Frenchman Thomas Voeckler wins Stage 5 of Tour de France.
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Cancellara survives in yellow; Armstrong trails by 00:00 at Tour de France
Team Astana delivered Lance Armstrong to the finish line for Tuesday's team time trial in the exact time that he trailed Tour de France leader Fabian Cancellara — 40 seconds — and not a second faster.
That made the finish so close that race judges had to rely on fractions of a second. The decision went to Cancellara, who has held the yellow jersery since the finish of Stage 1.
Cancellara certainly earned the honor of wearing the yellow again. His Saxo Bank team finished in third place in the 24-mile team time trial largely on his efforts at pulling them through the final couple of miles on the course.
Astana hit the last time check before the finish line 41 seconds ahead of Saxo Bank, but lost a second to Cancellara's team over the final section. That's were the Swiss time trial specialist had hunkered down and led his team home. ….
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Armstrong moves up to 3rd overall; Cavendish wins Stage 3 and Cancellara still yellow at TdF
[Updates inside, including “Contador caused the split”]
Sometimes just showing up to work is enough for a routine stage of the Tour de France, but sometimes you have to pay attention.
Lance Armstrong pays attention.
The veteran of 12 Tours de France, Armstrong caught a Team Columbia attack late in Stage 3 on Monday that split the peloton. Armstrong's position in the break caused him to jump from 10th to 3rd place in the General Classification.
The titular head of Team Astana, Alberto Contador, was caught in the chasing peloton that finished 40 seconds behind the lead group.
New Astana leader?
Observers will note that Armstrong had Astana teammates Yaroslav Popovych and Haimar Zubeldia in the breakaway with him, and all three helped drive the breakaway from the peloton. Conspiracy theorists also may note that longtime Armstrong lieutenant George Hincapie rides for the Columbia team that created the split and pushed the pace.
Astana is favored to win the Stage 4 team time trial on Tuesday. As the top-placed rider on Astana, there's a chance that Armstrong could be in the yellow jersey after that stage …
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No wonder defending champion Sastre is upset with Armstrong
The return of Lance Armstrong to the Tour de France has brought out at least one book — “Lance: The Making of the World's Greatest Champion.”
And at least one cyclist, defending champion Carlos Sastre, might like to offer an alternate subtitle, “What Makes Him So Disrepectful?”
In an interview in the book with author John Wilcockson of VeloNews, Armstrong talks about some of the things that helped him decide last September to return to pro cycling. As quoted in Boston.com:
“The Tour was a bit of a joke this year. I’ve got nothing against Sastre . . . or Christian Vande Velde. … Christian’s a nice guy, but finishing fifth in the Tour de France? Come on!’’
That's got to sting a guy who has battled valiantly for years to reach the Tour de France podium. And how many Tours did Armstrong ride before he finished in first place back in 1999? …
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Farrar discloses secret to beating Cavendish
Tyler Farrar of the Garmin Slipstream team is the closest that cycling fans in the Washington state have to a hometown hero at the 2009 Tour de France.
So many of us were excited to see the 25-year-old from Wenatchee battling to pass Mark Cavendish as he crossed the finish line in Brignoles on Sunday.
As so often has happened this year, Farrar came up short against Cavendish. He finished 2nd in Stage 2 of the Tour de France.
In a post-race interview at CyclingNews, Farrar told the secret to beating Cavendish …..
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Quote: Tour de France hyperbole
“The Tour de France is so physically, mentally and emotionally grueling, it's said that every time you ride it you take a year off your life.” [I suppose it's a good thing that the race is only held once a year.]
KUSA-TV news story (9News.com) about Lance Armstrong's return to pro cycling.
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Bicycles will roll across Seattle's I-90 bridge as traffic stops
The Cascade Bicycle Club knows when and where to find potential converts to bicycle commuting.
Their latest project will be encouraging commuters to beat the Interstate 90 bridge repair backups by using their bicycles.
The Washington Department of Transportation began working on the I-90 bridge across Lake Washington on Sunday, a job that will continue until about July 20. “Unprecedented levels” of traffic congestion are anticipated.
Although the westbound mainline bridge will be closed around the clock, the bike/pedestrian path will remain open because two temporary bridges have been installed.
The Seattle-based bicycle club, among the largest and most active in the nation, is launching its “Bridging with Bikes” program to encourage commuters to use their bicycles instead of cars. ….
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Temporary bridges
Temporary bridges on bicycle path across I-90 bridge in Seattle.
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Tyler Farrar
Garmin Slipstream's Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, Washington
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Cavendish wins Stage 2 sprint with Farrar on wheel; Cancellara leads Tour de France
Mark Cavendish marked his 5th-ever win at the Tour de France on Sunday with a Stage 2 sprint just ahead of Washington's Tyler Farrar hanging onto his wheel.
George Hincapie and other members of Team Columbia executed a textbook lead-out in the village of Brignoles for sprint star Cavendish.
Just behind, Danny Pate and Julian Dean of Garmin-Slipstream helped Farrar negotiate the traffic and get as close to Cavendish as he hoped to get.
Meanwhile, Fabio Cancellara finished in the pack, easily holding onto the yellow jersey that he earned in the Stage 1 individual time trial….
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Trail biking
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