Tour de France 2010
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MichaelPP
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28th May '10, 2:13pm
28th May '10, 2:13pm
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This year's Tour de France takes place from the 3rd to the 23rd July.
Here are some useful links:
The official Tour de France site - http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html
Quote:
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/tourdefrance
http://www.itv.com/tour/
http://www.itv.com/sport/tourdefrance/beginnersguide/default.html
http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france/
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Alberto Contador was the
17th Aug '10, 11:08am
Alberto Contador was the main focus of different sport articles and sport magazines in this unique cycling event. It’s really fun to watch 97th edition of the Tour and your favorite cyclist’s winning moves.