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Showing posts with label Sports Bicycling Tour de France. Show all posts
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July 25, 2007 Viva la bicyclette! Kevin E. Dayhoff Today, as you are reading this, over in France and a small portion of Spain, the 94th Tour de France is in Stage 16.
Viva la bicyclette de Carroll Published July 23, 2008 by Westminster Eagle Today, as you are reading this, the 95th Tour de France is in Stage 17. This year's race began on July 5. After 23 days...
Du samedi 4 au dimanche 26 juillet 2009, le 96e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance denviron 3 500 kilomètres.
Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
Today, as you are reading this, over in France and a small portion of Spain, the 94th Tour de France is in Stage 16.
By the end of the day about 165 seemingly bionic cyclists will have burned over 10,000 calories as they travel through the Pyrenees at altitudes as high as 5,600 feet, up and down incredible mountaintops with 7.5 to 10% slopes.
Although relatively unknown in the United States, the Tour de France is reported to be the largest sporting event in the world. This year approximately 15 million spectators will line the route to personally witness the race - at no charge. And what they will see will whirl past them in 30 to 40 seconds.
For those not familiar with the Tour, it is dangerous, complex, and highly choreographed - if not ritualized. It is an exotic annual cycling event that very well may be considered the high opera of world sports. Every year the intrigue, mystery, drama, and much debated inevitable controversy is almost as exciting as the actual race itself.
Perhaps it would help if it were mentioned that Lance Armstrong of the United States won the race seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. A survivor of testicular cancer in 1996, he was not expected to live, much less win this race so frequently.
(AP) MADRID, Spain — At least one small explosive device detonated Wednesday in northern Spain along a route used by the Tour de France cycling race, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
Spanish media said the blast or blasts were preceded by a call in the name of the Basque separatist group ETA, but the ministry said it could not confirm this.
It said the blast occurred in the town of Belagua in the Navarra region. The race's itinerary took it into SpainWednesday.
The ministry said it had no other information. The newspaper El Pais said there were no injuries. Two devices exploded on small bluffs overlooking the road used for the Tour, it said.
The national news agency Efe quoted unnamed officials as saying the devices exploded after a caravan of Tour-related publicity vehicles had passed by. This caravan precedes the riders, but it. The race's route was not changed, the officials told Efe.
Alexandre Vinokourov’s positive blood test announced Tuesday has stunned everyone from riders to organizers. Since his crash, he has been portrayed as a limping hero of what, so far, has been a marvellous Tour. Now, he seems to have been caught introducing homologous blood into his system just before the time trial he won in demonstrative fashion.
His Astana team has withdrawn at the invitation of the organizers and Vinokourov was suspended by Astana pending the confirmation of his positive test in his B analysis. It is very unusual for the second test not to confirm the first. In short, Vinokourov, one of the most respected riders in the peloton, will now leave the sport in disgrace.
British rider David Millar, himself a reformed drug taker, has been leading the campaign to clean up the sport. His comment during his own Saunier Duval team’s press conference in Pau, sums up the feelings of most: “I just feel like crying right now.”
Paul, Bob and I are, for once, speechless. We are all very upset with such a stupid action at a time the sport looked to be putting its own house in order. It is incomprehensible that Vinokourov could do such a thing when he must have known he was under suspicion because of his dealing with disgraced doctor Michele Ferrari in Italy. He must have known he would be tested at every opportunity and the time trial was the perfect occasion.
Le Tour de France, en partenariat avec le Ministère de l'éducation nationale, le Ministère des Sports, de la Jeunesse et de la Vie associative et la Fédération Française de Cyclisme, se tourne vers les enfants avec une vaste campagne d'information et d'animation axée sur la découverte du sport cycliste et de son épreuve phare.
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.
These 20 stages have the following profiles:
11 flat stages
6 mountain stages
1 medium mountain stage
2 individual time-trial stages
Distinctive aspects of the race
3 mountain finishes
2 rest days
117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed
All of us can sense it: in early July, the Tour de France will open up a new chapter in its history. The departure will be unlike anything that has ever been seen before-extraordinary in the literal meaning of the word.
The desire of Mr Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to welcome the world’s greatest cycling race with all the honors due its rank, his goal of encouraging more people to ride bicycles in his city, and the British capital’s power and prestige will make the 2007 Tour stand out from all those that have preceded it.
London is offering us its heart, most beautiful landmarks and emblematic sights as the set piece for a departure that is already arousing unprecedented excitement. The city won over everybody who took part in our scouting and study trips. The Londoners’ enthusiasm has convinced us that this event must not be missed under any circumstances! From Trafalgar Square to TowerBridge, the presentation of the teams, the official departure ceremony beneath Big Ben and the ride past BuckinghamPalace and through Hyde Park, the 2007 Tour de France will be one of the most exciting events in recent memory.
Nous le ressentons tous : le Tour de France va vivre, début juillet, une page nouvelle de son histoire. Un Grand Départ hors du commun, « extra-ordinaire », au sens premier du terme.
Le désir du maire de Londres, Ken Livingstone, d’accueillir la plus grande course cycliste du monde avec les honneurs dus à son rang, sa volonté de développer la pratique du vélo dans sa ville, ainsi que le prestige et la puissance de la capitale britannique confèrent à la Grande Boucle 2007 une dimension exceptionnelle.
Tour de France 2009: le parcours - The route
