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Tour De PEZ: Picking Up The Pieces
Thursday, August 02, 2007 1:06:55 PM PT
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Indeed, this is our final Tour de PEZ of 2007. Ed Hood's voyage across the latter part of the 2007 Tour de France came to a close on Monday, but his final impressions of another conflicted Tour are poignant, heart-felt, and something that needed to be said, read on...
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Tour de PEZ: Roadside Wrap-Up 1
Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:50:36 AM PT
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If your post-Tour hangover hasn’t kicked in yet – it will any day now. So to ease the pain of grand tour withdrawal, PEZ-man Bob Cullinan looks back on his remarkable ride across England, Belgium and France.
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TDF '07 Wrap: Moments Defined
Monday, July 30, 2007 2:23:49 PM PT
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No one expected a Tour like this. And even in my usual post-Tour funk, the exhaustion of trying to keep pace with the daily barrage of great racing highs, and dope-induced lows, I’m more exhausted than ever. From all that’s happened since London, three things stand out most for me…
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Tour de PEZ: We Ride The Champs!
Monday, July 30, 2007 10:19:20 AM PT
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Champs Elysees that is… - It’s 6:00 AM Sunday on the Champs Elysees, Paris the last stage of the Tour de France is just hours away and PEZ joined the bright young things coming home from parties, the technical crews and the cops, to sneak in a quick lap of the most famous finishing circuit in cycling.
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Carmichael Sez: The 2200-Mile Training Ride
Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:11:58 PM PT
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Race Analysis Final - A cyclist’s body responds to stress by adapting and growing stronger, and riding the Tour de France is just about the most stress any rider can apply to his body in a three-week period. It’s such an immense stimulus that not only affects a rider’s fitness for the rest of the season, but it also plays a role in his performance next year as well.
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TDF’07 St.20: Bennati’s Encore. Contador's Tour.
Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:54:36 AM PT
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Under threatening skies, a bright new hope has emerged as Alberto Contador seals the overall win and Italy’s Danielle Bennati shows that be it big or be it small, he is the man who can leave the bunch in his wake.
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Tour De PEZ: Roadside Chrono-Men!
Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:28:27 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside St. 19 - It took three hours to get to the start from Sarlat, along winding rural roads, dodging the 'crazies,' but when we got there, we settled down for a high-quality picnic amid the vineyards, crowds, open road, and the riders as they howl ever closer to Paris.
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Carmichael Sez: The Closest Tour Podium Ever
Saturday, July 28, 2007 1:57:54 PM PT
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Race Analysis St. 19 - After the most exciting time trial in recent memory, I can't actually say which rider had the most impressive performance, so I'll take a look at the rides from the incredible three, as they all stepped up for one final day of outstanding racing in what has been one of the best Tours in years.
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TDF’07 St.19: Three With Yellow In Their Sights
Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:51:23 AM PT
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We have lost a yellow jersey wearer and a pre-race favorite, now we are down to three riders who can win this Tour de France. The battle is on, Alberto Contador has 1 minute 50 seconds in hand from Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer is in third place another minute behind Evans. So in football parlance “it’s all to play for” read on…
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Carmichael Sez: TT Countdown Begins
Friday, July 27, 2007 4:20:46 PM PT
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TDF Analysis After Stage 18 - The moment the finish clock stopped on today’s race, another clock started running. This one counts down the start of tomorrow’s 55.5-kilometer individual time trial. With the top three riders separated by only 2:49, the yellow jersey is still very much up for grabs, and everything that happens between the end of Stage 18 and the start of Stage 19 will have an impact on the final standings in Paris.
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TDF ’07 St. 18 The Calm Before The Storm
Friday, July 27, 2007 2:28:22 PM PT
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Well, Sort Of… The French had something to celebrate today, with Sandy Casar spending most of 211km in the break and coming home to Angouleme taking a tricky victory in fine fashion, though he met the pavement in an unplanned high speed dismount earlier in the day. Battered and bloody, he still has the ‘jus’ to get it done at the finish line.
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Carmichael Sez: Winning Out Of The Break
Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:57:20 PM PT
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Coming to the finish line in a small group always gives you a better chance of winning than entering the final straightaway with the entire pack, but when Daniele Bennati won today, he played his cards well and came away with his first Tour de France stage win. Here's how he did it.
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TDF’07 St.17: Bennati's Brilliant Breakaway!
Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:41:35 AM PT
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Italian sprinter, Daniele Bennati has taken a fine maiden Tour win after a breakaway group was finally successful in the '07 Tour. It was just what the doctor ordered on a day that saw no yellow jersey wearer on the line and the focus of the world media on the race for all of the wrong reasons.
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Tour de PEZ: Riders Give Us The Dope
Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:33:33 AM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 17 - Yesterday, we touched on the Vinokourov situation, today we have to do more than touch on the Cofidis and Rasmussen situations. They cannot be 'glossed-over' and we think you should know what the feeling on the race is like, to that end, we spent this morning gathering opinions from riders and others.
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Tour De PEZ: Pyrenean Adventures
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:21:08 PM PT
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Orthez, in the foothills of the Pyrenees... it's a beautiful morning, the mist is burning-off, and long shadows from the greenest of trees have groups of spectators using them as shade from what is aleady a hot sun. The road is rolling gently through the maize fields and meadows and every few seconds I have to stop writing to wave to wide-eyed children.
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Carmichael Sez: Racing For A Contract
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 2:05:10 PM PT
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The Tour de France is unquestionably the biggest, most important race in all of cycling, and correspondingly, it is the biggest and best stage for the riders to make a name for themselves, to prove their value, and to ensure that they remain in the game or better their position as they 'race for a contract.' It's not all about winning stages or jerseys though, and there are more than a few ways to prove your value to prospective squads.
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TDF’07 St.16: Rasmussen On Fire!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:32:49 AM PT
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Bomb threats, rider protests, explosions on the road, explosions in the legs, a long breakaway by some favorites, 5 categorized climbs and an outstanding performance by the yellow jersey holder. It all happened today in the Pyrenees under the warm Southern French sky. Could this Tour de France get any more dramatic?
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EuroTrash Tuesday!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:53:32 PM PT
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Tour de France 07 - Great racing, great battles in the mountains and now a great tragedy with the shocking news of Alexandre Vinokourov testing positive for blood doping today. More on that inside ET today, along with all the other news, racing roundups and action. Only in EuroTrash!
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Tour de PEZ: No Rest Today
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:08:34 PM PT
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While the shock of Vino’s positive test threatens to spoil a lot of fans' hope for the cleansing of cycling, the fact remains there’s still a whole Tour de France to finish. It’s ‘rest day’ in the Pyrenees, so PEZ dropped in on Discovery Channel and Predictor-Lotto for a little catch-up.
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Carmichael Sez: Hurry Up To Recover
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:28:31 PM PT
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TDF Analysis Rest Day 2 - There’s a price to being the center of attention. When you’re wearing the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, everybody wants a piece of you, and if an athlete is not careful, life in the spotlight can hurt his chances of keeping the jersey all the way to Paris.
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Tour de PEZ: 196KM to Loudenveille!
Monday, July 23, 2007 4:04:46 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 15 - Le Point de Passage Oblige, the end of the neutralized section and, when Jacky Durand used to race, his favourite part of the course. It's 09.00 and there's a cock crowing somewhere over in the farm to our right as PEZ sets-out to take you with us over all of the 196 kilometres between Foix and Loudenvielle-Le Louron on stage 15 of the 2007 Tour de France.
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Carmichael Sez: What Goes Up Must Come Down
Monday, July 23, 2007 4:01:47 PM PT
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TDF Analysis Stage 15 - If only the Col de Peyresourde was a little longer, or that Alberto Contador had started attacking a little earlier. Michael Rasmussen had the power to answer all of the Discovery Channel rider’s attacks on the final climb of Stage 15, but towards the end he really seemed to be digging deep to get back to Contador’s wheel. Another few kilometers uphill and who knows…
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TDF ’07 St 15: Brilliant Vino, Phenomenal Contador!
Monday, July 23, 2007 10:32:47 AM PT
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Today's stage had it all, an early long break, the comeback of a big star, top action from a new star and the confirmation of the yellow jersey holder. Contador threw down the gauntlet, picked it up again and slapped Rasmussen in the face until he was as punchy as Rocky will be in Rocky 10, but the young Spaniard could not get rid of the dogged Great Dane. What a day! What a Tour!
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Tour de PEZ: Roadside Pailheres
Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:40:32 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 14 - Today’s Pyrennean opener was a crunchy handful from this box of Tour crackers, and with a stage this big there’s just no way to eat the whole thing, so PEZ staked out the Col de Pailheres for a roadside sampling…
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Carmichael Sez: Attacks Get Personal In the Mountains
Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:01:03 PM PT
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TDF Stage 14 Analysis - You remember that loner in high school who always ate lunch by himself and didn’t have any friends? In professional cycling, they’re the climbing specialists. They spend long hours training by themselves on desolate mountain roads, talking to themselves and thinking only about the damage they can do when races enter their turf.
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TDF’07 St.14: Conquistador Contador!
Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:45:43 AM PT
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A blistering confirmation of the talent of Alberto Contador was the outcome of a cracking first day in the Pyrenees, as he and Michael Rasmussen stuck it to the time trial specialists. Johan Bruyneel pulled off another tactical coup in the Tour de France with Levi Leipheimer also moving up on GC.
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Carmichael Sez: Rain And TT Bikes Just Don’t Mix
Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:22:40 PM PT
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TDF St. 13 Analysis - With a long individual time trial in the southwest of France, everyone knew weather was going to factor into the results of Stage 13. But instead of the oppressive heat we expected, it was rain that wreaked havoc today. This wasn’t just another road race, and rain makes time trials really treacherous.
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Tour De PEZ: Millar Time In Albi
Saturday, July 21, 2007 11:47:05 AM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 13 TT -It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for – the 54km time trial in Albi to shake out this Tour’s finalists. The weather took a turn for the worse, with pouring rain replacing oppressive heat – and some rider’s faired worse than others. PEZ chased Saunier Duval-Prodir’s David Millar on his run.
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TDF’07 St.13: Like Any Good Wine...
Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:59:34 AM PT
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...Vino improves with time. Alexandre Vinokourov has put himself right back in this year's Tour de France with a stunning time trial on the very wet roads of Albi. His main threats in the next days are going to come from his own team, Klöden and Kashechkin, but also Evans and, surprisingly, Rasmussen, who it appears can now hold his own in a TT! Don’t write off the Dane yet, he’s still in Yellow.
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Tour de PEZ: Let The Real Tour Begin!
Friday, July 20, 2007 4:34:52 PM PT
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Edinburgh was freezing and London about to float away; but a warm breeze greeted us as we disembarked at Perpignan Airport at 18.00 local time. Today. My driver Martin is hustling the Renault Clio north towards Mazamet and our vital, Tour credentials.
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Carmichael Sez: "Knowns & Unknowns"
Friday, July 20, 2007 4:31:42 PM PT
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If it seems like something’s been missing in the 2007 Tour de France, then you’ve probably noticed that the riders haven’t ridden against the clock since the opening prologue. There was no team time trial this year, and the first long individual time trial is tomorrow, two weeks into the race.
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TDF'07 St.12: Tommeke! Tommeke!
Friday, July 20, 2007 11:06:31 AM PT
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A valiant yet doomed breakaway of two gave the fans a show, but in the end, the Quick Step express dropped their man Tom Boonen off with a clean look at the line as Tommeke racked up his second sprint win of the 2007 Tour. But it almost wasn’t to be...read on!
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LeMond On LeTour: The Finale Begins
Friday, July 20, 2007 9:14:09 AM PT
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In this final part of our series discussing Le Tour de France with 3-Time winner Greg LeMond, we take a closer look at the real racing that begins with Saturday's TT, heads into the hardest days in the Pyrenees, and emerges in Paris...
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Carmichael Sez: Don’t Mess With Kazakhstan
Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:12:13 PM PT
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Race Analysis St. 11 - Ever since Alexander Vinokourov hit the ground a week ago in Stage 5, his rivals have seized on every opportunity to put him in difficulty and further behind in the overall classification. But with the help of some strong winds and smart riding, Vino exacted some revenge today, and there may be more to come from the crazy Kazakh...
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TDF ’07 St.11: A Blow Job To Forget
Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:53:46 AM PT
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One of my more chauvinistic friends recently described a leading Hollywood actress as being “flat and uninteresting”. Some said the same about the race profile for stage 11, but you always know that there’s fire and turmoil brewing below the surface. The fierce mistral winds blow French hope Moreau out of contention, while a new winner blew into town.
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Tour de PEZ: Race Day on The Galibier
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:48:46 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 9 - The Tour’s final day in the Alps is also Bob’s final report on this year’s race. The PEZ Roadside coverage continues later this week, but for now let’s enjoy Bob’s race day on the Galibier.
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Carmichael Sez: A Lesson In Sprinting
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:27:10 PM PT
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Today’s Stage 10 to Marseille may not have been the most exciting 5 hours of bike racing, but under the experienced eye of Chris Carmichael there was a Tour’s worth of racing packed into the final 1000 meters. Analyzing the sprint reveals some sharp lessons for any racer…
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TDF’07 St. 10: Lazy Day to Marseille
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:31:04 PM PT
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Just like that great 80's Aussie rock band "Angel City" sang in my days of care-free clubbing - "got me thinking 'bout the south of France... (blah blah blah)... take me away to Marseille!", the big bunch bid adieu to the hard Alpine long weekend and said 'allo' to some sunny flat days ahead on the scenic route to the Pyrenees.
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Carmichael Sez: The Alps Factor
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:58:31 PM PT
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Race Analysis Stage 9 - It may seem like all mountain passes are relatively similar, but a lot of details that make the Alps very different from the Pyrenees. It’s not so much that one mountain range is easier or harder than the other – the climbs are very difficult in both – but the conditions in the Alps favor certain riders more than others.
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TDF'07 St.9: Mauricio WHO?
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:06:19 AM PT
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The Tour was treated to the purest edict of heroism today, as the Barloworld team confirmed their inclusion to their first Tour, by launching relative unknown Colombian Mauricio Soler to a fine solo victory after attacking hard over the ghastly Galibier. Behind, the overall contenders traded haymakers on the steep slopes to put as much time into the weak as they could...continue on for all the details!
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Tour de PEZ: Gutted On The Galibier
Monday, July 16, 2007 7:54:25 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Rest Day #1 - It’s the tallest SOB in the whole ’07 Tour, and for me the meanest and toughest. The PEZ-Crew used the ‘rest day’ to get on our bikes and climb the Galibier. Here’s what it’s like to go Hors Categorie.
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Carmichael Sez: Rest Day Relief
Monday, July 16, 2007 5:23:00 PM PT
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Rest Day #1 - A lot of riders were sporting bandages as they crossed the finish line in Tignes yesterday, and of all the racers in the 2007 Tour de France, the injured were looking forward to today’s rest day most. It may be difficult to believe that one day without racing can make that much of a difference in the healing process, but it does.
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Tour de PEZ: Haute & Col
Monday, July 16, 2007 6:50:26 AM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 8 - Six mountain passes… warm French weather… is there anywhere else you’d rather be than atop one of those passes watching le Tour? PEZ went mountain-side for today’s roadside report.
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Tour de PEZ: Baking on Bastille Day
Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:42:52 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Bastille Day - The Americans celebrate independence on the 4th of July… the Canadians honor July 1st, the day their country was formed… and the French go bonkers on Bastille Day, July 14th. It’s the day the revolutionaries stormed the Paris Bastille in 1789, leading to the overthrow of King Louis XVI.
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Carmichael Sez: Patience The Virtue
Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:38:37 PM PT
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You have to be patient to win the Tour de France, and patience doesn’t always come easily to aggressive competitors. Michael Rasmussen bided his time through the first week, sat in during the first day in the big mountains, and on Stage 8 was rewarded with not only the polka dot jersey, but the yellow jersey as well. But for me, the real story of the day was the patience that Alejandro Valverde exhibited on the roads to Tignes.
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TDF’07 St.8: A Chicken Hero With A Little Mayo
Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:36:09 AM PT
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Day two of the Alpine expedition for our Tour heroes this year, and it was a short sharp shocker. Six classified climbs including the vicious Cormet de Roseland and the final drag to Tignes. The serrated profile of the stage was the launch pad for a glorious yellow jersey coup by one of the ‘forgotten’ favorites for the overall.
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Carmichael Sez: GC Contenders Pass Test #1
Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:50:08 PM PT
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Even though no one really expected Stage 7 to be a decisive day for the yellow jersey contenders, the first race to feature a major mountain always tells us a lot about the riders’ true form. There’s nowhere to hide on a climb that lasts 40 minutes or more, but with the Col de la Columbiere behind them, all the major contenders have passed their first big test.
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TDF’07 St.7: Young Gun Gerdemann All The Way!
Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:30:35 AM PT
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On the first BIG day in the mountains, the future of cycling took the race by the scruff of the neck and gave it a good shake. The young German rider, Gerdemann, attacked his escape group on the 1st cat Col de la Colombière and held them all at bay for the stage and yellow.
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Tour de PEZ: Feed Me!
Saturday, July 14, 2007 9:26:15 AM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 7 - They say an Army marches on its stomach. The army of riders in le Tour continue their march across France, with food never far away. We joined the Quickstep team in the feedzone for a closer look at how a pro team serves lunch.
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LeMond On LeTour: Into The Alps
Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:53:55 AM PT
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With a surprising week 1 behind us, tomorrow looms the first real day for the GC contenders to show their stuff. Ahead are 3 heavy days in the high Alps, and although not the hardest climbs, there’ll be plenty of uphill for anyone with the legs to do the talking. Our series with Greg LeMond continues as we talk mountains…
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Carmichael Sez: Get Through The Bunch
Friday, July 13, 2007 4:16:33 PM PT
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Moving around in the peloton takes skill at any speed, but it gets even harder when the field is tightly packed like today’s stage 6. Whether you’re bringing water to your teammates or trying to find a clear line to sprint for the stage victory, getting through the field is a challenge.
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Tour De PEZ: Wine Country
Friday, July 13, 2007 12:56:12 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 6 - Amid the crowds and chaos of le Tour you can find a few moments of serenity and scenery. Le Tour de PEZ goes off-route today to take you to the heart of the French wine country. we're in the town of Beaune, a few kilometers east of stage 5's finish in Autun.
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TDF'07 St.6: Bam Bam Boonen The Boss
Friday, July 13, 2007 11:31:59 AM PT
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The bruised and battle weary riders lined up this morning for today's flat, semi-long stage down to Bourg-en-Bresse, some happier than others. After yesterday's complete carnage, there were a few less faces on the start line, and a few with quite a bit of bandaging. An early break and a mad dash for the line were on the menu, the only question was who'd be the break and who'd take the glory on the line.
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Tour de PEZ: Meet The Podium Girls!
Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:50:15 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 5 - Covering Le Tour is no easy-peasy - the days are long, transfers are far, dinner comes after 10PM, and of course this is France… But who's complaining when you get to spend time with the Podium Girls of Le Tour…
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Carmichael Sez: "Free For All"
Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:08:42 PM PT
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That’s the best phrase to describe Stage 5 of the 2007 Tour de France, and it sure was exciting to watch. The stage featured enough climbs, tricky descents, and flats to taunt about 150 opportunists looking for a shot at a Tour de France stage win.
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TDF’07 St.5: Blondes Have More Fun...Sometimes!
Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:02:28 PM PT
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One of the best things about this year’s Tour de France is that with no big favourite to control things in the sprints or in the chase for the yellow jersey, we get a helter-skelter approach to the racing. This free-wheeling madness left one very happy blonde on the podium and another heading to both the doctor AND the drawing board.
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Tour de PEZ: Battles & Battlefields
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:22:53 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 4 - It’s a three-week war, with battles fought every day. The ‘07 Tour marches on like an army on wheels across the fields of France. Today we journeyed south and west across old French battlefields, chasing the Tour’s battle on the roads.
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Carmichael Sez: Sprint Bump & Grind
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:51:41 PM PT
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To be a Tour de France sprinter, you need the combined attributes of an elite athlete, a fighter pilot, and an acrobat. To beat today’s winner, Thor Hushovd, to the finish, you first have to physically battle him for position and make better split-second decisions than he does. Good luck with that.
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TDF'07 St.4: A Classic Thundering Gallop Home
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:19:46 AM PT
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Wednesday's jaunt along the rolling hills of the Champagne region east of Paris is once again tailor-made for the early break, a long drawn out chase, and a thrilling finale. If we're lucky, the final kilometer will be half as enthralling as yesterday's - because I still can't stop gaping at that finish.
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Carmichael Sez: The Mark Of A Champion
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:33:18 PM PT
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Watching Fabian Cancellara steal today’s stage with such swashbuckling panache marked is true champion status. But his sticking it to the sprinters, the breakaway, and every one else wasn’t just dumb luck… as Chris Carmichael explains with a closer look that might help you win a few races yourself.
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Tour de PEZ: Into France!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:59:06 PM PT
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PEZ Roadside Stage 3 - Tour is winding it’s way out of Belgium and into France, and today is all about the view. We’re used to seeing these parts cold and bleak for Paris-Roubaix, but the Tour has a way of warming things up…
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TDF'07 St.3: Did That Really Just Happen?
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:36:49 PM PT
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Just when you think it's a typical early Tour stage - flat roads, suicide break, sight-seeing pace until the final kms...the boys of the bunch throw us a slippery ol' curve ball! Sure, all of the above did happen, but it was Yellow Jersey Fabian Cancellara who swung the big stick and knocked it clear over the back fence - and took us all by surprise...
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Tour de PEZ: Mo’ Betta Butta’
Monday, July 09, 2007 1:46:50 PM PT
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TdF Stage 2 Roadside - Say “au revoir” to the British Isles and “bonjour” to the continental coast. Today’s Tour stage takes us into the French and Belgian countryside…these small towns are what Le Tour is all about.
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Carmichael Sez: Sprinting Uphill Changes Everything
Monday, July 09, 2007 12:46:35 PM PT
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What a day to be a Belgian! The 2nd stage of Tour de France finished in Ghent and not only did a Belgian rider win the sprint, but his countryman was right behind him in second place. But as much as Gert Steegmans and Tom Boonen deserve the credit – the slight uphill finish played its part in the outcome too...
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TDF’07 St.2: Steegmans Scores Surprise Success!
Monday, July 09, 2007 11:07:20 AM PT
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Once again, the Tour de France delivered magic and mayhem in bucket loads. The fans in cycling-mad Gent got a big home win as two dark blue QuickStep jerseys flashed across the line clear of everyone else. The Flemish press will have a field day, though, as the winner was not who we might have expected.
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Tour de PEZ: Cheerio Chaps!
Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:03:55 PM PT
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It’s not everyday you get the freedom of your city but today was a great chance to pretty much get anywhere I wanted thanks to the ‘PEZ-Effect’: a little green sticker in my windscreen that was our green-light drive along the first stage on course down into the Garden of England - Kent.
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Carmichael Sez: Playing in Traffic
Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:07:47 PM PT
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Getting stuck in a crash inside the final 20 kilometers of Stage 1 isn’t exactly how Robbie McEwen planned for his day to go, but experience, a level head, and a bit of luck all combined for the Aussie’s 12th Tour de France stage win. Along the way, he demonstrated the perfect techniques for utilizing teammates and the cars in the caravan.
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TDF ’07 St.1: Miracle Man McEwen!
Sunday, July 08, 2007 10:16:32 AM PT
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Off the back with 15kms to go after a crash, even Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen commentating for TV didn’t give Robbie McEwen too much of a chance to get on terms by the time the Tour peloton brought Canterbury Cathedral into view. But what the Aussie pocket rocket and his team managed in a little over 15 minutes was nothing short of a miracle.
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Tour De PEZ: Absolutely Mental!
Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:19:48 PM PT
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Occasionally you witness something that will stick with you forever, today for all the right reasons was just such a day for me, as the worlds biggest sporting event unfolded slap bang in the middle of London. The only superlative I can find for the occasion really is 'mental' in the nicest sense of the word.
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Carmichael Sez: Holy Cancellara!
Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:08:45 PM PT
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It’s always nice to see a World Champion win in the rainbow jersey, and Fabian Cancellara left no doubt that right now he is the world’s best against the clock. And now that he has the yellow jersey by such a big margin, he and the CSC team have to decide what they want to do over the next few days.
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TDF'07 Prologue: Fabian's Fab Again
Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:43:27 PM PT
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If the sheer number of fans who crammed into Londons’ historic center for today’s Tour de France prologue are to be believed, there’s a lot more life in this great race than the mainstream media think. And the cream was on top as World TT Champ Fabian Cancellara stormed the circuit to a 13 second lead.
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TDF'07: Let The Ceremony Begin!
Friday, July 06, 2007 6:43:13 PM PT
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London promised the biggest opening party the Tour had ever seen and
judging by the size of the crowds packed into Trafalgar Square on Friday night they might just have been right. The introduction of the riders and teams brought the capital to a stand still and the racing doesn't even start till tomorrow afternoon.
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TdF'07: Four Young Guns
Friday, July 06, 2007 3:16:32 PM PT
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There will be nearly 200 of the world's best rolling out in London tomorrow afternoon, most you'll know little to nothing about. PEZ picks four names from three different countries that we think will be much better-known after this Tour.
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T-Mobile Tour Team Presentation
Friday, July 06, 2007 9:36:00 AM PT
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Hidden in the Clerkenwell area of Central London, it took me around an hour to find the Restaurant ‘Fifteen’, where T-Mobile were presenting their 2007 Tour De France Team. After fruitless requests for direction from passers-by, I had all but given up hope of ever finding the restaurant; when 4 mini-buses and one large touring bus emblazoned in T-Mobile’s Magenta colour scheme roared by like a military cavalcade.
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TDF Coach: To Win the Prologue
Friday, July 06, 2007 9:07:42 AM PT
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The mighty PEZ-Crew is proud to welcome Chris Carmichael – coach to a certain Lance Armstrong – to our TDF07 coverage team. His daily reports will bring his very unique perspective on the training and physiological side of the race – how riders prepare for & react to each stage, the toll of three hard weeks of racing takes and more. To get things started, Chris talks about the special challenges of training for, and winning the prologue.
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TDF07: PEZ Rides The Prologue!
Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:44:38 PM PT
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It’s not often you get to race the prologue course for a Grand Tour – let alone le Grand Boucle. But that’s just what we did a few days ahead to the race itself. Small problem – the roads were ‘open’, and that London traffic can be a bitch. But neither crazed London cabbies nor bendy buses could keep us from our appointed rounds of the most ‘regal’ prologue course in history.
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LeMond On LeTour: The Week 1 Parcours
Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:16:31 AM PT
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The riders make the race – so the saying goes. So maybe the course makes the riders…? We checked in with Greg LeMond, an authority on the Tour de France more credible than most, on what the 3 weeks of parcours will for the riders. Here’s our look at Week 1, as told by the three-time Tour Champ…
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Tour De France '07: Yellow Jersey Hopes
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:18:24 PM PT
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"One day, you have to stop dreaming and face the reality that you can't win the Tour," the pragmatic words of Scotland's Robert Millar. There's nothing wrong with chasing your dreams, but as a professional bike rider it can waste much of your career. Instead of riding a programme where they could secure good palmares, some riders "save" themselves for the Tour and waste golden opportunities. So, who's dreaming, who's legit, or who has the media dreaming for them?
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Tour De France '07 Parcours: The PEZ-Take
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:27:02 AM PT
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I’ve studied, digested, and slept on the course layout for the 2007 Tour, and try as I might, I’m left wishing the Tour organizers would take a lesson from their Giro counterparts when it comes to designing exciting three-week race circuits. I see seven true days of racing of the 20 stages, which doesn’t seem like much for a ‘Grand Tour’, but it's the Tour - we'll love it anyway!
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Tour Replay '91: Indurain Arrives
Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:24:26 AM PT
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At last, it looks as if all that class and style is going to carry the handsome Dutchman into yellow; has the Netherlands finally found a successor to Zoetemelk? It's July 1991 and we're standing in an isolated forest in Normandy around 50 K into the eighth stage of the Tour de France...
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TDF Preview: Phil Spills
Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:23:04 PM PT
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The VERSUS Channel held their annual pre-Tour press conference today, hosted by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. It’s a great chance to check in with two guys who’ve seen more Tours than most of us, and are never short of opinions. Once we got through the usual barrage of uninspired doping questions from the mainstream guys, it was time to ask about the race itself…
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Tour Taster: The Astounding '89 Tour
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:49:56 AM PT
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Five, four, three, two, one – the big sweep second hand clicks to zero and the unbelievable becomes reality; we gasp, along with the thousands of people packed-into Luxembourg City centre. The man with the yellow jersey-topped-skinsuit as last year’s winner of the Tour de France has committed the ultimate in novice ‘time-testers’ errors and missed his start in the prologue of the 1989 Tour de France.
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TDF07 Pre: London Calling
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:06:32 PM PT
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With just over two weeks to go before the Tour de France Grand Depart the only other central London based cycling event in advance of the Tour takes place this Saturday. The Rapha Condor sponsored Smithfield Nocturne brings criterium racing to the streets of the capital.
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Tour Replay: Back 20 Years To The Ventoux
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:07:18 AM PT
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It's just gone 2.00 am and we've had to abandon the tent and crawl into the mini-bus, the water in the plastic one gallon containers has frozen solid - Alaska? Welcome to Mount Ventoux, Provence, France; 12 hours later the sun feels like a blow lamp playing on your skin. It's the 1987 Tour de France and there's everything to play for - let's go back a smooth 20 years and enjoy the action anew.
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Tour De France '07 Parcours: The PEZ-Take
Monday, October 30, 2006 6:28:50 PM PT
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I’ve studied, digested, and slept on the course layout for the 2007 Tour, and try as I might, I’m left wishing the Tour organizers would take a lesson from their Giro counterparts when it comes to designing exciting three-week race circuits. I see seven true days of racing of the 20 stages, which doesn’t seem like much for a ‘Grand Tour’, but it's the Tour - we'll love it anyway!
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PEZ Insider: 2007 Tour de France Presentation
Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:06:51 PM PT
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The parcours for the 2007 Grande Boucle were announced today in Paris, and
PEZ was knee-deep in ‘le hoopla’ in a room light on active pros, but well-stocked with former cycling stars who joined the festivities. We know the fight against dopers is far from over, but the mood was one of excitement none-the-less – it’s still the greatest bike race in the world…
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LeTour 07: London’s Grand Depart "A Stroll in the Parks"!
Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:42:26 PM PT
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Following huge speculation in the UK over the last couple of weeks, the route for the start of the 2007 Tour de France was announced today in London. PEZ was there to sample the hi-falutin' fare, and of course scoop the poop on the London loops...
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Best Of PEZ '09: Hello Stranger!
Friday, February 05, 2010 11:30:32 AM PT
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Roadside St. 14 When you start each new Giro you understand you’re a year older. You feel a stranger to the village approach and for a moment ...
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PEZ Review: CycleFilm's Come Ride With Me
Friday, February 05, 2010 9:57:41 AM PT
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Professional cycling has, over the years, attracted only a few documentary film makers. A few, such as Jorgen Leth’s “A Sunday in Hell,” have even ...
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PEZ Report: The BMC Camp!
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:43:25 AM PT
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I’m just digging out from a few days at the BMC training camp, and while I won’t be reporting on doing Jaeger-bombs and Redbulls with Cadel & George, ...
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Berlin Six Wrap: Danes Time It To Perfection
Friday, February 05, 2010 10:43:21 AM PT
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As the final Madison got underway the arena was packed to the rafters, all the talk of Six Days in crisis forgotten for now. The finale was ...
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PEZ Previews: The Berlin Six Day
Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:20:47 PM PT
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Six Day racing comes to Berlin for the 99th time on Thursday, 28th January, 2010 with the great tradition of winter track racing in Germany in a ...
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TDU'10 St.6: Sutton The Day, Greipel The Tour
Friday, January 22, 2010 12:10:11 PM PT
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One more day, one more sprint! Sky had the goods to finish the week Down Under the same way they started: 1-2. The rest of the favorites were hot on ...
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