Monthly Archives: July 2011

I think that the results of today’s Individual Time Trial around Grenoble were exactly what everyone expected. Cadel Evans left no doubt as to who would wear the Golden Fleece into Paris tomorrow by crushing all but one other rider … Continue reading →

The Tour has definitely saved the best for last with another amazing day on Stage 19 to Alpe D’Huez. Alberto Contador showed that he has the heart of a champion even if he doesn’t have the legs of one by attacking early … Continue reading →

What a stage! Andy’s Schleck’s attack on the slopes of the Col D’Izoard has to be one of the most incredible displays of courage the Tour has seen in a long time. In an interview with Andy after the stage he said … Continue reading →

When I was in college I worked at the Opryland theme park in Nashville the summer between my freshman and sophomore year. There was an indoor roller coaster called Chaos that had all these clocks on the walls leading up to … Continue reading →

On what was supposed to be a day for the breakaway or at least a day where the favorites finished together there was a major shake up in the GC standings. The stage started off at a blistering pace and … Continue reading →

Stage 14 from Saint Gaudens-Plateau de Beille was supposed to be the stage that blew the race apart but yet again we find ourselves with no real change in the overall GC and it begs the question: Are the main contenders not … Continue reading →

World Champion Thor Hushovld put in one of the most impressive performances in recent memory on Stage 13.  There was a prevailing thought that today was ripe for a breakaway to succeed with the Aubisque falling 40km from the finish line and it seemed … Continue reading →

Today’s brutal stage was supposed to show us who were the pretenders and who are the contenders for the overall win and to some degree it did, but to another degree the picture is no more clear than it was … Continue reading →

After getting pipped at the line by Andre Greipel, Mark Cavendish came into Stage 11 with a purpose. Although he was gracious in defeat, inside it had to be eating him up that he was beaten by a former teammate … Continue reading →

The day after a rest day is always a crapshoot, no one ever knows just how their body will respond after getting pounded for 9 straight days and then having a day off (to be fair most teams did at … Continue reading →