With the 2010 Tour de France over, we once again crown Alberto Contador the overall GC winner in Paris as Mark Cavendish sprints to another top of the podium finish in Paris. Winning by the 4th smallest gap in Tour history, Contador edged out Andy Schleck by a small margin of 39 seconds. The 2010 [...]
Lance Armstrong set out on Stage 16 of the 2010 Tour de France with one goal in mind, a stage win. With seemingly the worst luck in Tour de France history, Lance Armstrong’s last stand at the Tour has been riddled with mechanicals and a series of wrecks that even baffled the 7 time winner [...]
Attacking with the yellow jersey in the last 4 kilometers of the daunting Bales Pass, the Luxembourg rider, Andy Schleck, made a surprise effort to gain additional time on his key rival, two-time winner Alberto Contador. But then suddenly he stalled. Moments later, Contador propelled around Schleck in a stunning counterattack. Soon, however, Schleck came [...]
Stage 11 of the 2010 Tour de France came down to an exciting sprint finish. As legendary lead-out man Mark Renshaw made his move to position Mark Canvendish for the sprint win, he head butted Garmin Slipstreams lead-out man Julian Dean as he pulled out Tyler Farrar. What does it mean for the best sprint [...]
The breakaway finally keeps off the chasers. In a fantastic effort by Sergio Paulinho (Team Radio Shack) and Vasili Kiryienka (Caisse d’Epargne), the two riders kept off the chasing packs and ended in a sprint that was won by Paulinho in less than have a wheel length to bring a stage win to team Radio [...]
The 204.5km 9th stage of the 2010 Tour de France from Morzine-Avoriaz to Saint Jean de Maurienne marked one of the most exciting stage finishes outside of all out sprints. A breakaway containing Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Luis León Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) and Anthony Charteau (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) was almost assured a breakaway [...]
Stage 8 of this year’s Tour de France promised to be an exciting event. With the GC contenders taking it easy in Stage 7, the steeper slopes of Stage 8 and a rest day on Monday guaranteed that the riders looking for yellow in Paris were going to bring out their climbing legs and start [...]
Stage 7 of the 2010 Tour de France marked the first of the climbing stages as the peloton headed into the Alps. What was supposed to be a calmer day of climbing was rocketed forward by team Bbox as they took control of the stage and brought up the average speed. Things began to get [...]
Hammering to the finish, Mark Cavendish (HTC/Columbia)…the Manx Missile…tears up the asphalt to claim his second, consecutive stage victory. Followed by Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) who appeared to not even have a chance to challenge the talented sprinter from Britain. If the critics were wondering if Cavendish could get the job [...]
This is a quick checkin to let you know what is going on around the Bike198.com camp lately as we continue to expand the other disciplines of the site. DT Swiss Wheelset – Electric Red and White Chris over at Built To Last Wheels hooked up the Road.Bike198.com site with an electric red and white [...]
The Cambria to Reims stage 4 segment of the 2010 Tour de France finally saw some resemblance organization and calmness amongst the peloton as they were given a chance to ride the 153.5 km stage without too much headache. The beginning 3 stages of this year’s Tour de France has be plagued with extreme conditions, [...]
Alessandro Petacchi, riding for the Lampre team, took the stage victory while Swiss Saxo Bank rider Fabian Cancellara kept the yellow jersey after his prologue victory. Typically, the first stage of the Tour de France is a quiet one. With no real opportunity to make up time, the yellow jersey team shares the pulling duties [...]
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