Notes:  (latest notes always appear at the top)

- For Tour of Qatar (and cycling generally) via satellite info, check out our cycling via satellite blog by MJ Ray here.

- Tour of Qatar photos:  There are already a few photos from the start of today's stage available via our Yahoo photo gallery link.  We'll have more pics after the stage from Fotoreporter Sirotti.

- Eurosport's live coverage of the Tour of Qatar Stage 2 has begun; we have audio feeds currently playing the race live in English, Deutsch, and Espanol.

- The Tour of Qatar Stage 2 starts at 12:53pm local time (10:53 CET or 4:53am U.S. Eastern).  Eurosport live coverage of Stage 2 is scheduled to begin at 13:00 CET (7am U.S. Eastern).  (This coverage should be preceded by a replay of the Stage 1 Team Time Trial.)  There should be live streaming audio.  We will be on the lookout for any live video feeds.  We will also look for Tour of Qatar video highlights and clips.

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Tour of Qatar.