2007 Tour de France begins Saturday, July 7

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[montomike]

Go Lance!

[yldstrk]

The doping is about to begin......

[Aeronaut]

Tour de France ping!

Please FReepmail 'Aeronaut' if you want on or off the Tour de France 2007 list.

[Vision]

Hello everyone, it's been a long time.


It would be nice if we could all get on the same page.

Does Landis look guilty? Or what the #### is going on it professional cycling?

[Vision]

Seriously...what is going on there?

[Daffynition]

Please tell me I should care. Who is star quality there for the USA?

[kevkrom]

I’m going to request being taken off the list. The whole doping mess in cycling needs to be cleaned up before I can take it seriously again. Anyone who wins is tainted, regardless of whether or not they’re guilty.

[RabidBartender]

Sadly, as many athletes in tremendous shape are in racing, I fear Americans will be more interested in the World Series of Poker going on at the same time.

[gura]

Maybe Levi, but he peaked really early this year, if he played it right he could be peaking again for the Tour.

Vino is a madman, looks really on form, and knows this is his year.

You should care because cycling is f’ing awesome.

[Dixie Yooper]

After last year’s sabotage of Floyd Landis’s blood samples, I refuse to watch any of it. If France wants a winner so badly, maybe they should ban everyone but the French from the race.

[Daffynition]

Thanks and yes, cycling IS awesome. I hope FR has threads so I can keep up to date.

[PeteB570]

I’m checking in the VS.com site and they’ve not posted the riders and teams yet.

I have picked out a few names from last year and after the prologue and 1st stage we can all jump in with our best guess and then see how it works out.

Are you game for the challenge?

[1rudeboy]

LOL—Rotisserie (Fantasy) Cycling! I’m not interested, but you could form your own team and compile the individuals’ stats at each stage.

[Ready4Freddy]

Thnaks for taking over the list, Aeronaut!

[Aeronaut]

Thnaks for taking over the list, Aeronaut!

No promises about being as good and faithful as Nutmeg. I'm just going to give it a shot.

[PeteB570]

OK guys;

Checked the TdF site. We’ve got out old favoriets Discovery with Contador, Leipheimer and Popovych - CSC with Sastre - T-Mobile with Sinkecoitz and Quick Step with Booner.

Soft spot for Discovery but I think a CSC or T-Mobile rider will take it.

[deport]

Route

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Tour de France 2007

Running from Saturday July 7^th to Sunday July 29^th 2007, the 94^th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.

These 20 stages have the following profiles:

• 11 flat stages
• 6 mountain stages
• 1 medium mountain stage
• 2 individual time-trial stages

Distinctive aspects of the race

• 3 mountain finishes
• 2 rest days
• 117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
• 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed

• Stage by stage
• Time schedule
• The town selection process

[MotleyGirl70]

2007 Tour de France begins Saturday, July 7

Bring it on!

[Cagey]

Having a smoke during Le Tour. Many riders thought that having a cigarette before a big climb was a good idea as it would open their lungs. Someone ping She-Lion!