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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Notes:
- Starting tomorrow: Tour de Georgia live video,
audio commentary, Radio Tour audio, rider data...
- Versus (OLN) has taped coverage of Paris-Roubaix today,
for those of you in the U.S. Check our Versus schedule link and your
local listings.
- Eurosport video streams are up for Germany, Italy and Spain.
- Eurosport's various audio feeds are now streaming
live . Demand for these feeds will be very high today.
- Eurosport is now saying its Paris-Roubaix broadcast
will begin at 14:15 CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).
- While we wait for the broadcast coverage to begin, here is
Eurosport's Paris-Roubaix preview video
, including interviews of Tom Boonen, Alessandro
Ballan and Philippe Gilbert at yesterday's teams presentation
in Compiegne, site of this morning's race departure.
- Our next update here after 13:00 CET (7am U.S. Eastern).
- The race is underway, with the official site ticker the first to
go live.
- Eurosport's broadcast coverage of Paris-Roubaix is
scheduled to begin at around 14:00 CET (8am U.S. Eastern).
- Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) is defending champion and has
looked very strong of late. He is the sole 3-star favorite today for
French sports daily L'EQUIPE. But Tour of Flanders winner
Alessandro Ballan and Flanders runner-up Leif
Hoste are also obviously in great form. And one can never count
out Tom Boonen . Vladimir Gusev and Tomas Vaitkus
of Discovery Channel are also very strong and may make this race interesting.
Paris-Roubaix always seems to deliver great drama and anything can
happen as we saw with George Hincapie's crash last year
as well as the incident at the train crossing. In the train crossing
incident, Gusev and Hoste of Discovery Channel, and Peter Van Petegem
of Davitamon-Lotto were disqualified. A protest by Discovery
Channel has still not been resolved by the UCI and race organizer ASO,
fined for the incident, has its fingers crossed that something like this
won't happen today.
Alessandro Ballan
Copyright ©
2006 Pete Geyer
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race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for the 2007 Paris-Roubaix
- What's the
fastest way to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery link in our
Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers will sometimes send
in photos from the road mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
(Germany)
(Italy)
(Spain)
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Notes:
- Coming up tomorrow:
Paris-Roubaix
!
- Coming up Monday and all next week: For the first
time,
live video streaming of the Tour de Georgia
. (click link for more info)
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir), who won yesterday's
stage 5 to move back into the race lead, will depart last in today's time
trial, at around 17:40 CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). He leads
Angel Vicioso (Relax-GAM) in the overall by just 1 second.
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is currently third overall
at 1:20.
- The ETB SAT live video stream is playing.
- The French Eurosport live video stream for
Tour of the Basque Country has begun. If you don't understand
French, then try muting the sound in your media player and play a
live audio stream for your language separately.
- Eurosport's live audio streams for today's final stage
of Tour of the Basque Country are now playing.
- Eurosport's live coverage of today's final stage
time trial in the Tour of the Basque Country should begin at
around 16:45 CET (10:45am U.S. Eastern).
- Click
here
for Tour of the Basque Country stage 6 profile and
info.
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 6 of the 2007 Vuelta Ciclista
al Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country).
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Live video streaming:
(French)
(English)
(German)
(Italian)
ETB SAT
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
(Google-translated)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Notes:
- Tomorrow is the final stage of Tour of the Basque Country
. This exciting race ends with a
14km time trial
!
2007 Paris-Roubaix live streaming
Sunday
- Eurosport of course is providing live coverage of
Sunday's Paris-Roubaix . We'll have the links
for you.
- We told you recently that Adobe was looking to take
its Tour Tracker (used during the Tour of California
) on the road to other races. It will happen starting Monday,
at the Tour de Georgia . Thus, for the first time there
will be live streaming of Tour de Georgia. We'll have all the
links for you.
- Very difficult conditions for live coverage today at Tour
of the Basque Country, with fog, etc.
- At the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, Christopher Sutton
of Cofidis has won the final stage. Andreas Kloden
(Astana) wins the overall.
- The ETB SATlive video stream for Tour of the
Basque Country has also begun.
- The French Eurosport live video stream for
Tour of the Basque Country has begun. If you don't understand
French, then try muting the sound in your media player and play a
live audio stream for your language separately.
- Some of the video streams are only available in Europe.
Audio streams are available worldwide.
- Eurosport's live video and audio streaming of today's
stage of the Tour of the Basque Country has begun.
Start list
( Wiggins, Kloden, Savoldelli,
Backstedt , Brochard ...)
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Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Rue Gazonfier climb
in Le Mans: 18% grade but only 300 meters long. The riders will
have to face this "wall" four times today right before the finish.
Note the stairs to help pedestrians get up the sidewalk.
(photo © 2005 www.cyclingfans.com)
- At the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, Michael Albasini
(Liquigas) won Stage 3 yesterday. Andreas Kloden
(Astana) remains race leader heading into today's final stage to
Le Mans , site of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
auto race depicted in the 1971 action film, "Le Mans," starring
Steve McQueen . Frenchman Nicolas
Vogondy (Agritubel) is currently second overall at just 4 seconds.
Vladimir Duma (Ceramica Flamina) is third at :10.
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC), recent victor in the Critérium
International for the third time, did what he does best in yesterday's
stage 4 of the Tour of the Basque Country, getting
into an early breakaway before attacking his companions and soloing
to the stage victory. Angel Vicioso (Relax-GAM) remains
race leader heading into today's stage. 2006 winner
José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
moved up to second overall at 1:46.
- Eurosport's live coverage of Tour of the Basque Country
should begin at around 15:45 CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).
- Click
here
for Tour of the Basque Country stage 5 profile and
info.
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 5 of the 2007 Vuelta Ciclista
al Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country).
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Live video streaming:
(French)
(English)
(German)
(Italian)
ETB SAT
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
(Google-translated)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Notes:
- At Sarthe, Andreas Kloden (Astana) remains
in the yellow jersey heading into tomorrow's final stage to Le Mans
. With Jens Voigt riding a horse today at Tour of the Basque
Country, perhaps one of the riders at Sarthe will swap his bike for a
sports car on the approach to Le Mans...
- Bike change: According to the Google-translated
ticker of Tour of the Basque Country, Jens Voigt
is now riding a horse up the mountain. (And Team CSC
has just announced that Mr. Ed is now a team sponsor.)
- The French Eurosport live video stream for
Tour of the Basque Country has begun. If you don't understand
French, then try muting the sound in your media player and play a
live audio stream for your language separately.
- The ETB SAT live video stream is now on.
- The Eurosport live audio streams are now broadcasting
today's stage of Tour of the Basque Country.
Start list
( Wiggins, Kloden, Savoldelli,
Backstedt , Brochard ...)
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- Today's Google translation tip: "Frenchwoman
of the plays" in the Google-translated (from French) Sarthe live
ticker refers to the Française des Jeux cycling
team.
- Andreas Kloden (Astana) won yesterday afternoon's
time trial stage at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe and also took
the overall race lead by 2 seconds over Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis).
Frenchman Kilian Patour of Team Slipstream
powered by Chipotle is third overall at 11 seconds.
- Angel Vicioso (Relax-GAM) turned the race upside
down in yesterday's stage 3 of Tour of the Basque Country, taking
the stage victory as well as overall lead. He is a full two minutes
ahead of Bram Tankink of Quickstep-Innergetic.
Previous race leader Juan José Cobo is now in third
at 2:14.
- Eurosport's live coverage of Tour of the Basque Country
should begin at around 15:45 CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).
- Click
here
for Tour of the Basque Country stage 4 profile and
info.
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 4 of the 2007 Vuelta Ciclista
al Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country).
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
(Google-translated)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Notes:
- According to the Google-translated ticker, today's stage
of Tour of the Basque Country saw "Victory for
Vicious person" who also is the new race leader. What a stage
that was. Coverage of this race will of course continue tomorrow
with
plenty more climbing
! Don't bet against "Vicious person"...
- At Sarthe, Bradley Wiggins knocked a full 18 seconds
off of Savoldelli's time, only to see Andreas Kloden do better
still by another 1.5 seconds. There are still riders out on
the course.
- With Gent-Wevelgem just finished, we turn our focus to
the Tour of the Basque Country and the Circuit
Cycliste Sarthe where Paolo Savoldelli (Astana)
currently has the best time in this afternoon's time
trial .
- Tour of the Basque Country is live on ETB SAT.
(link below)
Start list
( Wiggins, Kloden, Savoldelli,
Backstedt , Brochard ...)
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- Thanks Henrik in Denmark and a reader in Slovenia for
precision regarding the English-language Eurosport video stream.
- The ETB SAT live video stream (link below) is
now showing today's stage of the Tour of the Basque Country
. Eurosport should also be covering the end of
this stage after the finish of Gent-Wevelgem.
- Paride Grillo (Ceramica Panaria Navigare) won
this morning's stage 2 into Angers, France at the Circuit Cycliste
Sarthe . Stage 1 winner Angelo Furlan (Credit Agricole)
retains the race lead heading into this afternoon's time trial, which
starts at 15:45 CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern). See Sarthe live
ticker below.
- The French Eurosport live video stream for
Gent-Wevelgem has begun. If you don't understand
French, then try muting the sound in your media player and play a
live audio stream for your language separately.
- The Eurosport audio streams are now live
for .
- Links are now available for Eurosport Gent-Wevelgem
live tickers, in multiple languages.
- There are morning and afternoon stages at the Circuit
Cycliste Sarthe today. The morning stage is scheduled
to arrive in Angers shortly after 12:00 CET (6am U.S. Eastern). The
afternoon stage is an 8.8 km individual time trial with the
first rider departing at 15:45 CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern) and the last
rider arriving at around 18:00 CET (12pm U.S. Eastern).
Start list
( Wiggins, Kloden, Savoldelli,
Backstedt , Brochard ...)
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- Manuel "Triki" Beltran (Liquigas) won yesterday's
stage 2 of the Tour of the Basque Country. The
former USPS/Discovery Channel rider finished ahead of José
Antonio Redondo (Astana) and 2006 overall winner José
Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir). Juan José
Cobo (Saunier Duval) remains race leader, just six seconds
ahead of teammate Gomez Marchante. Beltran is now third overall.
- The media (and notably Eurosport) are giving priority
to Gent-Wevelgem today, so naturally we will
follow that. The Gent-Wevelgem broadcasts, including any streaming
over the internet, should go live roughly at 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S.
Eastern). Time permitting, after the finish of Gent-Wevelgem
they are expected to pick up the finish of today's stage of the Tour
of the Basque Country .
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the races for the latest live race coverage links and
information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for the 2007 Gent-Wevelgem, Stage 3 of the
2007 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (or
Tour of the Basque Country , or Tour du Pays Basque in
French), and the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe .
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Live video streaming:
(French)
(Europe only)
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
(Babel Fish-translated)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Notes:
- There will be lots of racing tomorrow, Wednesday.
In addtion to the Tour of the Basque Country
and the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, we'll have live
coverage links for Gent-Wevelgem !
- The ETB SAT live video stream for Tour of
the Basque Country is
here
.
- Eurosport's coverage of Tour of the Basque Country
began a few minutes late. Some of the audio streams are
now live .
- The live video streaming of Tour of the
Basque Country should get underway in a few minutes, at
16:00 CET (10am U.S. Eastern).
- What would following a race be like without the wonders
of Google translation? "The two young buildings (sit up) and
lets the group return to any ball!" Yes, the escape at Sarthe
has been caught by the peloton who now may attend the ball.
For your reading pleasure, a Google-translated version of the
Sarthe race live ticker is
here
.
Start list
( Wiggins, Kloden, Savoldelli,
Backstedt , Brochard ...)
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- Eurosport is broadcasting the Tour of the
Basque Country live . Coverage is scheduled to begin
today at around 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
- Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
won yesterday's stage 1 ahead of Constantino Zaballa (Caisse
d'Epargne) and Oscar Sevilla (Relax-GAM).
Defending champion José Angel Gomez Marchante
(Saunier Duval-Prodir) finished 4th, 13 seconds back.
In stage 1, Alberto Contador was the top finisher
for Discovery Channel, finishing 22nd at 32
seconds. In the teams classification, Discovery Channel ranked
20th of 23 teams, finishing ahead of only Karpin-Galizia, Bouygues Telecom
and Unibet.com.
- After lots of climbing in yesterday's Stage 1, there
is plenty more in Stage 2 today. They don't mess around in
this race. Click
here
for stage profile and info.
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 2 of the 2007 Vuelta Ciclista
al Pais Vasco (or Tour of the Basque Country, or Tour du Pays
Basque in French).
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Live video streaming:
(English)
(German)
(Spanish)
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
(Google-translated)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Notes:
- Live coverage of the Tour of the Basque
Country will of course continue tomorrow as well.
- The
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire
starts tomorrow. Among the riders expected at
the start line: Bradley Wiggins, Christophe Moreau,
Simon Gerrans, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Nicolas Roche, Andreas Kloden
, Paolo Savoldelli , Magnus Backstedt
, Laurent Brochard . Team Slipstream
of the U.S. is bringing, among others, Brad Huff, Tim Duggan and
William Frischkorn. There will be a live ticker
for this race.
Start list
.
Cycling news flash: CSC's
Juan Jose Haedo
of Argentina has won the 92nd Rund um Koeln race
in Cologne, Germany.
- There is a Google-translated live ticker from
the Tour of the Basque Country official site
here
.
- There is another Tour of the Basque Country live
video stream
here
. (ETB SAT) (Thanks, Bernie and thanks David!)
- If you hear the audio but do not see video when you
click on the English-language Eurosport live video
stream , try clicking the Full Screen button once
the Eurosport page is open. Alternatively, you can select one
of the other Eurosport live video streams, mute the sound in your
media player, and play the English-language live audio stream separately.
- The Eurosport live video streams have gone....live.
- The Eurosport audio streams for Tour of the
Basque Country have gone live.
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
2006 winner
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Danilo Di Luca
2005 winner
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Denis Menchov
2004 winner
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Iban Mayo
2003 winner
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photos Copyright
© 2004-2006 Pete Geyer
- The 2007 edition of the Tour of the Basque Country
features four past winners: José Angel Gomez Marchante
(2006), Danilo Di Luca (2005), Denis Menchov (2004) and Iban Mayo
(2003). But this race is also loaded with other talented riders,
including 2007 Paris-Nice winner Alberto "The Accountant" Contador,
Carlos Sastre, Frank Schleck, Jens Voigt, Bobby Julich, Alejandro
Valverde, Michael Rasmussen, Thomas Dekker, Damiano Cunego, Marzio Bruseghin,
Davide Rebellin, Stephan Schumacher, Bernhard Kohl, Axel Merckx, Serhiy
Gonchar, Michael Rogers, Patrik Sinkewitz, Cadel Evans, Chris Horner,
Dario Cioni, Samuel Sanchez, Mirko Celestino, Sandy Casar, Thomas Lovkvist,
Bradley McGee, Francisco Mancebo, Oscar Sevilla, and Marcos Serrano to
name a few.
- With the spring classics riders moving from yesterday's
Tour of Flanders to Wednesday's Gent-Wevelgem
(live on Eurosport) and especially next Sunday's Paris-Roubaix
(also live on Eurosport) , just about every other big name in
the sport seems to be racing in the Tour of the Basque Country this
week. Also this week, starting tomorrow: Circuit
Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire .
- Eurosport is broadcasting the Tour of the
Basque Country live . Coverage is scheduled to begin
today at around 15:45 CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).
- Stage 1 wastes no time getting into the thick of things
with NINE rated climbs. Click
here
for stage profile and info.
- Be sure to reload this page occasionally during
the race for the latest live race coverage links and information.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 1 of the 2007 Vuelta Ciclista
al Pais Vasco (or Tour of the Basque Country, or Tour du Pays
Basque in French).
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Live video streaming:
(English)
(German)
(Spanish)
Live audio streaming:
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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