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Just a short time-trial that no one should hesitate to call a prologue, and a few not-particularly well-controlled but never-the-less interesting sprints. Nice when they give you a rest day after a mere three stages, though I'm anxious for the race to get back to Italy for things like piano days, utterly inhuman finishing circuits and actual GC action.
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A frank and straight-forward guide to a unique and challenging time in a young bike racer's life. Tom Boonen puts in a masterful solo effort, highlighting some of the unique aspects of racing this course. Behind him, an improbable series events culminates in a track sprint involving two riders on cyclocross bikes and a photo finish for the ages.
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ceci ne pas une HTRWW… A new course, unruly cars, some interesting tactics, crashes, and bergs. Figured I'd remind people how well I can do this, now that some other folks seem to think it's an idea worth attempting.
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From http://cyclocosm.com. The first week of this year's Tour de France will be powered largely by the actions of the sprinters and their teams—an especially fiery aspect of the sport given some crashes earlier this year. But the UCI's rules on the subject are poorly-written and oddly enforced. Drawing on some notable sprint rulings of the past decade, this How The Race Was Won examines exactly what you can and can't get away with in the final rush…
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Obviously I couldn't keep off this one—not the way the Internet exploded following Renshaw's ejection. It wasn't entirely an otherwise unremarkable stage, but most of this focuses on the final few meters, where Mark Renshaw made some good (and maybe not so good decisions) piloting Mark Cavendish to another excellent Tour win. At the end of the day, though, it was the Race Jury that made the most decisive and unexpected move.
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