Tour de France 2009
Coverage of the 2009 Tour de France, cycling's most popular event of the year. Follow Tour de France riders and news of bio passports, teams, and more. The 2009 Tour de France starts on Saturday July 4th and runs through Sunday July 26th... [more]
Coverage of the 2009 Tour de France, cycling's most popular event of the year. Follow Tour de France riders and news of bio passports, teams, and more. The 2009 Tour de France starts on Saturday July 4th and runs through Sunday July 26th 2009. It is the 96th Tour de France and will be made up of 21 stages covering a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.
Can Robbie McEwen lead Team Katusha to a strong Tour de France finish?
28 votes so far
Leader:
Yes, Katusha is a team to watch
Yes, Katusha is a team to watch
Will Levi Leipheimer beat Lance Armstrong in the 2009 Tour?
44 votes so far
Leader:
No, Lance Armstrong is a machine during the Tour de France, no one can stop him
No, Lance Armstrong is a machine during the Tour de France, no one can stop him
How will Lance Armstrong do in the 2009 Tour de France?
231 votes so far
Leader:
He'll do well but not win
He'll do well but not win
Will Piet Rooijakkers have a break out year in 2009?
25 votes so far
Leader:
Yes, Piet Rooijakkers is moving up in the ranks
Yes, Piet Rooijakkers is moving up in the ranks
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Cyril Dessel of Ag2r (BBC)Ag2r-La Mondiale
Manager: Vincent Lavenu
Cyril Dessel (France)
Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (ESP)
Lloyd Mondory (France)
Stephane Goubert (France)
Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)
Agritubel
Manager: David Fornes
Brice Feillu (France)
Christophe Moreau (France)
David La Lay (France)
Eduardo Gonzálo (Spa)
Geoffroy Lequatre (France)
Maxime Bouet (France)
Nicolas Vogondy (France)
Romain Feillu (France)
Sylvain Calzati (France)
Alberto Contador of Astana (Epoch Times)Astana
Manager: Johan Bruyneel
Alberto Contador (Spa)
Andreas Kloden (Ger)
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
Gregory Rast (Swi)
Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
Lance Armstrong (USA)
Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Sergio Paulinho (Por)
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
Pierre Rolland (France)
Pierrick Fedrigo (France)
Thomas Voeckler (France)
William Bonnet (France)
Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)
Yuri Trofimov (RUS)
Caisse D’Epargne
Manager: José-Miguel Echavarri
David Arroyo Duran (ESP)
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (ESP)
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (ESP)
Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (ESP)
Oscar Pereiro Sio (ESP)
Xabier Zandio Echaide (ESP)
Carlos Sastre of Cervelo (Telegraph)Cervelo TestTeam
Manager: Theo Maucher
Andreas Klier (GER)
Brett Lancaster (AUS)
Carlos Sastre (ESP)
Hayden Roulston (NZL)
Heinrich Haussler (GER)
Inigo Cuesta (ESP)
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP)
Thor Hushovd (NOR)
Volodymyr Gustov (UKR)
Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
Manager: Éric Boyer
Amael Moinard (France)
Bingen Fernandez (ESP)
Christophe Kern (France)
David Moncoutie (France)
Leonardo Duque (COL)
Remi Pauriol (France)
Samuel Dumoulin (France)
Sebastien Minard (France)
Stephane Auge (France)
Koldo Fernandez (Daylife)Euskaltel-Euskadi
Manager: Miguel Madariaga
Alan Pérez (Spain)
Amets Txurruka (Spain)
Egoi Martínez (Spain)
Gorka Verdugo (Spain)
Igor Antón (Spain)
Juanio Oroz (Spain)
Koldo Fernández (Spain)
Mikel Astarloza (Spain)
Rubén Pérez (Spain)
Francaise Des Jeux
Manager: Marc Madiot
Anthony Geslin (F)
Benoit Vaugrenard (F)
Christophe LeMevel (F)
Jerome Coppel (F)
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
Sandy Casar (F)
Yahueni Hutarovich (Blr)
Garmin - Slipstream
Manager: Jonathan Vaughters
Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
Christian Vande Velde (USA)
Dan Martin (Irl)
Danny Pate (USA)
David Millar (GBr)
David Zabriskie (USA)
Julian Dean (NZl)
Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
Tyler Farrar (USA)
Alessandro Ballan (SDamy)Lampre - N.G.C.
Manager: Giuseppe Saronni
Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
Angelo Furlan (ITA)
Daniele Righi (ITA)
Marco Bandiera (ITA)
Marco Marzano (ITA)
Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)
Massimiliano Mori (ITA)
Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)
Simon Spilak (SLO)
Liquigas
Manager: Roberto Amadio
Alessandro Vanoti (Italy)
Alexandr Kuschynski (Rus)
Brian Vandborg (Den)
Daniele Bennati (Italy)
Fabio Sabatini (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Frederik Willems (Bel)
Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
Vicenzo Nibali (Ita)
Jerome Pineau (Cycling Fans)Quick Step
Manager: Patrick Lefevere
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (ESP)
Jerome Pineau (France)
Stijn Devolder (BEL)
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
Rabobank
Manager: Harold Knebel
Denis Menchov (Russia)
Grischa Niermann (Germany)
Joost Posthuma (Dutch)
Juan Antonio Flecha (Argentina/Spain)
Juan Manuel Garate (Spain)
Laurens Ten Dam (Dutch)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Robert Gesink (Dutch)
Stef Clement (Dutch)
Silence-Lotto
Manager: Marc Sergeant
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
Matthew Lloyd (AUS)
Mickael Delage (France)
Sebastian Lang (GER)
Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL)
Thomas Dekker (NED)
Simon Geschke of Skil Shimano (Skil Fan)Skil-Shimano
Manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
Albert Timmer (NED)
Cyril Lemoine (France)
Jonathan Hivert (France)
Kenny Robert Van Hummel (NED)
Piet Rooijakkers (NED)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Team Columbia - Highroad
Manager: Bob Stapleton
Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
George Hincapie (USA)
Kim Kirchen (LUX)
Marcus Burghardt (GER)
Mark Cavendish (GBR)
Mark Renshaw (AUS)
Maxime Monfort (ITALY)
Michael Rogers (AUS)
Tony Martin (GER)
Team Katusha
Manager: Stefano Feltrin
Alexandre Botcharov (RUS)
Danilo Napolitano (ITA)
Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
Joan Horrach Rippoll (ESP)
Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS)
Nikolay Trusov (RUS)
Serguei Ivanov (RUS)
Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)
Vladimir Karpets (RUS)
Fabian Wegmann of Milrom (BBC)Team Milram
Manager: Gerry Van Gerwen
Christian Knees (Ger)
Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
Linus Gerdemann (Ger)
Markus Fothen (Ger)
Niki Terpstra (Ned)
Peter Velits (Svk)
Peter Wrolich (Aut)
Team Saxo Bank
Manager: Bjarne Riis
Andy Schleck (Lux)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
Fränk Schleck (Lux)
Gustav Larsson (Swe)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
Nicki Sørensen (Den)
Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
Mark Cavendish is again the most successful rider of the season and so rightly tops a new Eurosport ranking ahead of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador. Called the Classment Eurosport, the ranking is based on more than 160 races on the UCI calendar.
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ADELAIDE, Australia - World road race champion Cadel Evans will join seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in January's Tour Down Under in Adelaide. Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur told The Associated Press on Thursday that Evans'
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WORLD champion Cadel Evans is poised to join Garmin-Slipstream, a US team capable of helping the Australian finally win the Tour de France. Evans had struggled to match it with Tour heavyweights while riding for Belgian team Silence Lotto. In a complex
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With his team's sponsor Garmin on board for another three years, American Christian Vande Velde hopes his 2010 season will be a little less of a roller coaster ride. EARLIER: Gilbert's Win at Lombardy Bodes Well for Cadel in 2010.
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, an official with the Kazakh Cycling Federation said Thursday. The Spaniard's future with Astana
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Lance Armstrong responded to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's inquiry this morning on Twitter and confirmed he will race next May in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.This was followed by responses from Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie and David Zabriskie that they also plan to race in California next May, followed by a Twitter conversation in which they list the reasons they like to race in the Amgen Tour of California.As far a...
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TWO-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador revealed overnight that he is yet to choose which team he will ride for next season but is likely to remain with troubled Astana. That is if the team manages to put its affairs in order. "I'm in the ...
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• Kazakh-backed team have missed UCI deadline• Wiggins's move to Team Sky also back on agendaThe protracted saga of which team Alberto Contador will ride for next season took another twist yesterday when it emerged that the Tour de France winner's Astana team has not yet met the International Cycling Union (UCI)'s criteria for a ProTour licence. If the Kazakhstan-backed team is not awarded the licence, which ensures entry to cycling's top...
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Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is free to leave Astana since the Kazakh team have not yet been granted their elite status for 2010, according to the International Cycling Union's regulations. By Telegraph staff Published: 12:41PM BST 23 Oct
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PARIS (AP) -- Defending champion Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong will play out the next chapter of their Tour de France rivalry against the majestic backdrop of the Pyrenees. Tour organizers unveiled the 2010 course on Wednesday, with Armstrong ...
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