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- Jul. 5, 2008Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook, stage 1
BANG-BAM-BOOM: Tour brass will surely preen with pride at the huge crowds lining the route across the heart of Brittany, but not everyone was happy that the opening prologue was ditched in favor of a hectic, nervous road stage.
Since 1967, the Tour started with some ...
Jul. 5, 2008Tour de France Stage 1 - A Casey Gibson Gallery
Jul. 5, 20082008 Tour de France: Valverde leaps uphill to stage win and yellow jersey
With his Pinarello painted bright yellow and red, Spain’s new national champion Alejandro Valverde clawed his way up to and past an attacking Kim Kirchen (Columbia) on the steeps of the Côte de Cadoudal to take the first stage and yellow jersey of the 95th Tour de ...
Jul. 5, 2008Svein Tuft and Anne Samplonius win more maple-leaf jerseys
The 2008 Canadian National Road Cycling Championships began on Friday with the individual time trial events for Elite and Under-23 men and women in Saint-Georges, Quebec.
Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) took his fourth title in the men's 40 kilometer event, while Anne Samplonius ...
- Jul. 5, 2008Stapleton: Kirchen beaten but we're not
Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain's Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his team missed out on an historic first stage win here Saturday.
Stapleton's team have come to the Tour looking to fight on several fronts, but at the start of ...
- Jul. 5, 2008Stage 1 - By the numbers
Stage 1, Brest to Plumelec, 197.5km
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, strong southwest winds up to 65kph, temperatures in low 80s
Stage winner: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won his second career Tour stage with a blistering acceleration in the ...
Jul. 5, 2008Robbie McEwen forgoes an 11-speed bike on the Tour's first stage.
Robbie McEwen’s bike was lined up unassumingly, mid-pack, among his teammates' rigs in front of a roped off and guarded Silence-Lotto bus. All of the extra protection was meant to protect the race favorite — McEwen's teammate Cadel Evans — but McEwen’s bike benefited. He ...
- Jul. 5, 2008Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing
Garmin-Chipotle rider Will Frischkorn is riding his first Tour de France. He will share his journal entries with VeloNews.com readers after each stage.
People. That's the word of the day. I'm always amazed by how many people swarm the climbs in races like the Tour of ...
Jul. 5, 2008Cadel Evans says going from Tour de France favorite to victor won't be easy
On the eve of his fourth Tour de France, Silence-Lotto’s Cadel Evans told a crowded hotel lobby that though he might be the pre-race favorite heading into the race, due to his second-place finish last year, given this year’s list of contenders, actually winning the race is ...
- Jul. 5, 2008Live Coverage - Stage 1 Tour de France, 2008
06:48 PM: Good day and welcomeTo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the 1st stage of the 95th Tour de France, 197.5km race from Brest to Plumec.
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Jul. 5, 2008Oakley unveils a new sunglass design at the Tour de France
Last year Oakley revamped its most popular sport sunglasses, the M-Frame. The Radar has become as instantly popular as the decade old M-Frame. Using the opening stage of the Tour as a springboard, Oakley introduced a complement to the new Radar in the form of a newly styled ...
Jul. 5, 2008BC Bike Race: A week of the sweetest pain.
Editor's Note: Subaru/Gary Fisher pro endurance racer Nat Ross has been sharing daily diaries from the BC Bike Race with VeloNews.com readers. Today, Ross reports on the final stage in Whistler.
We just finished the 7th stage in the 2nd Annual BC Bike Race and my body ...
