This Weblog comes from Mindy McAdams and resides at Macloo.com. It's a personal blog and probably not of much interest to anyone but me. You are welcome to read and comment as you like.
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July 14, 2004Tour Stage 10It's great to be able to look up the various cyclists, with the AFP graphic, as they come into prominence. Today Richard Virenque is leading and winning all the climbs. This is good, because he has been the King of the Mountains for six years, and he is trying for a seventh win. How would I know that, without the AFP app to allow me to find out? It is Bastille Day. Virenque is a Frenchman. The peloton is tiny today, 35-45 riders, compared with the giant mass of the earlier stages. In a pre-race interview, Lance said today is not the real test, but rather, Friday and Saturday will show who's who. Even though today is the longest distance, with 9 climbs (Virenque has won all 9), the two days after tomorrow will be harder. Friday's stage has 2 Category 1 (super tough) climbs at the end, after 170 km. On Saturday there will be 7 climbs, with 2 at Category 1 and 1 "Beyond Category" -- the worst of all. The profile of Stage 13 is scary just to look at! Comments
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