SHOOT: There are three deciding stages left in the Tour that could slay dragons. There's this one, tomorrow's Time Trial and Saturday's punch to the gullet, the punishing finish up the killer climb of Ventoux. Stage 17 is hard because it is wedged between yesterday's tough stage and tomorrow's time trial. Lance Armstrong won this stage in 2004.
- Today is the stage "de tous les dangers" as the French say. Unpredictable, a lot can happen. Former D.S. Cyril Guimard was quoted in today's L'Equipe as saying that yesterday the Schlecks worked simply to eliminate some competition for the podium. Today? "Their target should be Contador." Should be interesting. Unfortunately, they'll have to do without Jens Voigt after his hard crash yesterday. -Pete
Tour de France Stage 17 Profile The peloton today will reach Sallanches in the shadow of
Mont Blanc at kilometer 92. (file photo: 2005 Dauphine Libere)
photo Copyright © 2005 Pete Geyer/cyclingfans.com - Tour de France Stage 17 departs Bourg-Saint-Maurice at 12:20 CET (6:20am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Le Grand-Bornand between 17:00 and 17:33 CET (11:00am and 11:33am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus TV is scheduled to begin at 6:30am U.S. Eastern (6:20am U.S. Eastern for the Versus live streaming). Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) wins Stage 16. |
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