Lance Armstrong faces fresh doping charges from USADA

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7. meanwhile....bummer...Andy Schleck withdraws from 2012 Tour de France with fractured pelvis

Andy Schleck Out of Tour de France

LUXEMBOURG, June 13, 2012 (AFP) — Andy Schleck on Wednesday described his withdrawal from this year’s Tour de France because of injuries suffered in last week’s Criterium du Dauphine race as “the biggest disappointment” of his career





so somebody has to beat the mountains...Cadel Evans, step on up

"The layout of the stage and the future stakes may well upset the order at the top of general classification, four days before the end of the race. No matter what the gap is, the major stage in the Pyrénées will be dreaded by the wearer of the Yellow Jersey, who will have to defend his position while climbing towards the Tourmalet, the Aubisque, the Aspin and the Peyresourde!"


Distinctive aspects of the race

The 2012 Tour de France will have 25 mountain level two, level one or highest level mountain passes or summit fi nishes.
They will be divided up geographically in the following way:
•1 in the Vosges
•3 in the Jura
•4 in the Swiss Jura
•6 in the Alps
•11 in the Pyrenees





http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html