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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 19
Stage 19 Saturday, July 24 51 km Bordeaux → Pauillac
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 1:00:56
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:17
3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:01:48
General classification after stage 19
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 89:16:27
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:39
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:02:01
4 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:40
General report
AC bested AS in the ITT, while Fabian Cancellara took the win.
For anyone interested in what would happen with two riders tied on the same winning time, at the end of a tour.....the fractions of seconds from the Individual time trials, including the prologue, are counted. Don't ask what happens if they are still tied after that....!
Photos of this morning's ride here: http://www.twitpic.com/2872kf, http://www.twitpic.com/2874vl, http://www.twitpic.com/2890e9, and this one from last week, on the way to Revel: http://www.twitpic.com/2893vz,
Skippy report: Cav dedicated yesterday's win to Mark Renshaw, good on him. (and Robbie took another 4th)
Cuisine report: Last night's entrée was a Smoked duck salad, with a fried quail egg on top....not bad, but did not equal the night we scored a half quail entrée followed by Magret de Canard.
Tomorrow: Stage 20 Sunday, July 25 105 km Longjumeau → Champs-Elysées
Only the final stage in Paris remains, and the tour circus rides France's high-speed rail system to the northern city. The Tour follows tradition, and the final stage finishes with a circuit on the Champs Elysées, a tantalizing prize for the sprinters. With this year's mountainous course, the final sprint victory will not come easily. (from steephill.tv)
For those in Australia, SBS shows a daily report on the Tour de France, along with many stages broadcast live, catch them if you can.
Not forgetting our own Topbike TV on digital channel 44, check your local guide for details.
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.
The Writer:
David Olle's cycling reports are used by ABC radio's 774 DRIVE show in Melbourne, ABC radio
702 breakfast show in Sydney, ABC national overnights and 3RRR FM's Breakfasters. He chats regularly with all. He also created and produces the magazine style TV show ‘Topbike TV' which is seen throughout Australia and New Zealand on community televison. The reports are also published here, www.cyclesportnews.com, along with any photos.
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