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By Graham Jones
and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '09

Tour de France 2009: Stage Profiles

Below our pictorial review of the Tour de France provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Stage 1-6 Cancellara	Stage 7-14 Nocentini	Stage 15-21 Contador

Race Leaders ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )

Stage Winners Prologue to 10: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 1 Cancellara	Stage 2 Cavendish	Stage 3 Cavendish	Stage 4 ASTANA	Stage 5 Voeckler


Stage 6 Hushovd	Stage 7 B Feillu	Stage 8 Sanchez	Stage 9 Fedrigo

Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-9 ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )

Standings after Stage 9:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Rinaldo NOCENTINI	ITA	ALM	34h 24' 21"
2	Alberto CONTADOR	SPA	AST	+ 00' 06"
3	Lance ARMSTRONG	USA	AST	+ 00' 08"
4	Levi LEIPHEIMER	USA	AST	+ 00' 39"
5	Bradley WIGGINS	GBR	GRN	+ 00' 46"
6	Andréas KLÖDEN	GER	AST	+ 00' 54"
7	Tony MARTIN	GER	THR	+ 01' 00"
8	Christian VANDE VELDE	USA	GRM	+ 01' 24"
9	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	SAX	+ 01' 49"
10	Vincenzo NIBALI	ITA	LIQ	+ 01' 54"

Stage Winners 11 to 15: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 10 Cavendish	Stage 11 Cavendish	Stage 12 Cavendish	Stage 13 Heussler	Stage 14 Ivanov	Stage 15 Contador

Click on the picture for each story Stg 10-15 ( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )

Standings after Stage 15:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Alberto CONTADOR	SPA	AST	63h 17' 56"
2	Lance ARMSTRONG	USA	AST	+ 01' 37"
3	Bradley WIGGINS	GBR	GRM	+ 01' 46"
4	Andréas KLÖDEN	GER	AST	+ 02' 17"
5	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	SAX	+ 02' 26"
6	Rinaldo NOCENTINI	ITA	ALM	+ 02' 30"
7	Vincenzo NIBALI	ITA	LIQ	+ 02' 51"
8	Tony MARTIN	GER	THR	+ 03' 07"
9	Christophe LE MEVEL	FRA	FDJ	+ 03' 09"
10	Frank SCHLECK	LUX	SAX	+ 03' 25"

Stage Winners 16 to 20: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 16 Astarloza	Stage 17 F Schleck	Stage 18 Contador	Stage 19 Cavendish	Stage 20 Garate	Stage 21 Cavendish

Click on the picture for each story Stg 16-21( Image ©: www.gazzetta.it )

Final Standings:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Alberto CONTADOR	SPA	AST	85h 48' 35"
2	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	SAX	+ 04' 11"
3	Lance ARMSTRONG	USA	AST	+ 05' 24"
4	Bradley WIGGINS	GBR	GRM	+ 06' 01"
5	Frank SCHLECK	LUX	SAX	+ 06' 04"
6	Andréas KLÖDEN	GER	AST	+ 06' 42"
7	Vincenzo NIBALI	ITA	LIQ	+ 07' 35"
8	Christian VANDE VELDE	USA	GAR	+ 12' 04"
9	Roman KREUZIGER	CZE	LIQ	+ 14' 16"
10	Christophe LE MEVEL	FRA	FDJ	+ 14' 25"

(L to R) Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador, and Lance Armstrong	(L to R) Pozzato, Hushovd, Contador, and A Schleck

Bastille Day is a National holiday in France . History lessons tell us that Kings and Queens often used the Bastille (a prison in Paris) to lock up the dissidents. To the people of France the Bastille was a symbol of all the bad things done by their Kings and Queens. On July 14, 1789, a large force of French citizens stormed the Bastille and claimed independence for the people. Today, July 14th symbolizes the end of Monarchial rule in France . It is an Independence Day and the beginning of a new form of government.

Almost every year the Tour de France organizers schedule a stage on Bastille Day. For a Frenchman to win that stage is very prestigious. The following is a list of Bastille Day stage winners.

Pictured: Laurent Jalabert a Bastille Day winner in 1995 and 2001

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