paris--tours Stories - Podium Cafe
Persistence Rocks!
Yes, that headline could easily describe any of the weekend's high-profile winners, but I am not nearly as excited to talk about Danilo DiLuca or Alessandro Petacchi today. This is an ode to a great blood-and-guts Belgian, Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert's win in Paris-Tours was fairly textbook,...
Paris-Tours... LIVE!
Man, talk about a war of attrition: 250km over some slightly rolling terrain, in mid-October. Obviously Paris-Tours is an important race, and the sprinters haven't had much fun in a while, save Paris-Brussels, so there will be some pretty keyed-up racing. If they can get to Tours intact, this race...
Paris-Tours: Petacchi and LPR Out
They were in, now they're out. The ASO announced Friday that Petacchi and his LPR team are disinvited to Paris-Tour. The teams, Mitzubishi and Collstrop, have also been excluded. In their official press release, the ASO said, "The UCI has officially confirmed on Friday that these teams did not...
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