Opqs rider trentin beat the slovak by barely an inch in a thrilling sprint finish at the end of the 234. The fact that you cant tell that thats what the book is from the title is one of a number of issues with this book. The second half of the race was situated entirely within france. With stages in the alps, the cevennes, the pyrenees, the massif central, the jura and the vosges, it will also be a tour of all the main mountain regions of france. Sirotti image 50 of 74 fabian cancellara finally had to give up the yellow jersey a week after he. The riders pass through the parc naturel regional normandiemaine, while the route goes in a straight line to the east, moving through mayenne, alencon and nogent to arrive in chartres. After the summer kittel started studying economics at the age of 31 and especially because of that age he was a special appearance in the lecture hall. Lance armstrong, born september 18, 1971, plano, texas, u. Its a true transitional stage, mostly aimed at getting the peloton from point a to point b. Armstrongs winning the 2004 tour after a french book claimed he.
A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. Jul 08, 2016 a drama filled edition of backstage pass as adam yates crashed into the 1km to go banner after it collapsed onto his head. The race resumed in orchies for the start of the third. Gentwevelgem 2001 george hincapie born june 29, 1973 is an american former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1994 and 2012. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. As well as the prologue, the first two stages took place in belgium. Because of the sophistication of the teams medical programme and also the culture of omerta among the tour riders, most of the evidence is circumstantial. Live coverage on eurosport is scheduled to begin at 14. A time trial still awaits on the penultimate stage. Stage 7 of the tour from epernay to nancy was won by the slightest of margins by matteo trentin the latest results and overall.
It started in the belgian city of liege on 30 june and finished on the champselysees in paris on 22 july. Starting in the french city of brest, the tour entered italy on the 15th stage and returned to france during the 16th, heading for paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage. The tour consisted of 21 stages, including an opening prologue, and covered a total distance of 3,496. Oddly enough, this book is a love story between the author and lance. Chris froomes show of strength on the 17th stages final climb tainted. Won by bradley wiggins before cadel evans 2nd and vincenzo nibali 3rd. The race starts in the fortified medieval town of fougeres, and finishes in the medieval cathedral city of chartres. The dutchman beat fernando gaviria and world champion peter sagan in an uphill sprint at the end of the 231km stage from fougeres. The tour began in paris on 9 july and stage 7 occurred on 22. His astana team won the 39 km lap of montpellier but armstrong ended up just over two tenths of a second 0. Wiggins, second in the prologue, took the leadership of the race on stage seven, the first mountainous stage, which was won by froome, and maintained his lead.
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