Parcours Tour de France 2008
The time is coming, it begins: Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3500 kilometres. Only one winner… who will claim this years title?
Criterium du Dauphine
The final starting list for the CdD 2008 is now out. From the list of riders in this years race it’s going to be a hum dinger with all the big names and teams turning out to flex their legs over French Alps in preparation for the Tour De France.
The big names that will face off are Levi Leipheimer to lead out Astana, Alejandro Valverde from Caisse D’Epargne. Michael Rogers heading up Team High Roads eight man squad, this will be a testing time for Rogers as he is on his comeback from Epstein-Barr virus and has not been seen in action on this year Pro Tour after his fall in the 2007 TDF.
The teams to watch for me are… you guessed it: Silent-Lotto with Popovych and Lloyd backing up Evan, Astana have a point to prove to and I’m expecting they won’t hold back in showing the cycling world that they feel they should be in this years TDF. Robobank, Caisse D’Epargne, High Road and Saunier Duval – Scott will all play a big part with the riders named.
Now bring on the curtain raiser, I have prepared the couch as we are weeks away from the only Grand Tour that matters in terms of media coverage. If you are reading this off the RSS feed pop over to the site and take a look at the Tour De France yellow theme with a few of the past legends on the header.
The Weather
BrisbaneFriday, 29 August, 2008, 1:37 pm 
Partly sunny
current temperature: 21°Csunrise: 6:04
sunset: 17:34
Forecast Saturday, 30 August, 2008 day Partly sunny
20°CForecast Sunday, 31 August, 2008 day Partly sunny
21°C