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- Sunday's Tour de France Stage 9 departs Saint-Gaudens at 12:25 CET (6:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Tarbes between 16:30 and 16:55 CET (10:30am and 10:55am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live coverage on Versus TV is scheduled to begin at 7:00am U.S. Eastern (6:20am U.S. Eastern for the Versus live streaming).  Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 12:30 CET (6:30am U.S. Eastern).

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- Versus Tour de France LIVE stream working well.  Link at right.

- TDF LIVE via Eurosport Germany here.

- Tour de France LIVE on Rai Due.  Link at right.

- Le Tour LIVE via France 2 here.

- Tour de France LIVE video streaming on Versus, before the TV broadcast.  Link at right.

- Tour de France Stage 8 departs Andorre-la-Vielle at 12:20 CET (6:20am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Saint-Girons between 16:55 and 17:24 CET (10:55am and 11:24am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live coverage on Versus is scheduled to begin at 7:30am U.S. Eastern.  Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 12:15 CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern).

Tour de France Stage 8 Profile

- For Tour de France via satellite info, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

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- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Tour de France.