Tour de France 2008 – Stage III

Tonight is Stage 3 (Saint-Malo to Nantes) a distance of 208km.

Stage Details:

• stage 3 – Saint-Malo > Nantes [www.letour.fr]
• Stage 3 – Saint-Malo > Nantes [SBS]
• Stage 3 – Saint-Malo – Nantes, 208km [CyclingNews]
• Stage 3 • SAINT-MALO > NANTES • 208 km [EuroSport]
• Stage 3 preview: St Malo → Nantes, 208k (flat) [SteepHill]

Happy Birthday to Erik Zabel (Milram) who is 38 today!

Live:
Live Race Data [Polar]
Live Telemetry [SRM]

Current local time in Paris (World Clock)

Live Audio|AudioPlayer [EuroSport]
Tour de France – Live Tracker [UBI Labs]
Saint-Malo > Nantes 208 km live [www.letour.fr]
Stage 3 – Saint-Malo – Nantes, 208km Complete live report [CyclingNews]
Saint-Malo – Nantes “live match” [Eurosport Yahoo!]
TdFblog (Frank Steele’s) [Twitter]
SBS: Tour de France 2008 Forum [SBS]

Good game to start things off over at EuroSport;

198km – The gap is already up to three minutes! Let’s start things off with a guessing game today. What is the max level you think this gap will reach before the peloton starts to reel it in? …

Results:

17:37 – Dumoulin Wins The Stage!
Samuel Dumoulin has delivered a victory for France by outsprinting Roman Feillu and Will Frischkorn.
17:38 – McEwen Leads Peloton Home
McEwen has taken fifth place 2’02″ behind Dumoulin.
– [www.letour.fr]

Mag of the day, stage 3 (Tour de France YouTube Channel)

Tour de Web:
(What others have to say about this stage)
[1] Stage 3 – Monday, July 7: Saint-Malo – Nantes, 208km [Cycling News]
[2] Results: Stage 3 – Monday, July 7: Saint-Malo – Nantes, 208km [Cycling News]
[3] SBS Tour de France 2008: Stage & Map [SBS]
[4] Stage 3 Photos [Graham Watson]
[5] Dumoulin takes Stage 3, Feillu in yellow [TDF Blog]
[6] Stage 3 results: Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis wins from the long, four-man break; Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel now in Yellow. [Steephill.tv]
[7] STAGE 3: LONG BREAKAWAY GETS AWAY WITH IT [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[8] Tour de France: Stage three as it happened [BBC]
[9] Feillu takes yellow from Valverde [BBC]
[10] Stage 3: A break, a crash, and lots of shakeup [Spare Cycles]
[11] Tour de France ‘08 Stage 3 Link Roundup [Spare Cycles]
[12] Stage Three: Saint-Malo to Nantes [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]
[13] Tour de France stage 3: Will Frischkorn gets on the podium [VeloNews]
[14] Stage 3 • SAINT-MALO > NANTES • 208 km [EuroSport]
[15] Daily Video – Stage 3 [Versus]

Tour de France 2008 – Stage II

Last night was Stage 2 ( Auray to Saint-Brieuc ) covering a distance of 164.5 km.

Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) had an exciting escape, and for a few moments it looked like Chavanel had broken the odds and was in with a chance for a win; it was not to be as the sprinters came home and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) taking the prize.

Disappointing to see last year’s King of the Mountain, Juan Mauricio Soler (Barloworld), in so much trouble with his injury from stage one. Hopefully he can come good before we reach the mountains. Now that his GC hopes are gone, perhaps he can take out his frustration on the mountains?

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) retains the maillot jaune, although some of his team finished towards the back of the peleton. Are they working too hard too early?

Results:

16:57 – Hushovd Takes The Win!
Thor Hushovd has come around everyone and claimed the stage. He beat a Columbia rider, probably Cavendish. [www.letour.fr]

Mag of the day, stage 2 (Tour de France YouTube Channel)

Tour de Web:
(What others have to say about this stage)
[1] Stage 2 – Sunday, July 6: Auray – Saint Brieuc, 164.5km [Cycling News]
[2] Results: Stage 2 – Sunday, July 6: Auray – Saint Brieuc, 164.5km [Cycling News]
[3] SBS Tour de France 2008: Stage & Map [SBS]
[4] Stage 2 Photos [Graham Watson]
[5] Hushovd bags Stage 2 [TDF Blog]
[6] Stage 2 results: Thor Hushovd wins the strong man’s sprint finish in St. Brieuc for his 6th career Tour win [Steephill.tv]
[7] STAGE 2: THOR THROWS IT DOWN AT THE LINE [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[8] Tour de France: Stage two as it happened [BBC]
[9] Hushovd sprints to Tour success [BBC]
[10] Tour de France ‘08 Stage 2 Link Roundup Take 4 [Spare Cycles]
[11] Stage Two: Auray to Saint-Brieuc [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]
[12] Stage 2, by the numbers [VeloNews]
[13] Stage 2 • AURAY > SAINT-BRIEUC • 164,5 km [EuroSport]

This weeks links (2008-07-07)

Via BoingBoing’s As price of fuel soars, so does a dirigible renaissance? (2008-Jul-05) ;

Why Fly When You Can Float?
(2008-Jul-05) [NYT]
… As the cost of fuel soars and the pressure mounts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, several schemes for a new generation of airship are being considered by governments and private companies. “It’s a romantic project,” said Mr. Massaud, 45, sitting amid furniture designs in his Paris studio, “but then look at Jules Verne.”
It has been more than 70 years since the giant Hindenburg zeppelin exploded in a spectacular fireball over Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 crew members and passengers, abruptly ending an earlier age of airships. But because of new materials and sophisticated means of propulsion, a diverse cast of entrepreneurs is taking another look at the behemoths of the air. …

Probably not the way to go about the whole balloon flight process;

Body of Missing Brazil `Balloon Priest’ Found at Sea
(2008-Jul-04) [Bloomberg]
The body of a Brazilian priest who tried to break a record for flying suspended by helium balloons was found in the Atlantic Ocean near Rio de Janeiro more than two months after he disappeared. …