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By Graham Jones and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

CyclingRevealed's First Impressions '11

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.

Tour de France 11 Stage Profiles

Race Leaders:

Stage 1 Gilbert	Stage 2-8 Hushovd	Stage 9-18 Voeckler	Stage 19 Schleck	Stage 20-21 Evans

Race Leaders ( Image ©: AFP )

Stage Winners Prologue to 8: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 1 Gilbert	Stage 2 Garmin-Cervelo	Stage 3 Farrar	Stage 4 Evans	Stage 5 Cavendish


Stage 6 Boasson-Hagen	Stage 7 Cavendish	Stage 8 Costa	Stage 9 LL Sanchez

Click on the picture for each story Stage 1-9 ( Image ©: AFP)

Standings after Stage 9:

Pos.	Name	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Thomas VOECKLER	FRA	EUC	38h 35' 11"
2	Luis Leon SANCHEZ	SPA	RAB	+ 01' 49"
3	Cadel EVANS	AUS	BMC	+ 02' 26"
4	Fränk SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 02' 29"
5	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 02' 37"
6	Tony MARTIN	GER	THR	+ 02' 38"
7	Peter VELITS	SVK	THR	+ 02' 38"
8	Andréas KLÖDEN	GER	RSH	+ 02' 43"
9	Philippe GILBERT	BEL	OLO	+ 02' 55"
10	Jakob FUGLSANG	DEN	SBS	+ 03' 08"

Stage Winners 10 to 15: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 10 Greipel	Stage 11 Cavendish	Stage 12 S Sanchez


Stage 13 Hushovd	Stage 14 Vanendert	Stage 15 Cavendish

Click on the picture for each story Stage 10-15 ( Image ©: AFP)

Standings after Stage 15:

Pos.	Name	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Thomas VOECKLER	FRA	EUC	65h 24' 34"
2	Frank SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 01' 49"
3	Cadel EVANS	AUS	BMC	+ 02' 06"
4	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 02' 15"
5	Ivan BASSO	ITA	LIQ	+ 03' 16"
6	Samuel SANCHEZ	SPA	EUS	+ 03' 44"
7	Alberto CONTADOR	SPA	SBS	+ 04' 00"
8	Damiano CUNEGO	ITA	LAM	+ 04' 01"
9	Thomas DANIELSON	USA	GRM	+ 05' 46"
10	Kevin DE WEERT	BEL	QST	+ 06' 18"

Stage Winners 16 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 16 Hushovd	Stage 17 BoassonHagen	Stage 18 A Schleck


Stage 19 Rolland	Stage 20 Martin	Stage 21 Cavendish

Click on the picture for each story Stage 16-21 ( Image ©: AFP )

Final Standings:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Cadel EVANS	AUS	BMC	86h12'22"
2	Andy SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 01' 34"
3	Frank SCHLECK	LUX	LEO	+ 02' 30"
4	Thomas VOECKLER	FRA	EUC	+ 03' 20"
5	Alberto CONTADOR	SPA	SBS	+ 03' 57"
6	Samuel SANCHEZ	SPA	EUS	+ 04' 55"
7	Damiano CUNEGO	ITA	LAM	+ 06' 05"
8	Ivan BASSO	ITA	LIQ	+ 7' 23"
9	Thomas DANIELSON	USA	GRM	+ 8' 15"
10	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	FRA	AGR	+ 10' 11"

(L to R) Rolland, S Sanchez , Cavendish and Evans	(L to R) A Schleck, Evans, and F 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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