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‘In the (Time) Zone'
David Olle, France, +33 66 16 909 87
Tour de France, July 3 - 25, 2010, Report Stage 16
Stage 16 Tuesday, July 20 196 km Bagneres-de-Luchon → Pau
Results
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5:31:43
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
3 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
General classification after stage 16
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 78:29:10
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:08
3 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:02:00
General report
Today's eight man break, that organized itself over the Tourmalet, achieved success for the French, but not for the man who drove it along, hunting for a final win in the final week of his final tour. All Lance had to do was check with me, though, as last night I drew Radioshack in our sweep. He could have saved himself for another day, when I would be riding on some other lower order squad. Note well, this is France's sixth win in this tour, not a record of course, as they have dominated Le Tour before (just not won it for a quarter of a century).
photos: http://www.twitpic.com/26zugb, http://www.twitpic.com/271iyd , http://twitpic.com/271mxx
Skippy report: a twit from Robbie McEwen yesterday ‘Majority of bunch wanted 2b in break tday.absolute attack fest!survived again. Tmoros stg will be the decider of reaching Paris I think.'
I have no idea if he made today's time cut, as I write this, keep your fingers crossed.
Tomorrow: Restday 2, Pau
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The Bike Race:
This year's Tour starts in the Netherlands (making that 3 grand tour prologues in a row, for Holland) belts into Belgium, before following a clockwise trace around France, finishing, of course, on the Champs Elysee in Paris. July 3-25, 3,596 kilometres, more than enough for anyone.
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