On ya Bike!

Ready to Roll......

2009-08-21T05:24:00.001-07:00

The Tour Of Ireland is Live on ITV4 and Eurosport to name but a couple of channels!

If you don't want to miss a trick, here a list of the times:

Friday 21st August: 7.00 - 8.00pm, (Repeat Saturday 22nd August: 1.00 - 2.00pm)
Saturday 22nd August: 8.00 - 9.00pm, (Repeat Sunday 23rd August: 1.00 - 2.00pm)
Sunday 23rd August: 7.00 - 8.00pm, (Repeat Monday 24th August: 1.00 - 2.00pm)
Monday 24th August (overall highlights): 7.00 - 8.00pm, (Repeat Tuesday 25th August: 1.00 - 2.00pm)

All the big teams will be there: www.tourofireland.ie/teams.php

Tour of Ireland

2009-08-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

The Tour of Ireland and 3 great looking stages due to start on Friday the 21st August!

All the info on www.tourofireland.ie

A message from Jens

2009-07-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

Here is Jens Voigt after his terrible fall during stage 16 of Tour de France, he was shooting downhill at around 80- 90 kmh when it happened. It was a real nasty fall but luckly Jens is dealing with it well:

All the Best Jens, Get Well Soon!

Le Tour de France 2009: Green Jersey Standings:

2009-07-27T13:11:00.000-07:00

1. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 280 pts

2. Mark Cavendish (IDM/THR) 270

3. Gerald Ciolek (GER/MRM) 172

4. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/GCE) 145

5. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 136

6. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 122

7. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 119

8. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/LIQ) 104

9. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 101

10. Andreas Kloden (GER/AST) 89

Mark Cavendish Done it!

2009-07-26T08:47:00.000-07:00

Mark Cavendish has won the final stage of the tour de France, he stormed it to the line and now goes in the record books as the first Brit to ever win 6 stages of the Tour! What a great tour its been, Bradley Wiggins taken overall fouth add to the best year Britain has ever seen in the tour....can't wait til the next tour 2010..

Final standings:

1. Alberto Contador
2. Andy Schleck 4min 11sec
3. Lance Armstrong 5min 24sec
4. Bradley Wiggins 6min 01sec
5. Frank Schleck 6min 04sec

Bradley Wiggins

2009-07-25T07:35:00.000-07:00

The British rider Bradley Wiggins fought hard again today and retained his 4th overall possion in the Tour de France, with only one stage left he's looking good to become the Highest placed Brit in many a year of the TdF!

It looked like he'd cracked a couple on times right at the end of the stage, a very hard climb to the line, but Bradley dag deep managing to came in 1min and 03 sec behind the lead. So even though he had lost a little time, it wasn't enough to lose that overall 4th place!

With only one stage left, its winding up to be an exciting Tour.

The top 5:

1. Alberto Contador
2. Andy Schleck 4min 11sec
3. Lance Armstrong 5min 24sec
4. Bradley Wiggins 6min 01sec
5. Frank Schleck 6min 04sec

Jerseys:

Yellow jersey: Alberto Contador
Green jersey: Thor Hushovd
Polka dot jersey: Franco Pellizotti
White jersey: Andy Schleck

Mark Cavendish does it again

2009-07-24T08:17:00.000-07:00

After 3h 50' 35" Mark Cavendish takes another Win at stage 19 of Le Tour de France, making a grand total of 5 so far this year. The course was 178km from Bourgoin-Jallieu with an average speed of 46.32 kph (quick!).

It was an very unexpected win by the britain who now lies 25 point behind Thor Hushovd in the race for Green, who came in second today.

It may all come down to the last day and the finish in Paris before we see the final of this epic dual.

The day of the Schleck's

2009-07-22T12:03:00.000-07:00

Stage 17 and what a stage it was, Frank (Fränk) and Andy Schleck attacked hard today in a epic race, won at the end by a well deserving Frank Schleck!

However Alberto Contador (Yellow jersey holder) managed to stay with the Schlecks and inprove his overall lead on everyone apart from Andy and Frank.

Andy Schleck is now well positioned a podium finish at the end.

The Stage Results

1. Frank Schleck (Lux) 4hr53min54sec

2. Andy Schleck (Lux) same time

3. Alberto Contador (Spa) same time

4. Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) +2min18sec

5. Lance Armstrong (US) same time

6. Andreas Kloden (Ger) +2:27

7. Brad Wiggins (GB) +3:07

8. Christophe Moreau (Fra) +4:09

9. Christian Vandevelde (US) same time

10. Remi Pauriol (Fra) +6:10

Report from Stage 15 of "Le Tour de France" (TdF)

2009-07-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

An update on the stage 15 of Le Tour de France, Amazing pictures form right in front of the finish line:

Mark Cavendish disqualified

2009-07-18T12:55:00.000-07:00

After a hard fought stage 14 of Le Tour de France, the British sprinter Mark Cavendish (Second for the Green jersey fight) was disqualified after Thor Hushovd complained that he try to bush him into the barriers. Lucky for Thor this means he keeps the green jersey over Mark Cavendish, I got to see the review from the helicopter view and can't really see any reason for the complaint it the barriers the move inward not Mark moving over towards the barrier.

The Coloured Jerseys Explained

2009-07-18T02:29:00.000-07:00

YELLOW Jersey
Overall leader, first awarded during the 1919 race (First TdF started in 1903); yellow to match the paper used to print L'Auto(Automobile Cyclisme), a French newspaper about bike racing.

POLKADOT Jersey (White w/red dots)
Best climber, determined by points scored by the first 3 to 15 riders finishing selected mountain stages (number of riders awarded points varies with the difficulty of the stage). First awarded 1933.

GREEN Jersey
Points jersey, usually won by sprinter-types, with points given to the first 25 riders to finish each stage. First awarded 1953.

WHITE Jersey
Best placed Youth under 25 years of age, as of the 1st of Jan this year.

YELLOW Hats
First place team, determined by combined elapsed times of the the team's top 3 riders.

In the event of a rider leading the race and also deserving one of the other
jerseys, the race leader wears yellow, and the 2nd place in the category wears
the category jersey.