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Etape du Tour 2007

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THE RIDE Foix to Loudenvielle

DISTANCE 196km (122.5 miles)

CHALLENGE From a gold medal ride to just getting round, take your pick

Last year it was the heat, this year it was the route. The Etape du Tour is never easy. In 2007 it was the turn of the Pyrenees to host a Tour de France stage for all-comers, and what a stage it was. Five mountains — two second category, two first category and one ‘hors’ category, the class of mountain that the Tour de France says is beyond classification.

The stage was 196 kilometres long, or 122.5 miles if you prefer. It ran between Foix and Loudenvielle-Le Louron and the climbs were the Col de Port, Col de Portet d’Aspet, Col de Mente, the Port de Balès and the Col de Peyresourde. A challenging mix of old and new Tour de France classic ascents.

It was hot but not too hot. The constant sunshine was a bit of a blessing because the climate in the Pyrenees can be unpredictable, with rain in one valley and hot sunshine in another. Wind was the biggest problem. It blew hard in the valleys and was against the riders on some of the climbs, especially the Port de Balès, a place that will be forever etched on the memory of many 2007 Etapistes.

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Fastest times were set by Frenchman Nicholas Fritsch and woman Karine Saysset, who also won last year. Until recently Fritsch was a pro with FdJ and Saunier Duval, but couldn’t get a contract this season. He now races with French elite club AVC Aix en Provence — the same one as young British rider, Kieran Page.

Fritsch is a good climber, who fellow pros reckon never really mastered the art of coming down mountains. Not that it showed in the Etape. Fristch won by nearly 10 minutes from Philippe Argens, with the next few riders bunched quite closely behind him. It was a display of the strength that can be gained from a few years’ riding in the pro peloton, even though Fritsch’s time was well shy of the Tour stage winner’s on the same course.

There are numerous reasons why Alexandre Vinokourov went faster, not all of them savoury, although an important one is that the Etape strings out much quicker than a Tour stage, so it’s more of an individual effort, and the Etapistes had a raw deal with the wind compared to the Tour riders one week later.

But the Etape du Tour isn’t really about winners, it’s about taking part, taking on the course, challenging yourself and the 1,001 things a normal cyclist has to balance against his or her passion. Yes, you could dope for the Etape and maybe some do, but wouldn’t it be pointless when everyone is a winner?

The Etape, and events like it, are a breath of fresh air for cycling at the moment. They are about the joy and satisfaction to be gained from riding your bike as hard as you can over a very tough course. They are pure cycling, real cycling, the cycling that most people signed up for when they were first bitten by the bug.

Michael Briars, real cyclist

The Etape is for real cyclists, cyclists like Michael Briars, a 32-year-old IT consultant from London. He wanted a gold medal from the 2006 Etape, but his dream melted under the blazing sun on the Col d’Izoard.

To make amends he trained with even more conviction for the 2007 event. “I started training in January this year with a friend, Adrian Lee, which was tough because the weather was awful. I’d kept in trim by running the New York marathon, but then I was relieved of my nice new training bike by some knife-wielding thieves and had to ride an old jalopy I picked up on eBay.

“We started doing 70-mile rides on Saturday from where we live in north London to St Albans or Knebworth, and occasionally a 40-miler on Sunday if the hangover or weather allowed.

“At first, time didn’t allow for midweek rides, but in March we stepped it up, kicking off with a five-day jaunt to Girona. It was just what we needed. We bumped into a few pros and had good weather, except for one day with a full-on electric storm and hailstones the size of golf balls. I stayed in a cafe whimpering like a dog under the hand dryer, leaving Adrian to complete another three hours in the mountains. He’s a Geordie.

“In April the weather picked up and the carbon came out. I ride a TCR Advanced with Dura-Ace groupset and Fulcrum Racing 1 wheels. Adrian has a Colnago C40 with Record groupset and Mavic Cosmic Carbones.”

Another training camp and a mix of midweek turbo training and Richmond Park hammer sessions and the pair were ready to test their form. “We both finished in the first 100 of the Ventoux Beaumes de Venise. Then the following day we did even better in the time trial from Bedoin, both clocking sub-one hour 20 rides. Next we did the Dragon Ride and were the only two to go under six hours. Then we clocked five hours 28 minutes in the British Cyclosportive.”

Briars and Lee were ready, but they knew that the target of seven hours 21 minutes for gold would be tough. Still, they were on good form and their choice of gear ratios showed their confidence. “We became a bit like minor celebrities because we didn’t have compact chainsets on. We were both riding 53-39, and Lee had 12-25 whereas I’d gone for a more sedate 12-27,” says Briars.

The big day

“We started well, but I thought someone must have got it wrong when they said the first hill was the easiest, as neither of us felt that our legs were particularly fresh. Despite that we both managed to get in a good group, quite near the front,” says Briars.

Then bad luck struck the pair and they got separated on the Portet d’Aspet due to Lee’s rear wheel collapsing. The heat began to get to Briars on the Col de Mente and he punctured on the descent, which cost five to 10 minutes in addition to the five or so he’d spent waiting for Lee.

“I reached the 100km mark in three hours, well ahead of schedule, but looking down at my computer at the 50 to go sign on the lower slopes of the Port de Balès, I saw that I only had another two hours to play with. Where had all the time gone?

“I worked out that I had to climb the last 12 kilometres of the Balès in 40 minutes, and it was at that point that the road kicked up and stayed there. The heat really started to beat down, the tarmac was sticking to my tyres. It suddenly became awful, even the locals handing up water started to get on my nerves.

“I was losing it, and badly. I hauled myself up, at some point I switched off my computer and vowed never to put myself through such agony again. My Etape ride had become a

funeral procession.

“Somewhere on the descent I realised that the gold medal had gone, but I climbed the Peyresourde with all I had left, which wasn’t much. I got into Loudenvielle in seven hours 39 minutes, which at the time was very disappointing. Adrian came in over an hour behind me, his rear wheel having been replaced by a Mavic mechanic who must have been expecting to service Marco Pantani because the replacement only had a 23 sprocket on it.”

Briars was disappointed not to achieve his goal, but now he‘s had time to think about it he says he’s quite satisfied with his effort. “Only 70 people beat seven hours 21, so I was confident that if we hadn’t had troubles we could have done it. I think we did enough to get gold medals, but were unlucky on the day.”

He accepts that he faded as the ride progressed and that the mountains sapped the strength from his legs. He thinks there are ways to combat that, but doesn’t see one of them as using lower gears. “I reckon that if you have a compact chainset you end up going slower over the course of the day. When you are knackered you’ll always reach for your lowest gear, without necessarily upping the cadence. Also you need bigger gears on the flat sections and downhills.

“Ultimately though, I think that for a course like Foix to Loudenvielle you can mess about with gears all you like, but what you really need to do is train hard and practise in the mountains. That way you legs will last longer whatever your gear. Brighton and back, no matter how hard you ride it, can’t replace that.”

Great leveller

The Etape is one of cycling’s great levellers. People come from all sorts of backgrounds. Novices like Martin Lear of Bristol, who only started cycling at Christmas but who finished in an impressive eight hours 28, determined young fitness enthusiasts like Briars and Lee, and experienced racing campaigners can all sign up and have a go.

And everyone gets different things out of it. Miles Sharpe bravely completed the Etape dressed as a gladiator, raising money for cancer research. Every year since 2005 Miles has competed in a sporting event dressed as the mythical Tootus Maximus. This year his objective was to do two stages of the Tour, the British Cyclosportive and the Etape, “to complete the first GladiaTOUR de France,” he says on his website www.londongladiator.com. Yes, we know it's a terrible pun, but he’s raised a lot of money so can be forgiven for it.

Ex-pros remember

The mix you get in the Etape is a big attraction. Among the top ex-pros taking part were a former Tour de France King of the Mountains, Steven Rooks, and a former world champion, Abraham Olano, who escorted his wife Karmele to a time of eight hours 29 minutes.

Nowadays Olano keeps himself in trim with, “three rides of 100 kilometres a week, plus some running in-between. I took part in the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup race in Gran Canaria this year as well.”

Olano also currently leads the ex-pro marathon running league with a time of two hours 39 minutes set in the 2006 San Sebastian race. I asked him if, as a former swimmer he fancied following Laurent Jalabert, currently third in the ex-pro marathon stakes, in having a crack at the IronMan triathlon. “You never know,” he said.

Another ex-pro Etape finisher, who judging from his comments when he crossed the finish line will not be copying the energetic pursuits of Olano and Jalabert, is Greg LeMond (see separate story). His presence, however, was a great boost to other riders, an endorsement of the event and of enormous practical value to at least one competitor.

Dave Clinton is a former rower on his fifth Etape. “I did my first in 1998, then I had a go at the marathon, but I enjoy cycling more. I’ve done a Gran Fondo in Italy and I’ve done the Tour of Wessex twice. I joined a cycling club recently and they have got me riding the Surrey handicaps, which has taught me a lot, but one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned was today when I tried to follow Greg LeMond down the Peyresourde. I learned more about descending doing that than I have in all the time I’ve been cycling,” said Clinton after crossing the line in 8 hours 41, just a few seconds behind the first US winner of the Tour.

Spirit of the stage

Of course the day was bursting with stories of people exceeding their expectations, learning things about cycling and about themselves, and a few falling short of their goals. But results and striving to be better are only part of the Etape story. The rest is about the impressions and memories you come away with after riding the Etape.

Neil Bradbury, an orthopaedic surgeon from Bath, says he will never forget “cycling through dusty villages, places with hardly anyone living in them, and there were people standing by the road cheering everyone through and handing up drinks. In another place there were kids lined along the street high-fiving any rider who went through. Then on the top of the Peyresourde there was a huge flag with the cross of St George on it. The Etape is a really emotional experience, a day of a thousand impressions,” he says.

Cycling must be the new golf for orthopaedic surgeons — several took part in the Etape and one, Andrew Kelly, was well up among the top 10 British finishers. “I started doing Etapes four years ago and each one has been better, harder and more exciting than the one before. My sporting background in my distant youth was rowing, but I’ve always had a bike. I enjoy weekend rides with Somerset RC Tri, although I regard myself as a failed triathlete because I swim like a stone,” he says.

Kelly’s training consists of: “Eight to 10 hours a week squeezed around family and my day job. I do one long ride, one strength session, which is low-cadence short intervals or dragging a four year-old on a trailer up hills, a turbo session doing high-cadence long intervals, one other ride on a good week, and two runs. Oh, and I really want to thank my long-suffering wife for allowing me to get some extra miles in on our family holiday in June.”

The kind of support participants receive from the locals is another of the joys of taking part.

David Jones, who lives in North Wales and is a member of the Rhos-on-Sea cycling club, particularly remembers, “The village before the Col de Mente made a huge effort for us. The locals were out cheering and handing up water, music was playing in the streets, the atmosphere was just brilliant, and there were plenty more villages like it all along the route. It’s a very different experience to the UK, where you can expect to have things thrown at you, be spat at or run off the road.”

After gaining a silver medal last year, Jones took part in this Etape with no other objective than to enjoy the day. “I saved plenty for the Port de Balès, I knew it was going to be the Alpe d’Huez of 2007 and it proved to be everything I expected. Loads of people stalled and walked, but I was surprised again at the number of spectators there were at the top. Even if one of them got too excited and pushed one rider so hard that he fell off his bike.”

Another thing that surprised Jones was the number of punctures that people suffered along the way, and the finish area was full of tales of tyre woes. Some thought that recent resurfacing work was responsible, but more experienced heads like Greg LeMond reckoned that some riders had inflated their tyres with too much pressure, which can cause problems when rims heat up on the descents after excessive braking.

The business end

The Etape is a big day in the year for many cycling holiday companies. You can tell who works for them, they’re the ones stood on the finish lines holding a placard, festooned in cycling tops, wearing a worried look on their faces and alternately peering at their watches then squinting into the distance. They do this while answering 101 questions from their guests and seeing to it that anyone who keels over gets prompt medical help.

It can be a hard job. On top of everything else they have to keep the early finishers happy while ensuring that the later ones don’t feel neglected. Mostly though, they do it with good humour and get very involved in how their charges do.

Julie Wright owns Pyrenees Multisport with her husband Ian. They are based in Lascan in the Pyrenees and had a group of clients riding the Etape. They also ran several Etape training camps before it. “The problem we had this year was that the summer was late, so the riders who came on the camps didn’t get a taste of how hot it would be today. One lot from Yorkshire even got stuck in the snow,” she told me.

Julie was the team driver for the day, even though as a multi-Ironman finisher herself she probably wanted to have a go. Instead she put all her energy into cheering every one of her customers home, and with a voice that ensured every one of them heard her too.

Lessons learned

The Etape came in for some criticism last year, especially by some French magazines. The organisation was caught out by the heat, and water at the food stations was quickly used up. Also, Alpe d’Huez was a terrible experience. The weather in France was angry on that July day in 2006, and the Alpe became a furnace as the day went on. Many parched and exhausted riders suffered on what seemed like an interminable climb.

But there was none of that this year. Philip Ellison from the north-west of England rode both Etapes and he says: “The food stations were well stocked this year, but you just needed to negotiate your way through the crowds of riders. There was plenty of water, and I thought the cheese and ham sandwiches were a nice touch. They made a change from the usual sweet offerings.”

The organisation, which is part of ASO, the body that runs the Tour de France, put a lot of effort into the Etape, and it is one of the best events of its kind in the world. Numbers were slightly down this year though, and it was rumoured that entry on the line was possible even the day before. Does that mean that the Etape is becoming less popular?

No, not really, it’s just that there are a lot more cyclo-sportive events in the world today and the market is more spread out. The Etape is still something that a lot of people will want to ride for a good few years yet. It’s a classic sporting challenge and most finishers agree that it is harder than anything else they have done. It’s also a pleasure to report. Witnessing the wholehearted efforts the participants make is one of the highlights of the year for me.

BRITS ATTACK THE ETAPE

THE best times put up by British riders were seven hours 24 minutes by Marc Bearman for 72nd place, and seven hours 28 minutes by Richard Todd for 89th. In third place, and first Brit over 40, was Paul Holdsworth, an experienced racer from a west London cycling club with a glorious long distance tradition, the Hounslow and District Wheelers.

Holdsworth is 43, works for BA and is an Etape regular. He was third Brit last year and was pleased to have achieved the same result, “It’s nice, but not what it’s all about. I think the main thing is the challenge of riding the route. It’s something we are not used to in Britain, the mountains, the closed roads, and of course the enthusiastic support you get.”

Paul is a veteran of several British Best All-Rounder campaigns and his preparation for the Etape comes from the week-in week-out training he does for time trialling. “I work shifts, so I can end up getting 250 to 300 miles in most weeks. My riding gives me the distance but there is nothing you can do to simulate the climbs and the heat.

“Also, for time trials I use quite high gears, so spinning on the hills is difficult for me. I tend to be OK for the first three or four miles on each climb, then just hang on.”

What sort of feeding and hydration strategy did Holdsworth use? “I took on water at the stops and carried energy gels with me. As I’m used to racing long distances, I just went with what I normally do.”

What did Holdsworth find was the hardest thing to cope with during the 2007 Etape? “It was hot in the sun, but not as hot as last year. The main problem was the wind. It ripped the field to bits and made the flat bits hard.”

Holdsworth has taken part in many 12 hour time trials on English roads, during which he’s regularly done distances of more than twice that of the Etape. Does having ridden such events give him confidence for the Etape? “I suppose it must do a bit.”

And would he recommend riding a 12-hour for someone who wanted to put up a good time in the Etape? “Yes, it would give them the experience of spending the whole day on their bikes. I think it would be a good experience.”

Two weeks after the Etape, Holdsworth finished fourth in the 2007 National 12-hour Championship, riding a distance of 278 miles.

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2007 Tour de France

94th edition: july 7 - july 29, 2007, results, map, stages with runnning gc, photos.

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2007 Tour Quick Facts:

189 starters and 141 classified finishers.

3,569.9 km raced at an average speed of 39.226 km/hr

Alexandre Vinokourov of Astana and Cristian Moreni of Cofidis were positive for dope, causing their teams to withdraw.

Michael Rasmussen was leading the Tour but was forced to abandon when news surfaced that he had missed several out-of-competition drug tests.

With Rasmussen gone, the way was open for Contador to win the Tour.

The 31-second podium spread was the closest in Tour history.

• Alberto Contador (Discovery) 91hr 0min 26sec
• Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) @ 23sec
• Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) @ 31sec Disqualified
• Carlos Sastre (CSC) @ 7min 8sec
• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) @ 8min 17sec
• Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 11min 37sec
• Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) @ 12min 18sec
• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) @ 12min 25sec
• Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 14min 14sec
• Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 14min 25sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) @ 16min 51sec
• Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) @ 21min 15sec
• David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 21min 49sec
• Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 24min 15sec
• Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) @ 25min 19sec
• Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 9sec
• Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 31min 48sec
• Manuel Beltran (Liquigas) @ 24min 14sec
• Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) @ 27min 8sec
• Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 14sec
• Juan Manuel Garate (Quck Step) @ 28min 16sec
• José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 45min 42sec
• Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 49min 34sec
• George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 54min 50sec
• Christian Vande Velde (CSC) @ 55min 50sec
• Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole) @ 56min 23sec
• Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r) @ 1hr 6min 30sec
• Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 1hr 8min 22sec
• Francisco Javier Vila (Lampre) @ 1hr 9min 37sec
• Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole)
• Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 13min 27sec
• Kanstantisin Sivtsov (Barloworld) @ 1hr 15min 16sec
• Alexandre Botcharov (Credit agricole) @ 1hr 22min 25sec
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 30min 12sec
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 1hr 30min 34sec
• Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) @ 1hr 30min 47sec
• Christopher Moreau (Ag2r) @ 1hr 33min 6sec
• Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) @ 1hr 33min 50sec
• Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) @ 1hr 36min 33sec
• Bram Tankink (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 44sec
• Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) s.t.
• Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 46sec
• Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 36min 50sec
• Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r) @ 1hr 44min 54sec
• Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) @ 1hr 46min 25sec
• Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) @ 1hr 52min 19sec
• Christian Knees (Milram) @ 1hr 53min 23sec
• Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 53min 32sec
• David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) @ 1hr 54min 50sec
• Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 56min 15sec
• Iñigo Cuesta (CSC) @ 1hr 58min 45sec
• José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) @ 2hr 0min 7sec
• Iker Camano (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 5min 17sec
• John Gadret (Ag2r) @ 2hr 6min 50sec
• Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step) @ 2hr 8min 14sec
• Dario David Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 10min 42sec
• Nicolas Portal (CAisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 15min 14sec
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 15min 17sec
• Michael Albasini (Liquigas) @ 2hr 18min 35sec
• Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 19min 36sec
• Egoi Martinez (Discovery) @ 2hr 20min 16sec
• Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) @ 2hr 21min 0sec
• Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 21min 57sec
• Thomas Lövkvist (FDJ) @ 2hr 22min 50sec
• Sergio Paulinho (Discovery) @ 2hr 23min 31sec
• Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 34sec
• Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 2hr 24min 36sec
• Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 59sec
• David Millar (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 32min 7sec
• Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 32min 58sec
• Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 2hr 33min 46sec
• Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 37min 25sec
• Frederik Willems (Liquigas) @ 2hr 37min 30sec
• Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) @ 2hr 37min 41sec
• Andriy Grivko (Milram) @ 2hr 41min 41sec
• Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) @ 2hr 39min 34sec
• Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 40min 59sec
• Erik Zabel (Milram) @ 2hr 42min 28sec
• Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) @ 2hr 44min 27sec
• Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 44min 39sec
• Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 50min 30sec
• Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) @ 2hr 50min 54sec
• Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 53min 42sec
• Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) @ 2hr 55min 58sec
• Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 2hr 56min 9sec
• Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 56min 30sec
• Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) @ 2hr 57min 5sec
• Aleksandr Kuchynski (Liquigas) @ 2hr 58min 46sec
• Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 59min 37sec
• José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 3hr 0min 38sec
• Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) @ 3hr 0min 50sec
• Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 7min 19sec
• Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) @ 3hr 9min 19sec
• Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) @ 3hr 9min 56sec
• Daniele Righi (Lampre) @ 3hr 10min 35sec
• Lilian Jégou (FDJ) @ 3hr 14min 11sec
• Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 14min 15sec
• Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) @ 3hr 14min 19sec
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) @ 3hr 15min 48sec
• Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) @ 3hr 16min 8sec
• Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) @ 3hr 16min 58sec
• David Cañada (Saunier Duval) @ 3hr 17min 19sec
• Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) @ 3hr 18min 25sec
• Bert Grabswch (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 18min 58sec
• Félix Rafael Cardenas (Barloworld) s.t.
• Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 21min 57sec
• Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) @ 3hr 22min 14sec
• William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 22min 59sec
• Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) @ 3hr 23min 2sec
• Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) @ 3hr 23min 11sec
• Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ) @ 3hr 23min 17sec
• Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) @ 3hr 23min 42sec
• Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) @ 3hr 24min 2sec
• Benjamin Noval (Discovery) @ 3hr 24min 13sec
• Ralf Grabsch (Milram) @ 3hr 24min 35sec
• Mickael Delage (FDJ) @ 3hr 24min 46sec
• Robert Hunter (Barloworld) @ 3hr 26min 12sec
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 3hr 26min 19sec
• Marcel Sieberg (Milram) @ 3hr 26min 48sec
• Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 26min 57sec
• Alessandro Cortinovis (Milram) @ 3hr 27min 4sec
• Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) @ 3hr 27min 45sec
• Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) @ 3hr 27min 48sec
• Benoît Salmon (Agritubel) @ 3hr 28min 59sec
• Claudio Corioni (Lampre) @ 3hr 29min 26sec
• Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 29min 37sec
• Pieter Weening (Rabobank) @ 3hr 31min 49sec
• Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 32min 30sec
• Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ) @ 3hr 35min 25sec
• Enrico Poitschke (Milram) @ 3hr 35min 28sec
• Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 35min 37sec
• Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 36min 5sec
• Bram de Groot (Rabobank) 2 3hr 37min 46sec
• Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 10sec
• Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 40min 44sec
• Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 51sec
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) @ 3hr 41min 38sec
• Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 41min 57sec
• Geriant Thomas (Barloworld) @ 3hr 46min 51sec
• Wim Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) @ 3hr 52min 54sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld): 206 points
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• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery): 105
• Cadel EVans (Predictor-Lotto): 92
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom): 85
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• Carlos Sastre (CSC): 74
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• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel): 64
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step): 256 points
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The stages and results with running GC:

Prologue: Saturday, July 7, London - London, 7.9 km

Stage 1: Sunday, July 8, London - Canterbury, 203 km

Stage 2: Monday, July 9, Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5 km

The Tour transfers to the continent for the start in Dunkirk, France.

Stage 3: Tuesday, July 10, Waregem - Compiègne, 236.5 km

Stage 4: Wednesday, July 11, Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193 km

Stage 5: Thursday, July 12, 184 km, Chablis - Autun, 182.5 km

The finish: Filippo Pozzato wins the stage. Cancellara is in that lead group so he stays in Yellow. Vinokourov comes in about 1 minute 17 seconds later.

4 km to go: On the start of a very scary-ass descent Vino has hooked up with the Tom Boonen group and is getting help.

10 kilometers to go: Unbelievable! Vinokourov is on the final climb. He has burned off all of his team and is chasing solo. He's within a minute of the field as he makes his way through the dropped riders. What a champion!

Flash: 8:00 AM, PDT: Alexandre Vinokourov has crashed with about 20 kilometers to go in the stage. 6 of his teammates (less Kloden) have dropped back to pace him back. The gap to the peloton is over 2 minutes and Vinokourov seems to be really hurt.

Stage 6: Friday, July 13, Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5 km

Stage 7: Saturday, July 14, Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5 km

Results. It looks like all of the major GC contenders came in at 3min 38sec in the group led in by Garate:

Stage 8: Sunday, July 15, Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes, 165 km. Hilltop finish

Rest Day: Monday 16 July 2007, Tignes

Stage 9: Tuesday, July 17, Val-d'Isère - Briançon, 161 km.

Stage10: Wednesday, July 18, Tallard - Marseille, 229 km.

Stage 11: Thursday, July 19, Marseille - Montpellier, 182.5 km

Stage 12: Friday, July 20, 179 km, Montpellier - Castres, 178.5 km.

Stage 13: Saturday, July 21, Albi - Albi 54 km individual time trial

Stage 14: Sunday, July 22, Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197 km

Stage 15: Monday, July 23: Foix - Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196 km.

Rest Day: Tuesday, July 24, Pau

Stage 16: Wednesday, July 25, Orthez - Gourette-Col d'Aubisque, 218.5 km. Hilltop finish.

Stage 17: Thursday, July 26, Pau - Castelsarrasin, 188.5 km

Stage 18: Friday, July 27, Cahors - Angoulême, 211 km

Stage 19: Saturday, July 28, Cognac - Angoulême 55.5 km individual time trial

Stage 20: Sunday, July 29, Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146 km.

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Tour 2007 – l'etape du tour.

Organisers of the L’Etape du Tour have picked one of the toughest stages of the next year’s Tour de France for the 15th edition of the classic cyclosportif, and have confirmed a second ‘Etape du Legende’ for next September.

As had been rumoured over the past week, the Etape 2007 will follow a classic Pyrenean route of 202km from Foix to Loudenvielle on Monday July 16 crossing five unrelenting cols.

A true ‘casse patte’ or leg breaker, race director Jean-Francois Alcan has paid no regard to any of those who may have thought he would pick an easier stage next year following the mass abandons on the slopes of L’Alpe d’Huez.

“It’s going to be tough,” Mr Alcan told Londoncyclesport at today’s (Thursday) launch of the Etape. “I want to keep it a challenge.”

Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said to satisfy the ever increasing interest in the Etape, race orgainser ASO would also launch this year an ‘Etape du Legende’, tackling one of the Tour’s classic stages.

The first edition will run from Strasbourg to the Ballon d’Alsace over 186km on September 23 next year, following the route of the eighth stage of the 1967 Tour.

The surprise announcement of the new Etape du Legende came during the presentation in Paris today (Thurs), where London mayor Ken Livingstone heralded next summer’s Prologue and Grand Depart in London as offering a great opportunity to develop cycling in the city. Londoner Bradley Wiggins was on hand to fly the flag for the city, while David Millar was one of the cycling stars also present.

Next year’s Etape will be tough from the flag. After just 15kms on the flat south from Foix to Tarascon, the route will turn west over the narrow and twisty Col du Port, familiar to all those who’ve ridden the Raid Pyrenean. Although not to steep, averaging 5.3% over its 11.4km, the narrowness of the roads will undoubtedly help thin out the field.

A fast technical descent through a wooded valley and on to St Girons after 65km, leads to the draggy lower slopes of the Col de Portet d’Aspet, climbed from the ‘easy’ east side (5.7km at 6.9%).

Caution will be needed on the vertiginous descent, the scene of Fabio Casartelli’s fatal crash in the 1995 Tour.

No respite is given before the short but sharp (and classic) Col de Mente (7km at 8.1%). Although the road surface is good, any weakness will now start to be felt.

Another long screaming descent – with several extended straightaways that will see the pros touch 100kms per hour – drops the race down into the Garonne valley through St Beat.

If you weren’t suffering by now, you soon will be. After less than 10kms down the valley, the race will turn east again through Mauleon-Barousse at the foot of the Port de Bales.

A new climb for the Tour, let alone the Etape, the Port de Bales will be the toughest climb of the stage, with 19.2km at an average of 6.2%, rising to the day’s high point of 1.755m.

But that doesn’t do it justice. No only is it long, it’s narrow (of course) twisty and steepens up near the top to hit sections of 14%. Memories of the 2003 Etape through the steep cols of the western Pyrenees come to mind. A local Pyrenean sportive, the Lapebie also takes the Port de Bales.

Off the top, another steep decent, on roads only recently surfaced, drops the route thankfully 4.5km up the final strength-sapping climb of the day, the Col de Peyresourde. It’s long exposed sections (9.7km at 7.8%) will leave only the fast descent, where Jan Ullrich performed his spectacular somersault into a ditch in the 2001 Tour.

Thankfully, only a brief roll up the road is left to a beautiful valley finish in Loudenvielle.

London Phoenix CC road race co-ordinator and 10-time ‘Etapist’ Pete Richardson said: “Like the 2006 edition, you’ll need to be very well trained, preferably with some sportives already in your legs if you hope to perform well.”

Pete’s first Etape was in 1997, which also finished at Loudenvielle, that time approaching from the west over those classic cols, the Soulor, Tourmalet, Aspin and Azet. “The climbs were bad enough, but it was the heat that ground you down,” said Pete.

“In the Pyrenees in July it’s either 35 degrees and blistering sunshine or 10 degrees and raining – both pose something of a challenge!”

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" Vous pouvez trouver nos vêtements dans les magasins de l’enseigne  (à Paris – 13 rue des blancs Manteaux 75004, dans Le Marais, et un autre dans les yvelines 26 rue Ampère à Saint-Germain-en-Laye ), ainsi que chez plus de 150 distributeurs dans le monde entier.   SPORTS D’EPOQUE ouvrira également cet été plusieurs magasins dans Paris et disposera d’un corner au BHV du Marais du 08 juillet au 19 aout " nous précisent  Benoit  et  Géraud d'Argenlieu , les Fondateurs de  Sport d'Époque.

 Retrouver les collections sur le site internet https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/

La collection 2024 de sports d'époque.

Un t-shirt en coton et tencel, donc plus technique et absorbant mieux la transpiration, qui rend hommage à Raymond Poulidor, "Poupou", légende du cyclisme français.  Il fut sans doute le plus attachant des coureurs cyclistes Français professionnels. Bénéficiant d'une très grande popularité en France, il est aussi qualifié « d’éternel second ». En effet Raymond n’a jamais gagné la course Française la plus célèbre et n’y a jamais porté le maillot de leader non plus ! En revanche il en détient le record de podiums (huit, dont trois deuxièmes places) et y a remporté sept étapes !

Parmi ses 189 victoires figurent notamment quatre étapes du Tour d’Espagne qu'il remporte en 1964, deux titres sur Paris-Nice, des classiques comme Milan-San Remo et la Flèche Wallonne, ou encore un maillot de champion de France sur route. Il est aussi monté à quatre reprises sur le podium des championnats du monde de cyclisme sur route.

Lien :  https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/homme/2213-17603-t-shirt-raymond.html#/511-taille-s/527-couleur-marshmallow

TS PARIS BREST 1891

Un t-shirt 100% en coton biologique commémorant la première édition de la célèbre course cycliste PARIS BREST PARIS, en 1891.  

Cette course représente également le début de la popularité de la bicyclette, qui remplace peu à peu le Grand bi jugé moins pratique et plus dangereux. L’organisation accepte tous les modèles de vélos mais interdiction de changer de machines durant la course de 1200 kilomètres, à effectuer en 7 jours. Pour cette première de 1891, 211 coureurs prennent le départ, 100 auront la chance de la terminer. Le gagnant, Charles Terront, parvient à boucler la course en 71 heures et 22 minutes. Cinq autres éditions auront lieu jusqu’en 1931, puis deux en 1948 et 1951. C’est alors qu’elle prend des allures de randonnée et devient une course randonneur, encore organisée aujourd’hui.

Lien :  https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/homme/2537-t-shirt-paris-brest-1891.html  

TS LES POTES VELO

Entièrement composé d'un coton biologique premium, notre t-shirt Les Potes met l'accent sur la grande amitié existante entre coureurs dans ce sport jugé individuel.  Même si de nombreux entraînements s’effectuent seul, ce sport est surtout une histoire d’amitiés et de rencontres.

La compétition rend plus difficile les amitiés entre rivaux. C’est parfois longtemps après des années de rivalité que l’on réalise ce à c�'té de quoi on est passé. C’est ce que déclara Jacques Anquetil à propos de sa relation avec Raymond Poulidor : " C'est bête la vie, Raymond et moi, nous avons perdu quinze ans d'amitié. " Mais il ne fut pas trop tard, ces deux-là sont devenus potes. Plus d’un demi-siècle plus tard, il est devenu difficile d’imaginer l'intensité de la rivalité entre "Poupou" et "Maître Jacques", une rivalité qui a réussi à diviser un pays tout entier.

Lien :  https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/homme/2496-19995-t-shirt-les-potes.html#/513-taille-m/752-couleur-gitane

TS PLACE DE L'ETOILE

Ce t-shirt, 100% fait en coton biologique, célèbre le mois que tous les passionnés de cyclisme attendent avec impatience, Juillet, pour admirer l'arrivée sur la Place de l'Etoile.  L’arrivée mythique depuis plus de 100 ans, passant à plusieurs reprises par la place de l’étoile, nous rappelle évidemment le courage et le sacrifice des coureurs qui se donnent durant plus de 3 semaines avant une arrivée triomphale et bien méritée. Pour certains elle symbolise la victoire (mais ils sont peu !) et pour d’autres elle incarne l’exploit d’avoir tenu jusqu’au bout !

Cette arrivée rappelle aussi ce 23 juillet 1989, date à laquelle le français Laurent Fignon perdait la compétition au profit de l’américain Greg LeMond lors de l’ultime étape pour 8 secondes alors que le français avait 50 secondes d’avance au départ… 8 petites secondes qui resteront à jamais gravées dans la mémoire de tous les fans de vélo!

Lien :  https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/homme/2146-15548-t-shirt-place-de-l-etoile.html#/511-taille-s/527-couleur-marshmallow

POLO RETRO POCHE 

Ce polo, 100% fait en coton, s'inspire des blouses des mécaniciens de vélo de l'époque.  Dès la fin du 19ème siècle, apparaissent en France des mécaniciens spécialisés dans la construction et réparation des bicyclettes, pour la plupart charrons ou serruriers de formation. Dès 1890, les unions de cyclistes constituaient des réseaux locaux de réparateurs de confiance, donnant les meilleures adresses permettant au propriétaire d'achever l'étape.

Si toutefois la panne se produisait sur les routes, loin de tout réparateur, c’était bien au « vélocipédiste » de le faire. Lucien Petit-Breton, deux fois vainqueur de l’épreuve Reine, disait souvent « Ayez-toujours avec vous tout ce qu'il faut pour réparer votre machine, […] et exercez-vous avant la course à faire les réparations les plus compliquées, dans le temps le plus court ».

Lien :  https://www.sports-depoque.com/fr/homme/2392-polo-retro-poche.html

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The Napoleon Tour – Cycling Adventure from Paris to Moscow

The next edition of the Napoleon Tour will take place in 2018.

There are challenging one day sportives that cover hundreds of kilometers with thousands of meters of climbing. There are epic 7-day cycling events crossing mountain ranges on spectacular routes. And then, there are cycling adventures of a lifetime.

The Napoleon Tour is just such an extraordinary adventure. A ride in the footsteps of Napoleon’s Grande Armée , which tried to invade Russia , crossing 7 countries and covering 3852kms (2407 miles) in 45 days . It is quite obvious why the organizers are also calling it an expedition.

The tour is divided into 6 different stages , each lasting at least 7 days. You can choose to ride only one stage or the whole 45-day tour.

Stage 1 – French Champagne

Dates: 18th July to 25th July 2015 – 8 Days / 7 Nights Route: 590 km (370 miles) from Paris (France) to Worms (Germany)

Stage 2 – Castles and Forests

Dates: 25th July to 1st August 2015 – 8 Days / 7 Nights Route: 592 km (371 miles) from Worms (Germany) to Bautzen (Germany)

Stage 3 – The Medieval Trail

Dates: 1st August to 8th August 2015 – 8 Days / 7 Nights Route: 670 km (419 miles) from Bautzen (Germany) to Gdansk (Poland)

Stage 4 – The Great Lakes

Dates: 8th August to 15th August 2015 – 8 Days / 7 Nights Route: 590 km (371 miles) from Gdansk (Poland) to Vilnius (Lithuania)

Stage 5 – Baltic Discovery

Dates: 15th August 22 August 2015- 8 Days / 7 Nights Route: 530 km (330 miles) from Vilnius (Lithuania) to Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Stage 6 – Mother Russia

Dates: 22 August 31st August 2015- 10 Days / 9 Nights Route: 880 km (550 miles) from Saint Petersburg (Russia) to Moscow (Russia)

Napoleon Tour 2015 – Grand Armée

Dates: 18th July 31st August 2015 – 45 Days / 44 Nights Route: 3852kms (2407 miles) from Paris (France) to Moscow (Russia)

Prices & Registration

Stages 1 to 5 costs 2295 Euro each. Stage 6, which is 10 days long, costs 2592 Euro .

If you are brave enough to take on the complete Napoleon Tour, the cost will be 12995 Euro . Prices are based on double occupancy.

For more information please visit Ride & Seek’s official website .

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