Tour de France Stage 6 LIVE

Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 17:30

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Friday's Tour de France Stage 7 Profile

2009 Tour de France: It has not been an easy week for top favorite Alberto Contador, seen above arriving at the Stage 6 finish. Under normal circumstances, Contador should look forward to Friday's first mountain stage. But with teammate and 7-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong back racing the Tour, what exactly will be Astana's strategy? We'll soon know.
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2009 Tour de France, Stage 5: Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) finally
wins a stage in the Tour de France.
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2009 Tour de France: Voeckler raids the PowerBar stand before the start;
he would be in a breakaway early, from kilometer 29, and all day long.
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2009 Tour de France: Robert Gesink (Rabobank) finished the stage with a
broken wrist suffered in a crash. He is out of the race.
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- Friday's Tour de France Stage 7 departs Barcelona at 10:50 CET (4:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Andorre Arcalis between 16:46 and 17:23 CET (10:46am and 11:23am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 8:00am U.S. Eastern. Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 13:45 CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern).

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- Tour de France LIVE video streaming via Versus. Link at right.

- Tour de France Stage 6 departs Girona, Spain at 12:45 CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Barcelona between 17:03 and 17:27 CET (11:03am and 11:27am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 8:30am U.S. Eastern. Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 14:15 CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern).

Tour de France Stage 6 Profile

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