The 2009 Tour de France is far from over. Today’s stage 16 didn’t play out as you would expect. Saxo Bank tried to attack Alberto Contador with no success. In the biggest surprise of the day, Lance Armstrong was able to bridge the 30+ second gap Saxo Bank opened on the weaker riders. [...]
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In a tour that has been defined by the hundredth of a second, Alberto Contador took the overall lead by 1:37 over his teammate Lance Armstrong in Stage 15 of the 2009 Tour de France. In the first stage to finish on a mountaintop since Stage 7, Contador showed why he is called the best climber on the professional tour. [...] The Tour de France consists of many races and tactics within the overall race for the Yellow Jersey. Each of the competitions has it’s own colored Jersey. The Yellow Jersey represents the rider who has completed the race to that point in the shortest amount of time, also called the general classification or GC. [...] On a team with more than one strong rider, the team must work together to fend off the other teams, but if the strong riders start competing, the whole team loses. In the case of Astana, it is pretty clear that the team director had told the team to work together to get the yellow jersey from Cancellara, and have it naturally fall to the highest place Astana rider, Lance Armstrong. However, the best laid plans go awry when a team member goes out for himself. [...] Expect to see team Astana set a blistering pace to destroy the other teams and climbers. The Schleck brothers will try to repeat their feats from 2008, but team Astana will prove too much. If Lance at age 37 can keep up with Contador, the yellow jersey will be his, but that will be no easy task. [...] Stage 2 played out exactly as one would expect. The peleton chased down a non threatening breakaway, ending in a typical sprinters dual, with Cavendish beating all and Tyler Farrar best of the rest. Hushovd coming in a respectful 4th. Stage 3 showed the value of experience. Only Cavendish and Hushovd made the break when [...] With Stage 1 in the books, who would have thought that Lance’s 10th place finish would be only 4th place for Team Astana. Alberta Contador is on great form, and his climbing abilities in the past tours should make him a formidable foe. [...] One of the sporting world’s great annual endurance events begins anew. Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th, the 96th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages with 180 riders hoping to complete a total distance of 3,500 kilometers (over 2,170 miles). [...] Stage 1: Saturday, July 4, 2009 Monaco 9:30am to 2:00pm: LIVE Daily Coverage 2:30pm to 4:30pm: Race Action Replay 5:00pm to 7:00pm: Race Action Replay 8:00pm to 11:00pm: Expanded Primetime Coverage 12:00am to 3:00am: Race Action Replay [...] As part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 film series, filmmaker Frank Marshall (“Bourne Ultimatum”, “Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Seabiscuit”) will direct a documentary that looks at the Right To Play organization which helps bring sports to children in poverty-stricken and war-torn parts of the world. [...] |
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