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Friday,
April 8, 2005
Voigt storms
to victory in morning stage at Tour of the Basque Country
- Valverde sacrifices own
chances on final climb in support of teammate Aitor Osa
- Osa saves race lead by one second over Danilo Di Luca
- Afternoon time trial to be decisive
Sarthe riders
face four trips up Gazonfier climb
Today are the final stages for
Tour of the Basque Country and Circuit de la Sarthe. "Live Guides"
below.
photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Another win yesterday for
Alejandro Valverde. Valverde's teammate Aitor Osa is still race
leader. Today's stage is split with a morning stage followed by
what should be a decisive time trial in the afternoon. Can American
Bobby Julich make it three for three?
Alejandro Valverde
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Tour of the
Basque Country 2005, Stages 5a and 5b, Spain, April 8,
ProTour
(Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
(Tour du Pays basque)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(11:30am CET (5:30am U.S. EST))
(5:15pm CET (11:15am U.S. EST))
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
(morning)
Eurosport
(afternoon, Time Trial)
Official site ticker
(Spanish)
Official site
(morning stage)
Official site
(afternoon stage)
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Today's final stage finishes with
a circuit in Le Mans involving 4 trips up the Gazonfier climb this afternoon.
At 18% grade, a lot of riders with nothing to gain will drop out
of the race after 1-3 trips up this thing. Mercifully the climb is
only 300 meters long. Note the stairs on the sidewalks to help pedestrians,
in photo below.
Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis is race leader going into this final
stage. Discovery Channel has 4 of its 5 riders in the top 11 all
within 20 seconds of Chavanel and is thus the team best positioned to attack
the race leader. With only 5 teammates, can Chavanel successfully
control the race? Can Discovery Channel blow the race apart on the
Côte de Gazonfier and get a rare 2005 win? As steep as the climb
is, it is short and it won't be easy getting rid of a rider of Chavanel's
class.
Côte de Gazonfier climb
300 meters at 18% grade
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Circuit de
la Sarthe 2005, Stage 4, France, April 8,
(Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
(unavailable)
Live tickers:
Official site ticker
Official site
(French)
Official site
(English, not as up-to-date)
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Thursday, April 7, 2005
"Live Guides" below for Tour
of the Basque Country and Circuit de la Sarthe.
photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Alejandro Valverde got
the win in yesterday's stage 3. Valverde's teammate Aitor Osa is still
race leader.
Alejandro Valverde
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Tour of
the Basque Country 2005, Stage 4, Spain, April 7, ProTour
(Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
(Tour du Pays basque)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(3:55pm CET (9:55am U.S. EST))
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
Official site ticker
(Spanish)
Official site
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) returns
to competition. Also racing, among others: Laurent Brochard, Francesco
Casagrande, Sylvain Chavanel, Christophe Moreau, Jean-Patrick Nazon,
Uwe Peschel.
Discovery Channel has sent Michael Barry, Fumiyuki Beppu, Volodymyr
Bileka, Antonio Cruz, Patrick McCarty, Jurgen Van Den Broeck.
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Circuit
de la Sarthe 2005, Stage 3, France, April 7,
(Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
(unavailable)
Live tickers:
Official site ticker
Official site
(French)
Official site
(English, not as up-to-date)
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Wednesday, April 6, 2005
"Live Guides" below for Gent-Wevelgem,
Tour of the Basque Country and Circuit de la Sarthe.
photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Will Tour of Flanders winner
Tom Boonen successfully defend his 2004 title in Gent-Wevelgem and keep
alive talk of an historic week in cycling four days before Paris-Roubaix?
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Gent-Wevelgem
2005 , Belgium, April 6, ProTour
(Ghent-Wevelgem)
(Gand-Wevelgem)
Live video coverage:
Cycling.TV
(North America only)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. EST))
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
Cyclingnews
Velonews
Official site
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Big win yesterday in stage
2 for France's David Moncoutie (Cofidis). That was a brutal final
climb. Will Moncoutie target the polka-dot jersey in the Tour de
France now that Richard Virenque has retired?
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Tour of
the Basque Country 2005, Stage 3, Spain, April 6, ProTour
(Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
(Tour du Pays basque)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(4:30pm CET (10:30am U.S. EST))
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
Official site ticker
(Spanish)
Official site
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) returns
to competition. Also racing, among others: Laurent Brochard, Francesco
Casagrande, Sylvain Chavanel, Christophe Moreau, Jean-Patrick Nazon,
Uwe Peschel.
Discovery Channel has sent Michael Barry, Fumiyuki Beppu, Volodymyr
Bileka, Antonio Cruz, Patrick McCarty, Jurgen Van Den Broeck.
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Circuit
de la Sarthe 2005, Stages 2a and 2b, France, April 6,
(Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
(unavailable)
Live tickers:
Official site ticker
Official site
(French)
Official site
(English, not as up-to-date)
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005
"Live Guides" below for
Tour of the Basque Country and Circuit de la Sarthe.
photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Danilo Di Luca won stage
1 and is race leader this morning.
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Tour
of the Basque Country 2005, Stage 2, Spain, April 5, ProTour
(Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
(Tour du Pays basque)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(4pm CET (10am U.S. EST))
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
Official site ticker
(Spanish, starts 1pm CET (7:00am U.S.
EST))
Official site
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
Notes: Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) returns
to competition. Also racing, among others: Laurent Brochard, Francesco
Casagrande, Sylvain Chavanel, Christophe Moreau, Jean-Patrick Nazon,
Uwe Peschel.
Discovery Channel has sent Michael Barry, Fumiyuki Beppu, Volodymyr
Bileka, Antonio Cruz, Patrick McCarty, Jurgen Van Den Broeck.
Stage 1 begins in the Vendee region on the Atlantic coast, in
the same area where the 2005 Tour de France will begin.
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Circuit
de la Sarthe 2005, Stage 1, France, April 5,
(Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
(unavailable)
Live tickers:
Official site ticker
Official site
(French)
Official site
(English, not as up-to-date)
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Monday, April 4, 2005
Guide to live
race coverage on the Internet
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photo © Pete Geyer
www.cyclingfans.com
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Tour
of the Basque Country 2005, Stage 1, Spain, April 4,
ProTour
(Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco)
(Tour du Pays basque)
Live video coverage:
(unavailable)
Live audio coverage:
Eurosport
(24-hour audio feed)
(3:55pm CET (9:55am U.S. EST))
(with David Duffield and Sean Kelly)
Check schedule
Live tickers:
Eurosport
Official site ticker
(Spanish, starts 2pm CET (8:00am U.S.
EST))
Official site
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Euskaltel is looking for a win and hopes to get it on home
soil. This race has an impressive start list, including: Ivan
Basso, Bobby Julich, Jens Voigt, Andreas Kloden, Alexandre Vinokourov,
Davide Rebellin, Levi Leipheimer, Cadel Evans, Dario Cioni, Roberto
Heras, Alberto Contador, Damiano Cunego, 2004 winner Denis Menchov, Iban
Mayo, Haimar Zubeldia and Alejandro Valverde.
The Discovery Channel team lineup for this race: Jason
McCartney, José Azevedo, Manuel Beltran, Tom Danielson, Benjamin
Noval, Pavel Padrnos, José Luis Rubiera and Paolo Savoldelli.
For the full rider start list, click the official site link above.
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Guide to live
race coverage on the Internet
Tom Boonen is perhaps the big favorite, two-time
winner Peter Van Petegem has the experience. Discovery Channel has
a very strong team for this race, including: George Hincapie, Stijn Devolder,
Viatcheslav Ekimov, Roger Hammond, Leif Hoste and Lance Armstrong. Former
Flanders winner (and now retired rider) Jacky Durand, beginning a new career
as commentator on Eurosport France, has called Discovery Channel the strongest
team in the race on paper.
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