Tour de France: Contador Confirms His Third Victory
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Contador Confirms His Third Victory He made his winner's speech after the finish of the time trial yesterday and all Alberto Contador really had to do to ensure he was the winner of the 2010 Tour was finish the final stage. He rolled across the line with his arms aloft in 81st place. He is the champion of the Tour de France for the third time. It was significantly closer than many expected. A confident Andy Schleck put early pressure on rival Alberto Contador in what surprisingly became a dramatic race against the clock between the two riders. At the...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:48:10 AM
Tour de France - Stage 15 update (spoiler alert)
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In what will certainly be debated for some time, Alberto Contador attacked race leader and his biggest rival Andy Schleck when Schleck threw his chain on the climb up Port de Bales. Schleck ended up loosing 39 seconds to Contador on the day, as well as his yellow jersey, and possibly the Tour de France. There is an unwritten rule in cycling that you don’t attack the race leader because of a mechanical problem. Everyone remembers the 2003 Tour when Tyler Hamilton slowed the GC favorites group down when Armstrong crashed on the climb up Luz Ardiden and then went...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:48:10 AM
Thor Thunders to Tour Win while Armstrong’s Tour hopes may be over
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Anarchy reigned supreme again at the Tour de France as the pave’ may have dashed the hopes for many of the Tour’s favorites. General Classification contender Christian Vande Velde was unable to start today’s stage after a crash, in which he suffered broken ribs and re-injured is back, claimed his Tour hopes yesterday and Frank Schleck was claimed by a crash today which broke his collar bone. The race was won by Cervelo’s Thor Hushovd who crossed the finish line pounding his chest with an emphatic victory over Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara. More importantly Hushovd claimed the green jersey with...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:48:10 AM
The Sprinters
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With the exit of Quick Step’s Tom Boonen the race now becomes one of attrition. Personally I think five riders: Mark Cavendish, the god of thunder and last years winner Thor Hushovd, Tyler Farrar, Edvald Boasson Hagen, and Gerald Ciolek have a realistic chance of surviving over the course of 3,642 kilometers (2,263 miles for us non Euros). Mark Cavendish is the odds maker’s pick but the man from the Isle of Manx has been off his game this year. It will be interesting to see if his horrific crash with Heinrich Haussler has affected his training leading up to...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:48:10 AM
Obama administration spends $1.2 billion on cycling and walking initiatives
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The Obama administration more than doubled spending on cycling and walking initiatives to $1.2 billion (£810 million) last year as it seeks to coax Americans out of their cars. Spending on biking and walking projects rose from less than $600 million (£407 million) in 2008, according to the Federal Highway Administraion. Twenty years ago, the federal government was spending only $6 million a year on such projects. The spending on biking and walking projects was scheduled to rise last year anyway, but the administration boosted it with $400 million in funds set aside under the economic recovery program. The new...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 08:48:10 AM
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