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Updates on Tour de France crash victims Rodriguez, Dekker and Valverde

Ambulances carried three cyclists down the road on the Tour de France during Tuesday's brutal stage. Here's an update on their conditions.

US speedster Fred Rodriguez and Dutch cyclist Erik Dekker both went down after hitting a pothole outside Verviers …

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Tour de France quote: Michael Rogers

“One of the problems is that a lot of the spectators now have digital cameras and they’re all leaning out on the road to get a shot. They don’t realize how fast we’re riding and before we know it, we are upon them.” …

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Two “stars” of Charles Kuralt series are still helping cyclists

Nobody in recent memory could report a human interest story better than the late CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt. His “On the Road …” reports are noteworthy not only for briefly shining the spotlight on unheralded Americans, but also for the simplicity and directness of his writing.

In more than 600 segments of “On the Road,” at least twice Kuralt touched on bicycling. One was about June Curry, the Cookie Lady of Afton, Virginia. Another was Jethro Mann, the bicycle man. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/05/two-stars-of-charles-kuralt-series-are-still-helping-cyclists/

Fred Rodriguez

“Fast Freddy” Rodriguez, a US rider on Davitamon Lotto. Three-time US Pro Cycling champion. From his Fast Freddy blog.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/04/fred-rodriguez/

Boonen gains yellow in Tour de France; Valverde is out

Belgium's Tom Boonen gained the yellow jersey by one-second as the Tour de France continued its race of attrition on Tuesday.

One of the major contenders, Alejandro Valverde, crashed out with a broken collarbone while cycling in the midst of the peloton. Earlier in the 3rd stage, American cyclist Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and Erik Dekker (Rabobank) left the race after crashing. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/07/04/boonen-gains-yellow-in-tour-de-france-valverde-is-out/

Tour de France in the blogosphere

A lot of cycling junkies, myself included, are blogging about the Tour de France. Here are some interesting posts I've come across recently.

The first is from a cyclist. I don't know the origin of this picture at the Bobby Julich blog. It's cool to see two of the decade's top American cyclists — competing on different teams — marking an historic event in cycling.

These are two of the peloton's workhorses over the years. Hincapie is racing his 11th Tour de France; Julich his 9th. …

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Julich congratulates Hincapie

Here's a photo on the Bobby Julich website showing Julich congratulating George Hincapie on winning the yellow jersey on Sunday in Stage 1 of 2006 Tour de France.

 

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Tour de France quote: Hushovd talks about his stitched up arm

“This morning I was still in pain and I didn't have full movement in my arm but it got better and I decided to give it a go because I was only two seconds behind the yellow jersey. …  I didn't feel the pain in the finish because the adrenaline was flowing. It's more painful now holding the microphone. …

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Thor Hushovd

Credit Agricole cyclist Thor Hushovd won prologue in 2006 Tour de France

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Hushovd back in yellow at Tour de France; McEwen wins stage

Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen won the sprint in Esch-sur-Alzette to take the 2nd stage of the Tour de France on Monday, as Norway's Thor Hushovd regained the overall leader's yellow jersey from George Hincapie.

Pity poor Matthias Kessler, though. The T-Mobile rider attacked with about 3.5 miles to go, gaining a 15-second lead that he lost within sight of the finish line. George Hincapie sits in 4th, 10 seconds behind. …

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