Tonight is Stage 17 (Embrun to L’Alpe-d’Huez) 210.5 km
L’Alpe-d’Huez! The Queen stage of the tour. What tactics will CSC throw at the Peleton tonight? WIll it work? … bring it on 
Stage Details:
- stage 17 – Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez 210.5 km [www.letour.fr]
- Stage 17: Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez [SBS]
- Stage 17 – Wednesday, July 23: Embrun – L’Alpe d’Huez, 210.5km [CyclingNews]
- Stage 17 • EMBRUN > L’ALPE-D’HUEZ • 210,5 km [EuroSport]
- Stage 17 preview Embrun → L’Alpe d’Huez, 210k (mountainous) [SteepHill]
- Route Tour de France 08, Étape 17: Embrun – L’Alpe-d’Huez [bikemap.net]
Climbs:
Cat 3 – at:31.0 km – Côte de Sainte-Marguerite – h:1185m
Cat HC – at:79.0 km – Col du Galibier – h:2645m
Cat HC – at:156.0 km – Col de la Croix de Fer – h:2067m
Cat HC – at:210.5 km – ALPE-D’HUEZ – h:1680m
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]
stage 17 – Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez 210.5 km live [www.letour.fr]
Stage 17 – Wednesday, July 23: Embrun – L’Alpe d’Huez, 210.5km Complete live report [CyclingNews]
Tour de France – *Embrun – L’Alped’Huez “live match” [Eurosport Yahoo!]
Live commentary (flash) [SBS]
Live text – Tour de France [BBC]
TdFblog (Frank Steele’s) [Twitter]
Boulder Report Live Blog [bicycling.com]
SBS: Tour de France 2008 Forum [SBS]
Newsflash:
87km – NEWSFLASH: Saunier Duval are ceasing operations with immediate effect following the fallout from the Ricco-Piepoli scandal… Another one bites the dust. A tragedy for cycling or the best thing since sliced bread? — eurosport
Results:
0km – Sastre wins the stage atop Alpe d’Huez! He pumps the sky with his fist. The clock starts ticking down… will he have enough time for Saturday’s ITT? — eurosport
Places for stage 17:
01. Carlos Sastre (ESP) CSC – 210.5km in 6h’07’58″ (34.323km/h)
02. Samuel Sanchez (ESP) EUS – at 2’03″
03. Andy Schleck (LUX) CSC at 2’03″
04. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) GCE – at 2’13″
05. Frank Schleck (LUX) CSC – at 2’13″
06. Vladimir Efimkin (RUS) ALM – at 2’15″
07. Cadel Evans (AUS) SIL – at 2’15″
08. Denis Menchov (RUS) RAB – at 2’15″
09. Christian Vande Velde (USA) GAR – at 2’15″
10. Bernhard Kohl (AUT) GST – at 2’15″
16:50 – Carlos Sastre is the new yellow jersey. He holds a 1’24″ lead over Franck Schleck, 1’33″ over Bernhard Kohl and 1’34″ over Cadel Evans. Will it be enough to keep Evans, a time trial specialist, at bay on Saturday’s 53km ITT? — eurosport
Tour de Web:
(What others have to say about this stage)
[1] Stage 17 – Wednesday, July 23: Embrun – L’Alpe d’Huez, 210.5km [Cycling News]
[2] RESULTS:Stage 17 – Wednesday, July 23: Embrun – L’Alpe d’Huez, 210.5km [Cycling News]
[3] SBS Tour de France 2008: Stage 17 – Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez [SBS]
[4] Stage 17 Photos [Graham Watson]
[5] Stage 17 on the road [TDF Blog]
[6] Stage 17 results: Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank wins Alpe d’Huez and takes the Yellow Jersey; Evans still looking good for the overall [Steephill.tv]
[7] STAGE 17: SASTRE TAKES YELLOW ON L’ALPE d’HUEZ [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[8] Stage 17 as it happened [BBC]
[9] Sastre takes over as Tour leader [BBC]
[10] Stage 17: All on Sastre, Was it Enough? [Spare Cycles]
[11] Tour de France ’08 Stage 17 Link Roundup [Spare Cycles]
[12] Stage Seventeen: Embrun to L’Alpe-d’Huez [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]
[13] Sastre wins the 2008 L’Alpe d’Huez stage [VeloNews]
[14] Stage 17 • EMBRUN > L’ALPE-D’HUEZ • 210,5 km [EuroSport]
[15] Daily Video – Stage 17 [Versus]
im doing my homework and cannot seen to find what im looking for so i thought you would be able to help with these questions
1.how is tour de france08 conducted and how it is broken up?
2.what diffferent roles do the competing team members have?
@taleah
I think your best bet is to have a look at Wikipedia for a bit of an overview. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_france )
Some quick answers:
1.how is tour de france08 conducted and how it is broken up?
The Tour de France is the world’s main cycle race. Started in 1903, it is a 23-day, 21-stage bicycle road race usually run over more than 3,500 kilometres (2,200 mi). The route, which varies from year to year, traces a circuit around most areas of France, and often passes into neighbouring countries. The race is broken into stages from one town to another, each of which is an individual race. The time taken to complete each stage is added to a cumulative total for each rider, to decide the outright winner at the end of the Tour. – Wikipedia
2.what different roles do the competing team members have?
As there are different jersey’s or competitions within the race a team may have riders that are specialists in the various categories.
- GC (General Gategory – Yellow Jersey)
- Sprinter (Green Jersey)
- Climber (Polka Dot Jersey)
- Best Team
To help a jersey competitor a team may include domestique (A rider whose main job is to help the team leader win the day’s stage) who’s job it is to fetch food and water from the cars to swap bikes if the Team Leader has a mechanical problem or other tasks. Some teams, such as CSC, have super-domestiques such as Fabian Cancellara and Jens Voight who can perform amazing turns at the head of the Peleton and change the whole shape of the race.
As to the tactics and how you use these other team members, it could fill a book
Some other links to check out:
Tour de France – Tour Countdown: Beginners Guide
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04072007/58/tour-de-france-tour-countdown-beginners-guide.html
Tour de France | Beginner’s Guide – ITV Sport
http://www.itv.com/Sport/tourdefrance/BeginnersGuide/default.html
Understanding the Tour de France
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7488252.stm
The Tour de France: A Beginners Guide
http://www.learninghow.com.au/Tour-de-France/The-Tour-de-France-A-Beginners-Guide-8520A.html