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July 16, 2013
Hold On Tight, The FInal Week of the Tour is Here
Chris Froome's lead in the overall classification seems insurmountable, even if the British rider has a jour sans. But the last week should still be a thrilling one.
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July 15, 2013
Le Tour Stage 16 Preview: Tee Time
The Tour tees up its big finish with a semi-traditional hilly stage to BaseCamp Gap.
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July 14, 2013
Chris Froome: King of Ventoux
After a rough week for race-leader Chris Froome he came back with a vengeance to grab the stage and more time on General Classification on the mythical Mont Ventoux. He now leads the race comfortably with 4 min 14 sec to his nearest rival.
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July 13, 2013
Cobbles to Cols: The Path of Michal Kwiatkowski
With almost unmatched versatility, Michal Kwiatkowski is a rider to watch for the future. Nay, he is a rider to watch for the present.
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July 13, 2013
Matteo Trentin has the last laugh
It took until stage 14 this year before we saw a successful long breakaway. With hard racing and hungry sprinters teams it took until a day before a huge mountain to keep the pelotons hunger in check. In the end after a thrilling finish it was Omega Pharma- Quickstep's Matteo Trentin who was strongest in the final sprint to take his first TdF stage win. Omega Pharma thus takes it's fourth stage win in this Tour as Chris Froome safely remains the race leader.
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July 12, 2013
Three stars of the Drieweken de Frankrijk
Welcome to the Tour that just keeps on giving. Nothing is predictable so far in this race and just when you think it's going to calm down it goes into overdrive again.
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July 12, 2013
Le Tour Stage 14 preview: What to do next?
Another hard to predict stage. Any other year you'd say "breakaway day". This year, who the heck knows?
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July 12, 2013
Le Tour Stage 13: Crosswinds, Chaos, and Cavendish
Mark Cavendish won the 25th Tour stage of his career, but his victory will be overshadowed by the work of three teams who split the race asunder in vicious crosswinds, reshuffling the GC and giving Cavendish a 120 kilometer leadout.
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July 11, 2013
Is the GC Battle Over?
The GC battle is over, long live the GC battle! Or, that's what some are saying now that Chris Froome leads by 3:25 over second place after putting time into his rivals in both climbing stages and the time trial. But should we write off the GC race?
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July 11, 2013
Three Stars of a slow newsday
The one thing about these sleepy sprinter's stages is that while they may be rich in roadside Chateaus they aren't necessarily that rich in profiles. These are the the most notable ones the Podiumcafe cameras managed to capture.
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July 11, 2013
Le Tour Stage 12: Kittel's Hat Trick
Marcel Kittel went pedal to pedal with Mark Cavendish in the last 200m of today's sprint into Tours and came out on top of the podium for the third time in this year's Tour de France.
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July 10, 2013
Le Tour Stage 12 Preview: Hey, You Look Familiar!
It's a trip down the Loire Valley to the Cycling hub of Tours
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July 10, 2013
Le Tour Stage 11: Martin, Froome Emerge as Winners
A mixture of expected and surprise was the result of today's time trial. World Champion Tony Martin showed his pedigree, winning the stage even after crashing hard in the first week. Behind, Chris Froome extended his overall lead.
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July 9, 2013
Smile! It's the Three Stars of Saint Malo
Not all the days in the Tour are sparkling adventures. There's always something to smile about though.
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July 9, 2013
Le Tour Stage 10: Kittel Wins, Crash Mars Finale
Marcel Kittel proved his Stage 1 victory was no fluke or dependent on the absence of other sprinters by playing a game of patience, following the wheel of André Greipel before coming by on the inside of a bend in the road in the final 50 meters.
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July 9, 2013
Le Tour Stage 11 Preview: Break out the stopwatch
Time for the Chrono men to come out and play on the only true specialists TT in this year's Tour. Though, with only 33 kilometers of flat roads, changes in the overall shouldn't be too drastic.