Tour de France 2008: Stage 4
January 1 - July 27, Cholet, France, Road - GT
Welcome back to Le Tour stage four,
The first rider on the course this
Race conditions are currently overcast.
There are two intermediate time checks
Magnus Backstedt (Garmin) is currently
Today is the 52nd birthday of the
Fabian Wegmann is on his way. He
The German time trial champion is
Jonathan Vaughters, the DS for Garmin
And as we say this, Danny Pate sets
Pate was not in the top five at check
Vaughters also said, "Of course,
Vande Velde will start at 16:08,
Pate is currently 24 seconds ahead
Romain Feillu, who wears the yellow
We just hit our calculators and found
At the moment, the roads are dry
Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) has
Samuel Dumoulin, who won the stage
Polkadot jersey Thomas Voeckler comes
Robert F
Dessel digs in deep on a climb, shoulders
The sky is getting darker again.
Stijn Devolder is currently warming
Chavanel lost only 6 seconds to Bertogliati
Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) is off.
The weather looks stable for now.
French TT champ Chavanel clocks a
A few drops are coming down now.
The roads keep dry, though, it's
But Jens Voigt is also having a good
Voigt now passes Julian Dean (Garmin),
Just to answer a reader's question:
Riccardo Ricc
Voigt now has more than 30 seconds
Now, the race is really starting
Voigt finishes his ride... In pain,
Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) is
World Champ Fabian Cancellara (CSC)
And Menchov sets another best time,
Cunego's position is far from being
Young Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
Lang now shows the first signs of
Jos
Cancellara is powering up a climb
But 'Spartacus' clocks only 25'12
Cancellara is now on his way back
Cunego finally doesn't lose that
A quick note from another race: Ina-Yoko
And Stefan Schumacher, usually not
Cadel Evans is off! Next up is David
An important information has just
Schumi is coming in. He's pushing
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
Millar is bent down impressively
Evans came in 8th, 22 seconds slower
Millar still looks really effective.
Feillu will be riding the time trial
Feillu has an advantage of 1'45 minutes
Evans clocks 25'06 at the second
Millar is speeding with a very high
Three kilometres to go for Millar.
Evans bites his teeth... second behind
And Millar beats Evans by a few seconds,
Ohhh... Feillu in trouble on that
At the moment, German Stefan Schumacher
Kim Kirchen comes in - a brilliant
Feillu is sprinting, doing all he
Will Frischkorn has arrived: 39'45.
Schumacher's average speed was 49.534
A Frenchman lost the lead, a German
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