Avenell Road 04 October @ 06:18 AM EST
Has the transfer window opened again? I awoke to see the headlines about Arsenal being linked
to three players. Bolton's Gary Cahill just as a back up centre half, he could be just the answer
especially with Johan out until February with a knee injury, Song our other back up centre half
going to the Africa Cup of Nations.
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EPL Talk 08 September @ 01:34 PM EST
Admiral Capello strides onto the bridge. "Status report, Lieutenant Rooney!" he
shouts.
Rooney is grim. "The Croatians have boarded the ship, Sir," he says. "They've already scored
two goals."
"I see," says Capello. He turns to his chief defensive officer.
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Alberto Contador: Hino da Dinamarca Alberto Contador viveu um momento insólito na consagração
pela vitória do Tour. O ciclista espanhol ouviu o hino dinamarquês em vez do hino espanhol.
Aqui há uns anos no Torneio da Madeira, Sub/20, Portugal inaugurava
o torneio num jogo com a TunÃsia.
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EPL Talk 27 July @ 01:28 PM EST
Sunday morning, 26th of July:
On five hours of sleep, I pull myself from my bedroom, cross the hall to the living room and
land on the couch. It's a journey of maybe 20 feet, but it feels like Stage 20 of the Tour de
France. I am a zombie on NyQuil dragging bags of concrete behind me.
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Alberto Contador corre atrás do futuro. Vai tentar bater o recorde do seu ainda companheiro Lance
Armstrong que venceu o Tour por 7 vezes. Hoje venceu pela segunda vez. O nosso compatriota ficou em
35º lugar e teve um papel importante na Astana, no apoio ao vencedor do Tour. Jacinto Paulinho
Toda a história aqui no http://www.
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It´s the 4th year in a row that a Spanish rider wins the TOUR DEFRANCE.This year ALBERTO CONTADOR
won his second title ( lasttime 2007) ahead of Andy Schleck & 7 time winner Lance Armstrong.The
curious episode was that the organization played the Danishnational anthem instead of the Spanish
when Contador stoodbewildered as he watch the Spanish flag climb the mast to a"different beat".
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www.lequipe.fr
Como se esperava, Alberto Contador vai entrar em 1º lugar na última etapa e Lance Armstrong em
3º, e será com naturalidade que esta ordem se manterá no podium final. Aguardar para ver, porque
no ciclismo pode sempre acontecer algo de imprevisto.
Toda a notÃcia no l'équipe.
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American Lance Armstrong seems to be channeling Paolo Maldini these days by hanging tough with
athletes who were born at least a decade after him. Today on the Tour de France's gruelling 20th
stage ride up Mont Ventoux, Armstrong beat back several attacks to cement his third place standing
for the ride into Paris tomorrow.
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No Twitter, americanos da Astana questionam ataque de Contador
por Everaldo Marques, blogueiro do ESPN.com.br
"Nem bem terminou a 17ª etapa da Volta da França e veio a público mais uma demonstração que o
clima na equipe Astana continua longe de ser harmônico. Através do Twitter, a rede social da
moda, dois ciclistas norte-americanos do time cazaque questionaram o ataque de Alberto Contador na
penúltima meta de montanha de hoje.
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Forget the Ashes we've lost them, the Tour De France not a chance, as a true Aussie I've thrown my
daughters bike away, chucked the cricket ball over next door, I'm now very focused on Diving,
getting my daughter to practice immediately we won gold.
And great news this morn from little ol SBS all our Under 20 games live on Telly at some godly
hour.
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The road to the
Champions League group stages is longer and more treacherous than Alberto
Contador on the mountain stages of the Tour de France.
Of course some clubs are not required to join that road until it becomes a lot wider with tarmac,
cat's eyes and those flashing signs warning you against bottle necks at Junction 11.
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Playing a little catch-up with some non-David Beckham related news:
*Three Chivas USA players and two from UCLA were selected for a 10-day camp in Argentina that
begins today that is the final tune-up for the United States Men's Under-20 National Team that
plays in the FIFA World Cup for that age category in late September in Egypt.
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I'm currently sitting in my summer apartment in a secret Mediterranean coastal city. It is 35
degrees celsius outside, and I've decided to take a day off from the beach and watch Tour de France
highlights on my summer channel of Eurosport. For the uninitiated, with six stages remaining,
Alberto Contador of Spain is in the lead (Spain appear to be the champions of sport at the moment),
followed by Lance Armstrong in second and Bradley Wiggins of the UK in third.
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www.lequipe.fr
Alberto Contador é o melhor e vou ajudá-lo a vencer o Tour, disse Lance Armstrong após a etapa
de ontem.
Toda a notÃcia aqui, no l'équipe.
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Soccerblog 15 July @ 07:49 AM EST
John Hartson, the former Arsenal striker who this week was diagnosed with testicular cancer with
metastasis to the brain and now lungs, underwent emergency neurosurgery to relieve pressure on his
brain. The Swansea hospital he was operated in released this statement:
"He is currently being cared for by the critical care team at Morriston and is receiving
round-the-clock care aiming to stabilise his condition.
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Hopefully, DC United is rested and ready because just like the Tour de France is gearing up for the
all important Alpine stages, DC United is heading for a crush of games that will likely determine
their season. Ah... I love the Tour de France and I am especially glad the MLS schedulers took it
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Special post today, as I attended my first ever Tour de France stage. This was to be the tenth
stage of the 2009 Tour de France and covered 194.5km from Limoges to Issoudun in Indre, about 50kms
from where I live. I have driven this route before and by car, takes a good couple of hours to
do.
The programme suggested getting into position at around 3pm as this was the expected time of
arrival of the riders.
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Se em cima da bicicleta todos sabemos que ele é um campeão, convém ler esta entrevista para
perceber que também o é mesmo que não venha a vencer o Tour.
Depois de quatro anos volta a descobrir o Tour. Mudou muito?
Não. Continua a
ser a jóia da coroa, o acontecimento mais importante do ciclismo.
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Rui Costa. o outro português no Tour. Erro meu. Obrigado Claude
http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/RIDERS/us/coureurs/113.html
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Sérgio Paulinho
Sérgio Paulinho, companheiro de estrada dos grandes corredores Lance Armstrong e Alberto Contador
(Equipe Astana) ficou em 67º lugar na dificil etapa montanhosa Barcelona - Andorra, depois de ter
feito uma corrida de grande valor dentro da complexa estratégia desta equipa americana que,
segundo dizem os conhecedores, tem por objectivo principal ganhar a Volta e ver o Lance Armstrong
ganhar mais uma vez o Tour de France 2009.
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As teams begin to train for the upcoming season, players are forced to get back in shape after a
few weeks off, where they probably laid around, having sex done to them by anonymous strangers and
eating like life was one big never-ending hot dog eating contest (or so I imagine).
Well, perhaps inspired by the Tour de France, Borussia Dortmund decided to go for a bike ride
and it seems defender Patrick Owomoyela wasn't exactly prepared for it.
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Apparently Scott, the host of the Winning Ugly Radio Show, once rode in the Tour de France! This
photo emerged today...
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Anfield Talk 13 August @ 03:19 AM EST
From Euro 2008 to Wimbledon and the Tour de France, this has been the summer of the Spaniard and
here, in a stadium situated between a steelworks and grassed-over slag heaps, Rafael Benitez
launched his own quest for glory.
The Champions League is his banker; the tournament that has earned the manager his place in the
Liverpool pantheon.
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Okay, we get it. Spain has lots of good sportsmen. Point made. First you go off and win Euro 2008,
then you win Wimbledon, now a Spaniard has won the Tour de France for the third straight year. What
next, are the Barcelona Dragons going to win the Super Bowl and these guys going to win [...]
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Spanish rider CARLOS SASTRE made his dream come true at the age of 33, to win the Worlds most
prized cycling race, the TOUR DE FRANCE 2008. Sastre become the 7th Spaniard to win the race &
gives... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
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Hopefully sometime next week, once the Tour de France is over, I'll have something to post that
isn't related to cycling and the best day of cycling ever. Until then, enjoy this picture of
Arsenal in their new kits.
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Diagnosed with cancer with 1996, doctors gave him less then a 10% chance of survival. 3 years later
he won his first Tour De France title, followed by 6 more. A record that will never ever be broken
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In the scheme of things, what's important to me today does not at all relate to football (these
things are the Tour de France and all of today's excitement). But, as with the world, things move
on regardless of how much cycling I watch. Bullet points. Hleb left Arsenal -- good riddance. I am
glad to be rid of him.
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Every year around this time I spend hours each day falling under the spell of the Tour de France.
Watching cyclists pedal through the gorgeous French countryside while listening to the soothing
commentating from Phil and Paul is one of...
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I was so busy watching Torchwood (I can't seem to stop watching it, except for the Tour de France)
last night, that I totally forgot to watch Chivas USA's match. Probably a good thing, too, since
they lost. Otherwise, I have nothing else to add. It's a slow week, I think.
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These are truly the dog days of summer. With apologies to Arena Football, baseball and cycling
(Tour de France) are the only major sports going on right now, and we're waiting until late
summer/fall when the sports calendar will really get busy again.
With this in mind, I'm sure you, like me, have an abundance of free time on your hands.
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I spend a lot of time trashing various elements of television sportscasting, but I wanted to just
take a moment to pay tribute to the best sports telecast on American TV - the Tour de France. It's
true. The single best broadcast in American sports broadcasting is Versus' telecast of the Tour de
France.
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The transfer window is open. Players are on the move. What does this mean for our France boys
and their club situations? Let's take a look at a few of our gents and where they'll be playing
next season.
We all know that Gregory Coupet is out the door for Lyon, right? Or maybe
not.
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Take a look at this page setup by the Versus network to buildup to its coverage of this year's Tour
de France. Can you imagine a version of this ad saying "Screw the politics, xenophobes, and
talk show hosts, etc.?" I, for one, would love to see it because unlike cycling, soccer hasn't
actually done anything wrong [.
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