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Old-School Andorra

Posted on 10 July 20097 August 2018 by cosmo

Stage 7 is in progress. The break, which contains many solid climbers, is way up, and after an aggressively ridden first week, the pack has thus far shown limited interest in chasing. Certainly makes for a sharp contrast to the 1997 edition, where some suspiciously fresh riders powered away from the field.

In It’s Not About The Bike, Lance Armstrong relates watching this stage from his hospital bed and thinking that Ulle, then 23, would dominate cycling for the next decade. Sounds bizarre, especially when you consider how the following 10 years actually turned out.

thoughts on “Old-School Andorra”

  1. Anonymous says:
    10 July 2009 at 11:52 am

    I didn’t get to watch this stage yet, but followed the live updates from Le Tour’s site. Sounds like some fireworks went off toward the end of the stage, Evans tried an attack which gave Contador the “green light”. In the end Nocentini got yellow by 6 seconds and now gets to hide that hidious new kit for a day or so!!

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  2. harry krump says:
    10 July 2009 at 11:57 am

    yeah, I don’t think they used the f-ing big ring this year. kudos to you needle + EPO.

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  3. rainbow says:
    10 July 2009 at 5:40 pm

    hey Cosmo,
    now tell me,
    does your token french breakaway AG2R Mondiale jursey come in yellow?
    I’d like one in XXXXXLS.

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  4. Sheriff says:
    11 July 2009 at 12:53 pm

    didnt i say thor the nors god of thunder would take green he is a legend pure legend

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  5. Lantern Rouge says:
    12 July 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Ullrich a doper? Zabriskie’s a Cylon…

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Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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