January 1 - July 27, Saint-Malo, France, Road - GT
The start town of Saint-Malo has been a stage village seven times. First used in 1949, when Swiss Ferdi K
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The current race situation is that we have a four-man breakaway. It includes US talent William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle - H30), Italian Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Frenchman Romain Feillu (Agritubel) and his compatriot Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis). The gap to the peloton at the moment is a good six minutes.
The break has already passed the first sprint, at km 21.5. Dumoulin passed ahead of Longo Borghini and Feillu.
The famous L'Etape du Tour, where recreational riders can test themselves on a Tour stage, happened early this year. The 2008 parcours was exactly like the pros ride stage 10 to Hautacam this year. The winner had 5h38 for the 156km. We will see how that compares to the peloton next week.
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We just passed km 31.5 The riders went through Calorguen
The peloton is zipping along at a good 40 km/h right now. The break of Frischkorn, Borghini, Feillu and Dumoulin is a tad faster and the lead has grown to 9'50.
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