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Don't blame T-Mobile for Sinkewitz's positive test
Dan Friebe - Tue 17 Jul, 11:00 pm UTC
Patrick Sinkewitz's positive A test for testosterone produced a predictably shrill reaction in the Tour's start village in Tallard this morning.
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Dan Friebe's TdF: My cash is on Contador
Dan Friebe - Tue 17 Jul, 11:00 pm UTC
"A cross between Armstrong and Pantani"
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The dozen who could still win the Tour
Dan Friebe - Mon 16 Jul, 11:00 pm UTC
Two mountain stages down, four to go, not to mention two long time trials. In Tignes, Michael Rasmussen is in pole position and, I reckon, well in contention to win in Paris on July 29.
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Crash will relight Vino's fire
Dan Freibe - Thu 12 Jul, 11:00 pm UTC
Vinokourov's fire had already been stoked by that now infamous press conference in London on the eve of the Tour.
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A tale of two lead out men
Dan Friebe - Thu 12 Jul, 9:39 am UTC
In a story of two lead-out men, as Thor Hushovd tonight hailed Julian Dean's contribution to his first win of the 2007 season, the Norwegian's green jersey rival Tom Boonen was left cursing a Gert Steegmans mistake on the run-in to Joigny.
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A little trompe l'œil
Dan Friebe - Tue 10 Jul, 11:00 pm UTC
The Tour is always fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but today's start village in Villers-Cotterets was especially fruitful. It seems that an average speed of under 40kph is all it takes these days to spawn enough speculation to fill a UFO symposium.
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Is a clean Tour a boring Tour?
Dan Friebe - Tue 10 Jul, 5:42 pm UTC
How many times have we heard that the Tour de France would be a better, more interesting race if riders weren't doping? How many times have we heard that, EPO-free, the Grande Boucle would be awash with attacks, collapses and general, high octane drama?
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Will Cancellara ever lose another prologue?
Dan Friebe - Mon 9 Jul, 1:17 pm UTC
A quick flick through the record books tells us that Fabian Cancellara's victory margin yesterday was the third biggest in the Tour's history. Only Freddy Maertens in 1967 and Chris Boardman in 1994 opened up more daylight between themselves and the rest of the field in a Tour prologue.
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London embraces the Tour
Dan Friebe - Mon 9 Jul, 1:17 pm UTC
Procycling's Dan Friebe gives his impressions of day 1 of the Tour de France
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Tom Boonen's new Specialized
- Wed 28 Mar, 11:00 pm UTC
Tom Boonen is was a happy man after winning Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, his first ever vic




