Tonight is Stage 13 (Narbonne to Nîmes) 182 km
Another day for the sprinters. Will Cav make it number 4, or will
Stage Details:
- stage 13 – Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km [www.letour.fr]
- Stage 13: Narbonne > Nîmes [SBS]
- Stage 13 – Friday, July 18: Narbonne – Nîmes, 182km [CyclingNews]
- Stage 13 • NARBONNE > NÎMES • 182 km [EuroSport]
- Stage 13 preview: Narbonne → Nîmes, 182k (rolling) [SteepHill]
- Route Tour de France 08, Étape 13, Lavelanet – Narbonne [bikemap.net]
Climbs:
Cat 4 – at:62.0 km – Côte de la Resclauze – h:236m
Cat 4 – at:105.5 km – Côte de Puéchabon – h:293m
Cat 4 – at:126.0 km – Pic Saint-Loup – h:240m
Live:
Live Race Data [Polar]
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Current local time in Paris (World Clock)
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Tour de France – Live Tracker [UBI Labs]
stage 13 – Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km live [www.letour.fr]
Stage 13 – Friday, July 18: Narbonne – Nîmes, 182km Complete live report [CyclingNews]
Stage 13 • NARBONNE > NÎMES • 182 km “live match” [Eurosport Yahoo!]
TdFblog (Frank Steele’s) [Twitter]
Boulder Report Live Blog [bicycling.com]
SBS: Tour de France 2008 Forum [SBS]
Newsflash:
Another one bites the dust:-
108km – BREAKING NEWS! Italians Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Ricco have been sacked from the Saunier Duval team for “doping practices”, the team said on Friday. “(Team manager) Mauro Gianetti has lost faith in them and he decided to fire them from the team,” David Garcia, a spokesman for Saunier Duval, told Reuters. Big news! We knew Ricco had tested positive, but we did not know what Piepoli’s situation was. “They have been fired for doping practices,” is the word from Saunier Duval. — eurosport
Via ABC we get a bit more of the story;
Piepoli, Ricco sacked over doping
Italians Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Ricco have been kicked out of the Saunier Duval cycling team on doping grounds, the team said on Friday.
“(Team manager) Mauro Gianetti has lost faith in them and he decided to fire them from the team,” said David Garcia, a spokesman for Saunier Duval.
It was announced on Thursday that Ricco tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO on the fourth stage of this year’s Tour de France. Piepoli and the rest of the team were subsequently withdrawn.
“(Gianetti) did a personal investigation and consequently lost faith in Ricco but also in Piepoli because of a violation of the team’s ethics code,” Saunier Duval said in a statement.
“As a result, Mauro Gianetti immediately fired these two riders.”
-Reuters
9km – OUCH!! Gerolsteiner rider Sven Krauss hit a road sign in the middle of the street and flipped over! His bike has split in half!! That has to hurt. — eurosport
Results:
7:38 – Cavendish Can’t Be Beaten!
Robbie McEwen went head-to-head with Mark Cavendish in the finale but the Australian couldn’t get near the rider from the Isle of Man who, again, won by several bike lengths after a perfectly executed sprint.
17:37 – Cavendish Again!
Cavendish is making this sprinting game look easy. He was blocked in the middle of the bunch with 500m to go but when he opened it up, there was no one who could get close. Stage win number four for the Columbia rider!
– www.letour.fr
01. Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia)
02. Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto)
03. Roman Feillu (Agritubel)
04. Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner)
05. Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
06. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
07. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis)
08. Erik Zabel (Milram)
09. Julian Dean (Slipstream)
10. Sebastian Chavanel (Francaise des Jeux)
Tour de Web:
(What others have to say about this stage)
[1] Stage 13 – Friday, July 18: Narbonne – Nîmes, 182km [Cycling News]
[2] RESULTS:Stage 13 – Friday, July 18: Narbonne – Nîmes, 182km [Cycling News]
[3] SBS Tour de France 2008: Stage 13 – Narbonne > Nîmes [SBS]
[4] Stage 13 Photos [Graham Watson]
[5] Manx cat pounces again: Cavendish takes 4th stage win [TDF Blog]
[6] Stage 13 results: Mark Cavendish wins again, his fourth victory in the Tour [Steephill.tv]
[7] — [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[8] Stage 12 as it happened [BBC]
[9] Cavendish claims fourth stage win [BBC]
[10] Stage 13: Cavendish unbeatable [Spare Cycles]
[11] Tour de France ‘08 Stage 13 Link Roundup [Spare Cycles]
[12] Stage Thirteen: Narbonne to Nîmes [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]
[13] Un, deux, trois, quatre: Cav’ crushes [VeloNews]
[14] Stage 13 • NARBONNE > NÎMES • 182 km [EuroSport]
[15] Daily Video – Stage 13 [Versus]
