Le Tour de France

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London stage today starting at 15:00pm today...The first time in London..Don't miss it..

http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/COURSE/us/etape_par_etape_0.html

 

[crazylegs]

Just watched the last 25 km of the second stage on ITV which travelled through Kent to Canterbury and it was very exciting...


The race for the line was nailbiting as Robbie McEwen bolted from around 150 yards out to win the stage, he's from Aus or New zealand...One of those 2 perhaps Ciri could enlighten us..

Yeah he's an Aussie... http://www.mcewenrobbie.com/

Briton David Millar picked up the Polka dot Jersey for his hillclimb prowess, our version of King of the mountains...

http://www.sportinglife.com/others/...NAME=others/07/07/07/CYCLING_Tour_Millar.html

 

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It is always unusual to see the race's actual overall leader take the day's honours, but Cancellara, his yellow leader's jersey shining brightly, raced away from the front of a sprinting field to catch the day's four breakaway riders in the last 400 yards to win stage three and increase his overall lead to 33 seconds.

It was a dramatic end to a long day, of nearly seven hours, as the fields of Picardy passed by at the slow average speed for much of the journey of just 20 mph.

Full story here...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ma...AVCBQYIV0?xml=/sport/2007/07/11/soligg111.xml