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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Tour de France 2009

Stage 11 of the 2009 Tour de France has been completed. Overal the top position is being held by Rinaldo Nocentini, with Alberto Contador in second position. Lance Armstrong is in third place.

Armstrong and Contador are in the Astana team, which is really a strong team. Two others in the team are also in the top six.

Tonnere will be where Stage 12 will begin. The 211-kilometer stretch provides good opportunities for sprinters, as its relatively flat.

Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador are the strong contenders for the overall win in the Tour. The two team-mates appear to have develope a rift, with Armstrong's remarks of a tension between them. But Contador denies it and says it's important that the Astana team should work together.

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