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SYDNEY, Oct 29, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans said Thursday he is fed up of being the nearly man of the Tour de France and is more determined than ever to land cycling’s greatest race.
Evans has been dogged by doubt after finishing runner-up in the Tour in 2007 [...]

What A Difference A Year Makes
The 2010 TdF route was announced last week and, ou est la! It largely involves a long, hard bike ride around France.  Yes it has different features and towns and mountain passes, and yes it lacks a Team Time Trial and Mont Ventoux and so on, but if you step [...]

by Justin Davis
PARIS, Oct 14, 2009 (AFP) – Seven-times champion Lance Armstrong admitted next year’s Tour de France could offer victory opportunities to a bigger field of rivals after the organizers’ unveiled the 2010 route on Wednesday.
Beginning in Rotterdam on July 3 and ending in Paris [...]

Britain’s Mark Cavendish admits next year’s Tour de France route looks more difficult than this year, but that won’t stop the Isle of Man rider aiming to blitz the sprint field yet again.
And the Team Columbia rider, who now has an impressive tally of 10 stage wins from only two of [...]

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.
These stages have the following profiles:
* 1 prologue,
* 9 flat stages,
[...]

[14.10 13:42] Tour de France 2010 kicks off with a prologue over eight kilometers in the largest port in Europe, Rotterdam in Holland. That was a fact when the Tour de France 2010 route was presented today in Paris where the world’s current and former cycling stars were gathered. This year’s overall second of the [...]

Manager Johan Bruyneel
I think it’s a very traditional course. There is a little bit less time trialing than normal but other than that there are no surprises. In the beginning the stage with the cobblestones can be tricky but other than that it is very predictable. It’s a pity that there is no team time [...]

The prologue and 20 stages for the 2010 Tour de France, the 97th edition which will be held over an approximate distance of 3590km on July 3-25:
Prologue (time trial) in Rotterdam, Netherlands (8km)
Stage 1: Rotterdam – Brussels, Belgium (224km)
Stage 2: Brussels – Spa, Belgium [...]

NAZARETH, Belgium, Oct 1, 2009 (AFP) – Recently-crowned world road race champion Cadel Evans said winning the coveted rainbow jersey will not change his ambitions to win the Tour de France.
Evans, a former two-time runner-up on the world’s toughest bike race, made history for Australia when he won the [...]

Lance Armstrong insisted he will be aiming to win an eighth Tour de France title when he competes in the 2010 race with his new venture Team Radioshack.
The 37-year-old won seven consecutive Tour titles between 1999 and 2005, but left his retirement to finish an amazing third behind Spanish winner [...]