Category: 2005 Tour de France
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Hincapie Wins the Queen Stage of the 2005 Tour
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI haven’t focused on stage results in covering the The Tour de France this year, but I wanted to salute George Hincapie who won his first ever Tour de France stage today at the summit of Pla d’Adet. As many others have said, he’s the only rider on the Discovery Channel…
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Anger Can Focus or Distract Riders from Their Larger Goals
Reading Time: 2 minutesMartin Dugard has picked up on the antipathy that exists between Lance Armstrong and some of his American challengers. In a posting from today, Dugard said: I�ve written quite a bit about the fractured relations between the American riders. But as the Tour marches on its merry way to Paris, the schism…
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Stage 14 in HD at Theaters on Saturday to Benefit the Tyler Hamilton and Davis Phinney Foundations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today I received an email from National Cinemedia announcing that Live. Loud. Large: Tour de France Stage 14 on the Big Screen will take place on Saturday, July 16, beginning at 8:30am Eastern Time. Tickets are $20 and will be available at the door or on-line at www.bigscreenraces.com. This is…
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Crashes Taking Their Toll on the Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI woke up this morning to learn that Tom Boonen did not start Stage 12 earlier today. BBC Sports reported that Boonen was suffering from an effusion of the knee, resulting in 80 centiliters of blood being drained. A can of soda is 35.5 centiliters. Boonen crashed a total of three…
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Did Armstrong Want to Punish Riis with His Stage 10 Performance?
Reading Time: 2 minutesMartin Durgand’s posting after Stage 10 suggested that Lance Armstrong may have been motivated to smash the peloton on the way to Courchevel yesterday to send a message to Biarne Riis, Team CSC’s Directeur Sportif. Durgand pointed out, “Last Tuesday Bjarne Riis of the CSC team went on record as saying Armstrong…
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SRM and Polar Using Auxiliary Transmitters to Boost Signals from Bike Computers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the questions I asked in the recent article Heart Rate Monitor Data Integrated into OLN Broadcasts was how is heart rate monitor data transmitted beyond the receiver on rider’s bikes? The standard transmitters for most heart rate monitors have a range of about 2 meters (6 feet). The other…
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Inside the OLN Production Truck at the Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of weeks ago I interviewed Peter Sumpf, Vice President of Network Operations for the Outdoor Life Network, on how OLN brings the Tour de France to Viewers in North America. When the interview was over I thought to myself that it would be great if someone took some photos…
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Alex Trautwig’s Doing a Great Job Blogging at the Tour de France
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOf all the people blogging for Active.com, I’m most interested in Alex Trautwig’s perspective. This is OLN anchorman Al Trautwig’s son. Operation Gadget readers may remember that I pointed out Alex Trautwig’s photography during last year’s Tour. Alex is 14 years old and he’s covering his second Tour de France. Whoever…
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Getting a Better Picture of What’s Happening at the Tour by Reading On-site and Off-site Weblogs
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter blogging two of the major races in the United States in person this season, the Wachovia Cycling Series and the Dodge Tour de Georgia, I’ve come to the conclusion that blogging a pro cycling race in person is really hard. To see what I mean, read Sammarye Lewis’ account on Velogal…