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Friday, June 29, 2007
Eyes On The Tour de France
-A Photographic Exhibition by Graham Watson-
London, July 1-9, 2007
Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault on Alpe d'Huez,
1986 Tour de France
Photo Copyright
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Graham Watson
Sunflowers, 2000 Tour de France, by Graham Watson
Photo Copyright
©
Graham Watson
The 2007 Tour de France gets underway with
a prologue in London just one week from tomorrow and cycling fans
lucky enough to be there can also catch a photographic exhibition
by world reknowned cycling photographer, Graham Watson. Entry
to the exhibit, which opens on Sunday (July 1) and runs through
July 9, is free. 30 years of great cycling photography.
Not to be missed.
For more information:
County Hall Gallery, Graham Watson: Eyes on the
Tour de France
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Discovery Channel to race
inaugural Tour of Missouri
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
is reporting today that the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling
team is the first team to sign on to compete in the inaugural
Tour of Missouri which starts September 11
in Kansas City and ends September 16 in St. Louis.
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Briefly:
Versus Channel cycling commentator Phil Liggett
has begun his
Tour de France journal,
speculating on the Tour prologue in London as well as favorites
for the overall.
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- David Walsh is at it again.
- Just in time for the Tour de France, Irish writer
David Walsh has yet another book about Lance Armstrong.
Titled "From Lance to Landis: Inside the
American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France," the book
hits store shelves today.
Even as the sport of cycling has been turned upside
down over the Operation Puerto scandal in Spain,
Walsh continues to track Armstrong. The speculation is that
this is mostly re-hashed material from Walsh's two earlier books,
both released only in French in collaboration with former L'Equipe
journalist, Pierre Ballester. We'll get a
copy of "From Lance to Landis" and post our take on it.
Walsh has now surpassed Armstrong in number of books
written about the champion.
We're keeping score:
Books about Lance Armstrong:
Lance Armstrong: 2
David Walsh: 3
Tour de France victories:
Lance Armstrong: 7
David Walsh: 0
- Floyd Landis also has a book, the recently
released "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the
Tour de France."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Tour de France partners with YouTube
As part of a major overhaul of its website,
Tour de France organizers have announced
a deal with the popular YouTube video sharing
website to offer the "Official Tour de France channel"
featuring a selection of official race videos.
For more info and to check out the new
YouTube TdF channel, click
here
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As we reported back in March, France Télévisions
will be shooting and broadcasting the 2007 Tour de France
in high definition television. The latest on this
subject, from the official TdF website:
The Tour de France, a test bench of innovations
in the media, will be filmed and broadcasted by France Télévisions
in high definition (HD). The technological challenge promises
viewers strong sensations.
The media have devoted themselves for more
than a century to the mission of making the Tour come alive
for their readers, audiences and viewers. The constant challenge
has been how to bring the public closer to the pack. Since the
arrival of television, all kinds of records have been broken in the
Tour: the first live broadcast on location showed the finish of
the last stage in the Parc des Princes in 1948, the first images
broadcasted live from a motorcycle during the race arrived in the 60s…
In the turn of the 21st Century, the images of the Tour are broadcasted
in 185 countries all over the world: the production is guaranteed by
5 motorcycles, 2 helicopters, and 10 fixed cameras at the finish line.
The important operation set up is enough
to meet the expectations of the most demanding viewers. The
2007 edition of the Tour de France will set a new milestone in
the search for realism. With HD television, the sharpness of
the image obtained makes traditional screens seem like something
from the black-and-white era: an image composed before of 625 lines,
now has 1,080.
France Télévisions and the
teams of the SFP (French Production Company) have embarked
themselves on a ground-breaking initiative. Although HD has
been greatly used in the US (NHL, NBA…) and Japan, the filming
and broadcasting of images transmitted live through HF, i.e. wireless,
is a first in the world. As this is the most problematic aspect from
a technical point of view, almost four years of preparation were necessary.
The last tests were carried out in live conditions in Paris-Tours 2006
and Paris-Roubaix 2007.
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Selected archive video/audio clips,
race
replays and photo galleries
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Notes:
- Eurosport's live audio streams are
playing the final stage of the Dauphiné Libéré.
- The France3.fr live video stream
has begun.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 15:30 CET (9:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- Also on today:
Tour de Suisse
Tour de Suisse Live Ticker
Tour Live images/data
- Today's France3.fr live video streaming
is scheduled to begin at 16:30 CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).
It is available only in Europe.
- Eurosport's live coverage should
begin at around 16:15 CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern). The
live audio streams are available worldwide.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 7 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(Available in Europe only)
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Notes:
- Eurosport's live audio streams are
playing the Dauphiné Libéré.
- France3.fr live video streaming
is playing today's stage of the Dauphiné
Libéré.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- Also on today:
Tour de Suisse
Tour de Suisse Live Ticker
Tour Live images/data
- Today's France3.fr live video streaming
is scheduled to begin at 14:50 CET (8:50am U.S. Eastern).
It is available only in Europe.
- Eurosport's live coverage should
begin at around 16:15 CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern). The
live audio streams are available worldwide.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 6 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(Available in Europe only)
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Notes:
Dauphiné Libéré Stage 6 Tomorrow
- The
Tour de Suisse
(Tour of Switzerland) gets underway tomorrow and runs
through Sunday, June 24. The official site coverage will
include the
Tour Live
feature, developed by cnlab AG. This coverage,
which we have included for applicable races in our Live
Guides in the past, involves the live transmission,
at 30 second intervals, of webcam still images
and data from within the race. Unlike
technology-challenged Tour de France organizer Amaury
Sport Organization (ASO) who still use paper and pen and have
long been hesitant to employ computer applications even at Tour headquarters
in Issy-les-Moulineaux, the Tour
de Suisse Radio Tour commentator uses a TabletPC
connected to the TourLive system. Tour Live is also delivered
to spectators equipped with various Personal Digital
Assistants (PDAs). Hats off to the Tour de Suisse (and
Tour de Romandie) organizers and cnlab for innovation. A.S.O.
could learn something here.
- The Eurosport live audio streams are
playing today's stage of the Dauphiné Libéré.
- The France3 live video streaming may
not be available outside Europe, but their archived coverage
(available worldwide) is varied and excellent for
those who understand French. Each morning there is a report
from the start village. Yesterday's
"La chronique, le Matinale" features a brief interview with
two-time Dauphiné (and Tour) winner Bernard Thévenet.
Thévenet is presented a Vino-signed yellow
jersey (France3 is giving away a signed jersey each day
to webcast viewers in France) by his daughter
Nelly , a podium girl (and hôtesse) at the Dauphiné.
- The France3.fr live video stream (Europe
only) is playing Stage 5 of the Dauphiné Libéré.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- The first Mont Ventoux stage video
posted on France3.fr (see below)
opens with lead race commentator Thierry Adam
and consultant Laurent Jalabert standing at
the top of the mountain. Adam is taking over lead commentating
for France 2/3 coverage of the Tour de France next
month, with two-time Tour champion Laurent
Fignon replacing longtime favorite (and also two-time Tour champion)
Bernard Thévenet as color commentator.
Jalabert will cover the Tour live from the back of a motorcycle.
- France3.fr is archiving its
live video streaming and is making
it available for worldwide viewing as free Video On Demand
(VOD). Its coverage began with yesterday's stage to
Mont Ventoux and will continue through the end
of the race on Sunday. The first archived video is a full
hour of yesterday's stage to the foot of Mont Ventoux. Click
on the L'étape du Jour graphic above to open
the France3.fr Stage 4 coverage page, then once on that page, find
and click on the same graphic there to start the video. You can
also get there by going to the France3.fr Dauphiné Libéré
coverage homepage, the link for which is labeled
"Daily news videos and info" in our Selected
archive video/audio clips section above.
- Today's France3.fr live
video streaming is scheduled to begin at 14:40 CET
(8:40am U.S. Eastern). It is available only in Europe.
- Eurosport's live coverage should
begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern). The
live audio streams are available worldwide.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 5 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(Available in Europe only)
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Notes:
- It is very windy up on Mont Ventoux
, preventing the placement of the usual
inflatable race markers on the course.
- The Eurosport live audio streams are
playing today's stage of the Dauphiné Libéré
. (Thanks, Mike) Available
worldwide.
- The France3.fr Dauphiné Libéré
live video streaming has begun. It is only available
in Europe.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- French television station,
France3 , is providing
live video streaming of the remainder of the
Dauphiné Libéré
, starting with today's stage to Mont Ventoux
. Today's broadcast is scheduled to begin at 14:40 CET
(8:40am U.S. Eastern). Will it be available worldwide?
Stay tuned...
- Cyclingnews is joining
the Dauphiné Libére live
coverage today with a live ticker .
- Eurosport's live coverage
should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern).
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 4 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(Available in Europe only)
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Rare Dauphiné Libéré
race footage of Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Lance
Armstrong
Daily 2007 Dauphiné
Libéré France3 news video clips
(Click image above, select
a stage and look for the evening news graphic:
)
Notes:
- Eurosport's live audio streams are
playing Stage 3 of the Dauphiné Libéré
.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- France3 is promising
live video streaming of the
Dauphiné Libéré
starting with tomorrow's (Thursday) big stage to
Mont Ventoux . Though France3 has
announced no details regarding eventual country restrictions,
we are cautiously optimistic the streams will be available worldwide
because that was the case with France3 live streaming we've
listed earlier in the season.
- Today's Stage 3 is a
40.7km individual time trial around
Anneyron . You can find the start order
and start times
here
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The final 10 riders to depart
today and start times (in CET) are:
133 (111) 15h23 : JOLY Sébastien FDJ
134 (5) 15h25 : MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi DSC
135 (101) 15h27 : ZABRISKIE David CSC
136 (41) 15h29 : VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro GCE
137 (4) 15h31 : HINCAPIE George DSC
138 (75) 15h33 : KASHECHKIN Andrey AST
139 (1) 15h35 : LEIPHEIMER Levi DSC
140 (88) 15h37 : WIGGINS Bradley COF
141 (78) 15h39 : REDONDO RAMOS José Antonio
AST
142 (11) 15h41 : MOREAU Christophe A2R
- Eurosport's live coverage
should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern).
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 3 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(coming)
Live audio streaming:
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
(English)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Notes:
- Eurosport's live audio streams are
playing Stage 2 of the Dauphiné Libéré
.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- Eurosport's live coverage
should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern).
- It will be a day or two
before we have all live coverage links.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 2 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(coming)
Live audio streaming:
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
(English)
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Notes:
- Eurosport's live coverage of the
Dauphine Libere has
begun. The live audio streams
are now playing the race.
- Eurosport's live coverage of today's
stage of the Dauphiné Libéré
should begin after the tennis match.
- The Eurosport French
live ticker is active along with the official
site tickers in English and French.
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- Eurosport's live coverage
should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern).
- It will be a day or two
before we have all live coverage links.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for Stage 1 of the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(coming)
Live audio streaming:
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Notes:
- As they do each year, French radio station
France Bleu Isère is providing live
coverage and updates during the final
30-60 minutes of each stage of the Dauphiné
Libéré . You can listen
in live
here
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- George Hincapie
of Discovery Channel currently
has the best time in today's prologue.
- The French-language official site ticker
is updated more often than
the English-language ticker.
- For the start order and start times for today's
prologue, click
here
. At 16:36 CET (10:36am U.S. Eastern), American
Christian Vande Velde is just getting his race under
way. Here are the start times for the final group
of riders:
18:48:00 (181) ASTARLOA ASCASIBAR Igor MRM
18:49:00 (178) VOECKLER Thomas BTL
18:50:00 (161) VALJAVEC Tadej LAM
18:51:00 (151) BOONEN Tom QSI
18:52:00 (141) LANDALUZE Inigo EUS
18:53:00 (131) BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel LIQ
18:54:00 (121) KNAVEN Servais TMO
18:55:00 (111) JOLY Sébastien FDJ
18:56:00 (101) ZABRISKIE David CSC
18:57:00 (91) EVANS Cadel PRL
18:58:00 (88) WIGGINS Bradley COF
18:59:00 (71) VINOKOUROV Alexandre AST
19:00:00 (61) HUSHOVD Thor C.A
19:01:00 (51) MILLAR David SDV
19:02:00 (41) VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro GCE
19:03:00 (31) MENCHOV Denis RAB
19:04:00 (21) KOHL Bernhard GST
19:05:00 (11) MOREAU Christophe A2R
19:06:00 (1) LEIPHEIMER Levi DSC
- The official site ticker (English) has begun.
- The Dauphiné Libéré
prologue is under way with
Milram's Volodymyr Dyudya the first to depart. It
is currently raining in Grenoble. The official site
English-language ticker has not yet begun but you can follow the
French-language ticker
here
. Again, Eurosport's live broadcast (and
live streams) isn't expected to begin until tomorrow,
Monday, due to today's men's tennis final at Roland Garros.
New book: La
grande histoire du Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
A book about the history
of the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
has just been published. Written by longtime
race director, Thierry Cazeneuve
, the book tells the story of the Dauphiné's champions
from Edouard Klabinski in
1947 to Levi Leipheimer in 2006 . Past Dauphiné
winners also include Jacques Anquetil, Eddy
Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond, Miguel Indurain and Lance
Armstrong!
The book is in French and
costs 29.90 euros (about $40 U.S.).
For more, read on: (click
on the graphic to order)
As the only cycling race
in the world that has been won by all cyclists who won
the Tour de France five or more times, the Critérium
du Dauphiné Libéré keeps on exercising
its wonderful magic over the world. As its sixtieth birthday
draws near, its charm is still as great as ever. It paces dream
geography, but its own history carries it. Lance Armstrong
- and others before him - said : "This is the most beautiful race
in the world after the Tour de France. And when you see that the
greatest champions won it, at least one time, you feel invest with
an obligation : to do as well…"
Since 1947, the Critérium
du Dauphiné Libéré has done nothing
but grow and beautify. It always creates warm friendships,
acting like a breeding ground for solidarity, and produces
hundreds of memories.
Both a reference and a photo
album, this book tells the great epic of the Critérium
du Dauphiné Libéré through its greatest
winners, from Klabinski in 1947 to Leipheimer in 2006, but
also through the areas and cities of Rhône-Alpes covered
in the past sixty years.
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- The first rider in today's Dauphiné
Libéré 4.2km prologue will depart
at 15:27 CET (9:27am U.S. Eastern). The last rider
will finish at around 19:07 CET (1:07pm U.S. Eastern).
- Our next Dauphine Libere
update here after 14:30 CET (8:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- It will be a day or two
before we have all live coverage links.
- Due to Sunday's men's final
at the French Open tennis tournament, Eurosport's
live coverage of the Dauphine Libere
race is not expected to begin before Monday.
- Be sure to
reload this page occasionally during the
race for the latest live race coverage
links and information. The most
recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live
coverage guide for the
2007 Dauphiné Libéré.
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Live video streaming:
(coming)
Live audio streaming:
France Bleu Isère
radio (French)
is providing live coverage
and updates during the
last hour of each stage.
France Bleu Isère website
Live tickers:
Deutsch -
Español
Français
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Italiano
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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