear turquoise water and white sandy beaches, the cliffs […]
Today’s stage finished with no major crashes, no bus incidents and no revelations of doping – a successful day at the Tour. Particularly successful for one Jan Bakelants of RadioShack. Bakelants was in a group of six riders in an attack just a few kilometers from the finish who managed to separate himself from the […]