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Tour de France: Stage 20 Live Thread (Sunday, July 23, 2006) Sceaux - Antony > Paris - 154.5 km
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Posted on 07/23/2006 2:45:30 AM PDT by Aeronaut
Last day! Floyd Landis is in the Yellow Jersey.
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: bicycle; bike; cycling; landis; letour; tdf; tdfstagethread; tour; tourdefrance
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posted on
07/23/2006 2:45:32 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
To: Aeronaut; whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; stylin_geek; ...
Tour de France ping!
Please FReepmail nutmeg if you want on or off the Tour de France 2006 list. 
Course: Unlike most recent final stages that looped through the countryside south or east of Paris before entering the city, the entire course is on suburban and city streets in the southern and western parts of the metro area. Most significant is the very steep Cat. 4 climb of Mont Valérien after 72km, which is followed by a fast sweep down to the Seine River at Clichy. The next 20km are along the right bank of the Seine before riders reach the traditional Champs-Élysées circuit after 100km. Eight laps of the 6.5km circuit complete the 2006 Tour, 400 meters after the final right turn from the Place de la Concorde.
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posted on
07/23/2006 2:49:40 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
07/23/2006 3:37:07 AM PDT
by
9999lakes
To: Aeronaut
Bonjour! Merci pour le Tour de Landis ping! Allez, Hurricane Floyd!
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posted on
07/23/2006 3:47:20 AM PDT
by
bwteim
(bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Aeronaut
To: Aeronaut
What is Landis' home state?
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posted on
07/23/2006 3:54:13 AM PDT
by
larryjohnson
(USAF(Ret))
To: larryjohnson
What is Landis' home state?Pennsylvania.
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posted on
07/23/2006 3:55:03 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: AmericaUnited
The top twenty-five at the start of the final stage:
| 1 |
071 |
LANDIS Floyd |
PHO |
USA |
|
| 2 |
097 |
PEREIRO SIO Oscar |
CEI |
ESP |
00' 59" |
| 3 |
021 |
KLÖDEN Andréas |
TMO |
GER |
01' 29" |
| 4 |
014 |
SASTRE Carlos |
CSC |
ESP |
03' 13" |
| 5 |
061 |
EVANS Cadel |
DVL |
AUS |
05' 08" |
| 6 |
051 |
MENCHOV Denis |
RAB |
RUS |
07' 06" |
| 7 |
035 |
DESSEL Cyril |
A2R |
FRA |
08' 41" |
| 8 |
031 |
MOREAU Christophe |
A2R |
FRA |
09' 37" |
| 9 |
129 |
ZUBELDIA Haimar |
EUS |
ESP |
12' 05" |
| 10 |
026 |
ROGERS Michael |
TMO |
AUS |
15' 07" |
| 11 |
015 |
SCHLECK Frank |
CSC |
LUX |
17' 46" |
| 12 |
081 |
CUNEGO Damiano |
LAM |
ITA |
19' 21" |
| 13 |
041 |
LEIPHEIMER Levi |
GST |
USA |
19' 22" |
| 14 |
052 |
BOOGERD Michael |
RAB |
NED |
19' 46" |
| 15 |
042 |
FOTHEN Marcus |
GST |
GER |
19' 57" |
| 16 |
111 |
CAUCCHIOLI Pietro |
C.A |
ITA |
21' 12" |
| 17 |
088 |
VALJAVEC Tadej |
LAM |
SLO |
26' 25" |
| 18 |
058 |
RASMUSSEN Mickael |
RAB |
DEN |
28' 14" |
| 19 |
001 |
AZEVEDO José |
DSC |
POR |
38' 08" |
| 20 |
084 |
BRUSEGHIN Marzio |
LAM |
ITA |
43' 05" |
| 21 |
092 |
ARROYO David |
CEI |
ESP |
44' 00" |
| 22 |
089 |
VILA ERRANDONEA Patxi |
LAM |
ESP |
44' 28" |
| 23 |
027 |
SINKEWITZ Patrik |
TMO |
GER |
49' 01" |
| 24 |
016 |
VANDEVELDE Christian |
CSC |
USA |
50' 27" |
| 25 |
007 |
POPOVYCH Yaroslav |
DSC |
UKR |
52' 02" |
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posted on
07/23/2006 3:58:04 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: Aeronaut
How does the final leg match up with Landis's strengths? What's are the Tour prognosticators saying regarding his chances of winning?
To: Aeronaut
The pundits declared Landis the winner of the TDF yesterday. With such a distance on the final leg, and only a minute separating Landis and Pereiro, isn't that a bit premature?
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:06:43 AM PDT
by
Ben Chad
To: AmericaUnited
How does the final leg match up with Landis's strengths? What's are the Tour prognosticators saying regarding his chances of winning?The final day is almost always cerimonial in nature. The last time it was contested (as I recall) was 1989 when it was an ITT. They usually figure that the winner is determined the day before.
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:07:26 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: Aeronaut
love those graphics representations.. makes it so much easier for we ADDH weirdos! Thanks for ping Aeronaut!
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:10:08 AM PDT
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: Aeronaut
On board for the final day. I'm ready for OLN to flick on the screen for the last ride.
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:15:08 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Weapons are not toys to play with, they are tools to be used.)
To: DollyCali
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:29:15 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("Endless repetition is not a coherent argument." —Thomas Sowell)
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:34:24 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: in God is our trust.)
To: DollyCali
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:44:41 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
To: Aeronaut
History (per velonews):
Every Tour has finished in the Paris area: at Ville d'Avray in the suburbs in 1903; at the now defunct Parc des Princes velodrome (1904-67); the Municipal Velodrome at Vincennes (1968-74); and, from 1975, on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Only three times in the past 20 years has the finale not produced a mass sprint - last year, when winner Vinokourov broke clear with Brad McGee in the final kilometer; in 1994, when a small break succeeded and Frenchman Eddy Seigneur took it by three seconds from American Frankie Andreu; and in 1987, when another American, Jeff Pierce, brought home a break by a second from Canadian Steve Bauer.
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:48:19 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
To: All
A few min ago...
13:40 - Peloton In The Neutral Zone... The peloton is currently rolling along slowly in the 5.7km neutral zone on the way to the site of the official start of the final stage of the 2006 Tour de France. Floyd Landis, Robbie McEwen, Mickael Rasmussen and Damiano Cunego are at the front of the bunch posing for photos in their prize jerseys.
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:51:29 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
To: Aeronaut
Yours isn't so bad either. Thanks Good start to the day, and now on to le Tour.
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posted on
07/23/2006 4:59:52 AM PDT
by
wita
(truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
To: Aeronaut; Ready4Freddy
Thanks for the ping A-Naut! It's already started? Shoot! I thought it was gonna be 7:30 today. I didn't miss 'em singing the "Kumbaya" chorus, did I?
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posted on
07/23/2006 5:12:39 AM PDT
by
leilani
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