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Stage 15 -- Le Tour de France
Tour Website ^ | 7/17/2005

Posted on 07/17/2005 1:34:43 AM PDT by Aeronaut

Four cat 1 climbs ending with an HC climb!


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Gonna be a tough day in the saddle.
1 posted on 07/17/2005 1:34:44 AM PDT by Aeronaut
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To: Aeronaut; whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; Drango; ...
Tour de France ping!

Please FReepmail nutmeg if you want on or off the Tour de France 2005 list.

2 posted on 07/17/2005 1:36:16 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Aeronaut

I hope Lance's team steps up and helps him out big time today. He seams to have been on his own these past few days.


3 posted on 07/17/2005 1:41:10 AM PDT by msnimje
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"I hope Lance's team steps up and helps him out big time today. He seams to have been on his own these past few days."

They seemed to get blown away more easily than they shoud've yesterday. But then Armstrong is benefiting from the infighting in Team Telekom, Vino needs to get himself a new team pretty sharpish as he obviously has no future in that one after Ulrich has repeatedly stabbed him in the back.


4 posted on 07/17/2005 1:45:54 AM PDT by Canard
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To: msnimje
I hope Lance's team steps up and helps him out big time today. He seams to have been on his own these past few days.

I think that might be getting overplayed a bit. Yesterday Ullrich had a teammate in the final challenge, but Lance didn't, and neither did anyone else. But, I do agree completely with your first sentence.

5 posted on 07/17/2005 1:46:42 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Aeronaut

when does the race start?


6 posted on 07/17/2005 1:48:46 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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when does the race start?

About 4:10 AM CDT.

7 posted on 07/17/2005 1:50:02 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Aeronaut

Is that Central Time US/Canada?


8 posted on 07/17/2005 1:51:18 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Aeronaut

could of just said in about 17 minutes.. :D


9 posted on 07/17/2005 1:53:17 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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Is that Central Time US/Canada?

Yes. It is 11:10 AM in frensh time.

10 posted on 07/17/2005 1:53:31 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Aeronaut

Who is going to win this stage? Make your bets now!


11 posted on 07/17/2005 1:54:39 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Aeronaut
Who is going to win this stage? Make your bets now!

LANCE... he hasn't won a stage in awhile, maybe he wants to rub their noses in it. :D

12 posted on 07/17/2005 1:56:12 AM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Aeronaut
10:56 (3:56) - Welcome To The Live Coverage Of Stage 15

The 15th stage of the 2005 Tour de France, from Lezat-sur-Leze to Saint-Lar-Soulon (Pla-d’Adet), will get underway at 11.10am (4:10 CDT). There is only 600m of neutral zone before the flag will fall to signal the start of the hardest stage of the 92nd edition of the race.

13 posted on 07/17/2005 2:00:43 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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I was wondering but I could have sworn that after last years win Armstrong said he wouldn't compete in the Tour de France this year. If true what made him change his mind?
14 posted on 07/17/2005 2:04:10 AM PDT by Doofer
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To: Aeronaut
Six Tough Climbs In Stage 15

The 15th stage features no less than six difficult climbs. It will be an emotional day as the peloton passes the memorial to Fabio Casartelli who lost his life because of injuries sustained in a crash during the Tour de France 10 years ago. The race direction will stop on the first climb to pay tribute to the 1992 Olympic road race champion.

The climbs today are:

The cat-two Col du Portet d’Aspet (at 85km)
The cat-1 Col de Mente (at 100.5km)
The cat-1 Col du Portillon (at 137.5km)
The cat-1 Col de Peyresourde (at 162km)
The cat-1 Col de Val-Louron Azet (at 182.5km)
And the final ascent to the ‘hors category’ summit at Pla-d’Adet

15 posted on 07/17/2005 2:04:48 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Doofer
I was wondering but I could have sworn that after last years win Armstrong said he wouldn't compete in the Tour de France this year. If true what made him change his mind?

...a new contract with the Discovery Channel required him to ride at least once more. He decided to get it over with and do it this year.

16 posted on 07/17/2005 2:06:01 AM PDT by Aeronaut (2 Chronicles 7:14.)
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To: Aeronaut

5 km The peloton is all together after five kilometers.


17 posted on 07/17/2005 2:20:40 AM PDT by Eurotwit (WI)
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To: Eurotwit

Good Morning!

;-)


18 posted on 07/17/2005 3:39:30 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Eurotwit

Break has 14:25 now.
The 14 Escapees...

Pereiro (PHO) 24th @24'40

Hincapie (DSC) 25th @24'59

Boogerd (RAB) 29th @32'54
Dekker (RAB) 120th @2h15'27
Kroon (RAB) 152nd @2h38'21

Astarloza (A2R) 31st @34'33

Sevilla (TMO) 34th @37'27

Brochard (BTL) 37th @50'15
Pineau (BTL) 55th @1h10'21

Caucchioli (C.A) 43rd @59'25

Camano (EUS) 95th @1h44'12

Bertogliati (SDV) 107th @1h59'25

Davis (LSW) 117th @2h07'01

Bertolini (DOM) 132nd @2h24'04


19 posted on 07/17/2005 3:57:32 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: ScaniaBoy

They are beginning the first of six climbs:

Km 85 - Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) - 5.9 km climb to 6.9 % - 2 Category

There is an award in memorial to Fabio Cassartelli for the first over the top.

Will it be Cassatelli's former Motorola teammate, Hincapie?


20 posted on 07/17/2005 4:02:10 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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