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Tour de France 2014 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights

The 2014 Tour de France may be remembered for the many crashes, but overall race winner Vincenzo Nibali glided through this Tour with the skill of a shark. This is the Tour de France live dashboard... one stop for all your Tour de France needs with steady updates throughout July featuring stage previews, results, reports, photos, video highlights and live video/text options.
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News and Updates for Tour de France 2014

The 2015 Tour de France route will be officially unveiled on Wednesday October 22nd. Check back for the route map, stage hosts, mountain profiles and analysis

July 28 update:
Tour de France Shorts: Gazzetta goes yellow, Astana cashes incyclingnews
Italy elated after Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France victory - video (1:06 English/Italian)theguardian
Brailsford assesses 2014 Tour (2:17 English)skysports

Stage 21 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 21 Results and GCletour.fr
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme thrilled with 2014 racecyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali confirms Tour title as Marcel Kittel wins finalevelonews
Nibali joins elite club with Tour de France victorycyclingnews
Pinot and Péraud bridge 30-year gap at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali's Tour triumph is the culmination of a slow, steady progressionvelonews
Cheng becomes the first Chinese starter and finisher of the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Former mountain biker Peraud excels at Tour de Francecyclingnews
China’s Ji Cheng to take post-Tour break after earning lanterne rougevelonews


Women's La Course Post Race Coverage
Race report and results for La Course by Le Tour de Francecyclingnews

Daniel Mangeas retires Sunday after 41 years of being the Tour de France master of ceremonies
July 27 update:
Stage 21 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
Women's La Course Race: Preview, Startlist and Live coverage
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 21 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 20 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 20 Results and GCletour.fr
Tony Martin wins stage 20 time trial at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
French toasting home success in Tour de Francecyclingweekly
Tony Martin wins stage 20 ITT; Vincenzo Nibali leads Tourvelonews
Martin unbeatable in tour time trialsbs.au
Porte says Sky has taken an"absolute kicking" at Tour de Francecyclingnews
How Tough Are Tour de France Riders?bicycling
Van Garderen seals top five in Tour de France as Bardet flatscyclingnews
Out of contract Konig jumps to seventh in Tour de Francecyclingnews
Nibali's journey ends in Tour de France victorycyclingnews
Tears for Péraud after he secures Tour de France podium placecyclingnews
Pinot settles for the third step on the podiumcyclingnews
È De Marchi il super combattivo del Tourgazzetta.it
Martin wins Tour de France final time trial as expectedcyclingnews
Puncture costs Bardet top five place at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Tony Martin says he would have been tough to beat, no matter who showed upvelonews
Jean-Christophe Peraud, Thibaut Pinot make history in French podiumvelonews
Sean Kelly: This Tour de France will be remembered for the crashescyclingnews
Tour de PEZ: TT Bikes in Bergeracpezcyclingnews

July 25 update:
Stage 20 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
Historic photos from the Tour de Francenytimes
Tour de France shorts: Martin's extra TT recon ride, Durbridge extends with Orica-GreenEdgecyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 20 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 19 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 19 Results and GCletour.fr
Navardauskas solos to stage wincyclingnews
Navardauskas wins Tour 19th stage, Nibali in yellowreuters
Navardauskas grabs stage 19 victory at Tour de Francevelonews
Three riders, but only two seats left at the Tour podium banquetvelonews
Rojas objects to "unjust" expulsion from Tour de France on Stage 18cyclingnews
Nibali: This is a different Astanacyclingnews
Navardauskas turns Garmin's Tour de France from tragedy to triumphcyclingnews
Bardet hopes to bounce back after late crash in Bergeraccyclingnews
Pinot: The strongest riders will be on Tour de France podiumcyclingnews
Stage 19 analysis: Garmin 1, Everybody else 0cyclingweekly
Tour de France: Sagan first to fall in stage 19 crashcyclingnews
Slagter happy to forgo personal glory for team successcyclingnews

July 24 update:
Stage 19 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 19 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 18 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 18 Results and GCletour.fr
Nibali stamps his authority on Hautacamcyclingnews
Nibali wins 18th stage to retain Tour de France leadreuters
Nibali climbs to victory in stage 18 at the Tour de Francevelonews
Tour’14 St.18: The Shark Devours!pezcyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali: The man, without questionvelonews
Valverde upbeat despite sliding out of Tour de France podiumcyclingnews
Thibaut Pinot climbs into second place at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Women's Cycling in the Spotlightblogs.bicycling
Nibali completes Tour de France domination at Hautacamcyclingnews
Péraud believes in podium place at Tour de Francecyclingnews
No more 'cut-throat' grand tours, says Wigginsreuters
Final two Tour GC spots separated by 15 secondsvelonews
Tour de France podium spot a step too far for van Garderencyclingnews
Sky stands behind all-for-Froome Tour approachvelonews
Bardet disappointed to concede ground to van Garderencyclingnews

July 23 update:
Stage 18 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 18 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 17 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 17 Results and GCletour.fr
Majka victorious on Pla d'Adetcyclingnews
Poland's Majka wins Tour de France Stage 17reuters
Thomas: Tour de France has been good for my moralecyclingnews
Valverde suffers but clings to second in Tour de Francecyclingnews
Péraud-Bardet show continues in Tour de Francecyclingnews
Mountain-man Majka makes it two stage wins in the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Tour de France a mental and physical challenge for debutant Ben Kingcyclingnews
Majka closes in on polka dot jersey as Nibali gains more groundreuters
Pinot limits damage during Tour de France's stage 17cyclingnews
Behind Nibali's dominance, first French podium in nearly 20 years looks likelyvelonews
Nibali toying with Tour de France rivalsvelonews
Late bloomer Peraud has a podium finish in sightreuters

July 22 update:
Stage 17 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 17 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 16 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 16 Results and GCletour.fr
Rogers wins in Luchoncyclingnews
Rogers attacks, then wins stage 16 at the Tourvelonews
Bardet, Van Garderen suffer as Rogers wins Stage 16reuters
Tour’14 St.16: Rogers Romps It!pezcyclingnews
Van Garderen suffers bad day as Tour de France hits the Pyreneescyclingnews
Rui Costa out of Tour de France with pneumoniacyclingweekly
Horner Q&A: Father time, the Tour, and the Vuelta defensevelonews
Rogers makes it two for Tinkoffvelonews
Van Garderen's podium hopes take dive in Movistar ambushvelonews
Pinot’s plan comes together on the Port de Balèscyclingnews
Bad day for Bardet as Frenchman drops out of the Tour's top threecyclingnews
Simon Gerrans out of Tour de Francecyclingtips
Nibali confident in Astana in face of Movistar attackscyclingnews
Tour de France marks a low point for Team Skyvelonews
Valverde: It’s a big step towards making the podiumcyclingnews
König moves up to seventh overallcyclingnews

July 21 update:
Stage 16 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv

See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 16 profile, map and timetable.


Monday is the second and final rest day


(photo is from the first rest day)
July 21 update:
Report: Belkin's future guaranteedcyclingnews
Elmiger and Haussler close to claiming maiden IAM Cycling stage wincyclingnews
Valverde aims to defend his podium place at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Nibali: I can’t say I’ve won the Tour until it’s overcyclingnews
Nibali insists he's learnt from past mistakesafp/sbs.au
BMC hope van Garderen can flourish in third week of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Konig paces Netapp’s strong Tour de France debutvelonews
Brailsford: Team Sky will learn from the problems of the 2014 Tour de Francecyclingnews
Does Nibali risk running out of fuel before Tour pulls into Paris?velonews
OPQS to change name to Etixx-Quick Step from 2015road.cc
A devalued Tour de France win for Vincenzo Nibali?cyclingweekly
Pinot downplays prospect of duel with Bardetcyclingnews
Van Garderen enters the most important week of his careercyclingnews
Van Garderen Q&A: podium dreams and the final TTvelonews
Vinokourov: 2007 is in the past and I don’t want to return to that topiccyclingnews
Van Garderen thinks he can win the Tour just not this yearafp/sbs.au
Dream debut for Ben Gastauercyclingnews

Stage 15 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 15 Results and GCletour.fr
Kristoff wins in Nîmescyclingnews
Alexander Kristoff crushes break as Vincenzo Nibali defends yellowvelonews
Virenque: A new generation is coming through at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Kittel's Tour de France train derailed in Nîmescyclingnews
The bandaged lieutenant: Astana’s Fuglsang soldiers onvelonews
Kristoff celebrates second Tour de France stage wincyclingnews
Bauer heartbroken to miss Tour de France stage win at Nîmescyclingnews
BMC Racing's director on Tejay van Garderen: 'He's in the flow'velonews
Richie Porte's illness leaves Tour finish in doubtwatoday.au
And the band played on: Jack Bauer nearly wins stage 15velonews
Nibali: I've always been a standard-bearer for anti-dopingcyclingnews
BMC hope van Garderen can flourish in third week of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Orica Greenedge withdraws Simon Yates from Toursbs.au

Contador talks about Tour de France crashcyclingnews
July 19 update:
Stage 15 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 15 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 14 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 14 Results and GCletour.fr
Majka wins in Risoulcyclingnews
Rafal Majka wins stage 14 as Vincenzo Nibali pads lead in Tourvelonews
Tour’14 St. 14: Magic Majka!pezcyclingnews
Vinokourov says Nibali has been superbcyclingnews
Tejay van Garderen beating back bronchitis, looking toward ITTvelonews
Valverde blames damaged gears for time loss at Risoulcyclingnews
Peraud fights back on the road to Risoulcyclingnews
Frenchmen Bardet and Pinot fight for whitecyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali brushes off claims he once worked with banned sports doctorvelonews
Tour de Farce: Night-Demare for Arnaud, Tears for Tinkovuk.eurosport.yahoo
Bjarne Riis: ‘Majka is a happy little b**ard right now’cyclingtips
Martinelli believes Nibali can win the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Velo Files: Calling Valverde Outsbs.au

July 18 update:
Stage 14 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 14 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 13 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 13 Results and GCletour.fr
Tour de Nibali dominates first Alpine stage in Chamroussecyclingnews
Tour’14 St.13: His Nibs Reigns Supreme!pezcyclingnews
Nibali wins stage 13, stays in yellowvelonews
Tour leader Nibali defends decision to join Astanavelonews
Richie Porte tumbles from Tour de France top 10cyclingweekly
Van Garderen closes in a Tour de France podium placecyclingnews
Mollema presses on with GC chargevelonews
Nibali would have given Froome a race, says Brailsfordafp
Optimism becomes pain for Talanskyespn
Atop Chamrousse, Nibali allows emotion of victory to set invelonews
Valverde moves up, but loses time to Nibalivelonews
Pinot shows guts and class to close in on podium bidreuters
Nibali makes his mark as Porte cracks in Tourreuters
Pinot's Tour de France hopes lie in mountain attackscyclingnews
Bardet promises more in Tour de France fightcyclingnews
Fuglsang expected to continue Tour de France after crashcyclingnews
Nibali extends advantage as Tour de France enters Alpscyclingnews

July 17 update:
Stage 13 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv

See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 13 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 12 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 12 Results and GCletour.fr
Kristoff wins in Saint-Étiennecyclingnews
Kristoff sprints to stage 12 victory at Tour Francevelonews
Destiny not on Sagan’s side at Saint-Étiennecyclingnews
Degenkolb denied in Tour de France sprint, Trentin relegatedcyclingnews
Sky's Brailsford reacts to Jonathan Tiernan-Locke's biological passport casevelonews

July 16 update:
Stage 12 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 12 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 11 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 11 Results and GCletour.fr
Gallopin takes an impressive victorycyclingnews
Gallopin grabs stage 11 win at the Tourvelonews
No pressure on Porte at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Talansky's travails continue at Tour de Francecyclingnews
BMC believes in van Garderen's podium chancesvelonews
Sagan left frustrated yet again at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Machado suffers through Tour de France with injuriescyclingnews
Gallopin' Gallopin shows his class with daring Tour de France stage wincyclingnews
Degenkolb gets a confidence boost in Oyonnaxcyclingnews

July 15 update:
Stage 11 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 11 profile, map and timetable.


Tuesday is the first rest day


July 15 update:
The real story of what happened to Alberto Contador's broken Specialized bikeroad.cc
Nutritional bar proved Contador's undoingafp
Index to 300+ Big Photos from the first 10 stagessirotti/flockton/reuters
Loss of big stars a reminder of human side of Tour de Francevelonews
Tinkov: Contador would have won the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali: The Tour de France is not won yetcyclingweekly
Nibali: We have to be ready for anything in the Tour de Francecyclingnews
The 'greedy' Michal Kwiatkowskivelonews
The simple message that turned Richie Porte's season aroundcyclingweekly
Porte unleashed at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Simon Gerrans signs three-year deal with Orica-Greenedgecyclingnews
Cancellara pulls out of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Fabian Cancellara will not start stage 11 of Tourvelonews
PEZ Interviews: Le Tour’s KOM Podium Girl!pezcyclingnews
Tour de France review; winners from the opening 10 daysroad.cc
Van Garderen aims high at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Richie Porte doing it his wayvelonews
Valverde: Nibali is not unbeatablecyclingnews
Ted King's blog entry about his early exit from the Touriamtedking

Stage 10 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 10 Results and GCletour.fr
Nibali wins stage 10cyclingnews
Contador fractured tibia in Tour de France crashcyclingnews
Nibali strikes after Contador exit to regain yellow - Yahoo Eurosport UKuk.eurosport.yahoo
Contador crashed twice on one descentcyclingnews
Van Garderen moves up to seventh overall at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Porte moves into second overallcyclingnews
Talansky pays high price for two crashesvelonews
Tour Lowdown: Tour de Carnagepezcyclingnews
Contador's exit reshuffles the GC deck ... againvelonews
Details of Alberto Contador's Tour-ending crashvelonews
Mollema loses time due to stomach bugcyclingnews
Nibali passed me like an aeroplane, says Rodriguezcyclingnews
Kwiatkowski unable to finish off Martin's work at Tour de Francecyclingnews

Alberto Contador Update: Amazingly, he rode/climbed 10 km after his crash with a broken tibia before abandoning. Wet, poor road conditions to blame and not a broken bike as first reported by TV coverage. More to come...
Alberto Contador abandons the 2014 Tour de Francevelonews
Contador abandona el Tour por culpa de una caída (2:31)rtve.es
July 13 update:
Stage 10 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv

See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 10 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 9 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 9 Results and GCletour.fr
Tony Martin wins in Mulhousecyclingnews
Tony Gallopin takes yellow as Tony Martin wins stage 9velonews
Gallopin in yellow on Bastille Daycyclingnews
Contador ready to go on the attackcyclingnews
Morale high for van Garderen after ninth stagecyclingnews
Martin shows off Merckxian move in stage 9 victorycyclingnews
No panic for Nibali after losing the Tour de France leader's jerseycyclingnews
Talansky happy to make it through unscathedcyclingnews
Battered Andrew Talansky still eager to take on the best guys as Tour rolls onwardvelonews
Tony Gallopin had yellow on his mind after coming within striking distance on cobblesvelonews

July 12 update:
Stage 9 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 9 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 8 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 8 Results and GCletour.fr
Kadri wins on first summit finish at Gérardmecyclingnews
Blel Kadri wins stage 8; Vincenzo Nibali leads Tourvelonews
Van Den Broeck struggles in the Vosges mountainscyclingnews
Contador and Tinkoff-Saxo flex their collective muscles in the Vosgescyclingnews
Nibali happiest of the favourites after summit finish to La Mauselainecyclingnews
Contador draws first blood in Vosges; Talansky crashes, van Garderen bounces backvelonews
'Outsider' Porte slips into third, looks toward bigger climbsvelonews
Valverde happy with first summit finishcyclingnews
Pinot impresses in Gérardmercyclingnews

July 11 update:
Stage 8 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 8 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 7 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 7 Results and GCletour.fr
Trentin wins stage 7 of the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Trentin wins stage 7 as Van Garderen, Talansky both crashvelonews
Trentin wins Tour de France stage for Cavendishcyclingnews
Tour de Farce: BMC woe, Vaughters anger, blue tonguesuk.eurosport.yahoo
Froome confirms fractures to left wrist, right handvelonews
Gerrans denies causing Talansky crashcyclingnews
Nibali aims to defend yellow jersey as Tour hits the mountainsvelonews
Favorite son: Vincenzo Nibali is Italy’s latest starvelonews
No Apology Needed; Analyzing the Talansky crashsbs.au
Broken left femur for Mathias Frankcyclingnews

July 10 update:
Stage 7 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 7 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 6 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 6 Results and GCletour.fr
Greipel wins sprint in Reimscyclingnews
Andre Greipel wins Tour de France stage 6 field sprintvelonews
Brailsford has no regrets over not selecting Wigginscyclingnews
André Greipel triumphs in stage six in Reimstheguardian
Terpstra: The cobbles shouldn't be in the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Horner hoping to find his form at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Greipel bounces back with sixth career stage wincyclingnews
Vinokourov never lost confidence in Nibalicyclingnews
Froome and Wiggo, together again at the Vuelta?velonews
Nibali knows the attacks will come with Vosges on horizonvelonews
Hernandez loss is big blow for Contador at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Tour de France: Sagan glad not to have broken anythingcyclingnews

Mid and pre-stage clips
Musical chairs: Tour de France teams, riders scrambling to secure futuresvelonews
July 9 update:
Stage 6 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
Riders have to be able to ride every kind of road, says Prudhommecyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 5 Results and GCletour.fr
Boom the master of the pavécyclingnews
Froome abandons the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Talanksy satisfied with Tour de France cobbled stagecyclingnews
Talansky, van Garderen take their lumps, but keep GC hopes alivevelonews
Chris Froome’s exit from the Tour de France “devastating”cyclingweekly
Sky go to plan B after Froome abandons Tour de Francecyclingnews
Van Garderen feels Tour de France should not include cobbled stagescyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali's great day on the Tour de France cobblescyclingweekly
Mechanical hinders Contador at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Nibali punishes Contador as Boom wins epicuk.eurosport.yahoo
Sky back Richie Porte after Chris Froome's Tour de France exitroad.cc
Mixed day for Kwiatkowski at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Nibali fortifies yellow jersey lead in Tour's cobbled stagevelonews
Mechanical hinders Contador at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Boom uses cyclo-cross skills to conquer the cobblescyclingnews
Sagan unable to deliver as favourite on Tour de France cobblescyclingnews
British cycling hits low after two years of highsafp/sbs
Froome out of Tour (6:32 English)skysports

Mid-race Clips:
July 8 update:
Stage 5 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 4 Results and GCletour.fr
Kittel makes it three in Lille Métropolecyclingnews
Kittel takes a third sprint win in four Tour stages in Lillevelonews
Froome crashes on stage 4, continues with wrist bracevelonews
Cuts and bruises for Froome after Tour de France crashcyclingnews
Tour doctor: No obvious fracture for Froome, but cobbles will decidecyclingtips
Chris Froome to continue racing despite injuring wrist in crash on stage fourwww1.skysports
Lotto Belisol loses Henderson to crashcyclingnews
July 7 - 8 update:
Stage 4 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
Vaughters: 'I didn't know who the hell Talansky was'velonews
Vaughters confirms sponsorship change for 2015cyclingnews
Tour de France will return to Britain, says Christian Prudhommeroad.cc
Is Fernando Alonso going Dutch?cyclingweekly
Toolbox: What’s in a Sprinter?pezcyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 3 Results and GCletour.fr
Kittel wins in Londoncyclingnews
Marcel Kittel wins stage 3 in Londonvelonews
Astana will try to keep Tour de France leadcyclingnews
Riis shrugs off questions about Tinkoff-Saxo's strength at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Kittel: There is still plenty of competition in Tour de France sprintscyclingnews
Renshaw steps up to fill Cavendish's shoes in the Tour de France sprintscyclingnews
Andy Schleck left battered and bruised after London crashcyclingnews
It was a war out there, says Coquardcyclingnews
Analysis: Froome could make history with Tour repeat in bio-passport eravelonews
Stage 3 photostelegraph.co.uk
Gallery: Crowds swarm stage 3 at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
10 Conclusions from the Yorkshire Grand Départtheroar.au
July 6 update:
Stage 3 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
Kristoff criticizes Cavendish's sprint stylecyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage


Shark attack near miss. http://t.co/3RlNW37Xrs

— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) July 6, 2014
Full Official Stage 2 Resultsletour.fr
Nibali wins stage 2 of the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 2, takes lead at 2014 Tour de Francevelonews
David Millar talks about missing the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Omega Pharma-QuickStep returns to the drawing board after Cavendish withdrawscyclingnews
After Liege-like test, American dreams alive and well at TDFvelonews
Thomas blasts fans for taking selfies at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Nibali shows he is also a threat at the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Sagan happy to help Nibali win in Sheffieldcyclingnews
Froome makes appearance at front of Tour de France pelotoncyclingnews
Van Garderen: “I feel good. I feel really good”cyclingtips
Cav's apology won't heal my wounds says Simon Gerranssbs.au
Nibali: “Having the yellow jersey is very good but it is a long race.”cyclingtips
Contador happy to get through stage 2cyclingnews
July 5 update:
Stage 2 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv


Mark Cavendish out of the Tour de Francecyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.


Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 1 Resultsletour.fr
Kittel wins opening stage of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Marcel Kittel wins, Mark Cavendish crashes in stage 1 at 2014 Tourvelonews
Mark Cavendish crashes in stage 1 sprintcyclingnews
GC opens: Rodríguez struggles, Horner survives, Froome a sprinter?velonews
Kittel praises team after Tour de France victorycyclingnews
Froome happy with sixth on stage 1cyclingnews
Gerrans down in crash, says he still hopes to fight for stage two wincyclingtips
Gerrans rues missed opportunity after Tour de France crashcyclingnews
'Amazing' crowds heedless of safety as Tour visits Yorkshirevelonews
Yorkshire puts on a showcyclingnews
Voigt and Cancellara go on the attack at Tour de Francecyclingnews
July 4 update: Stage 1 Previews w/ Interactive Map, Flyover, Streetviewssteephill.tv
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.

2014 Tour de France Teams Presentation and Pre-Race Press Conference


July 3 - 4 update:
Van Garderen realistic about Tour de France chancescyclingnews
Older, wiser van Garderen confronts the Tour with no stress, ambition for strong finishvelonews
Cancellara warns of attack on the Tour de France cobblescyclingnews
Valverde: We're a band of warriorscyclingnews
Cavendish quiet about his Tour de France prospectscyclingnews
Kwiatkowski happy to be out of the spotlightcyclingnews
David Millar's Tour de France exclusion was a 'hard call'cyclingweekly
Brailsford ready for the challenge of a third Tour de France victorycyclingnews
Brailsford in 'horrible place' after Wiggins exclusioncyclingweekly
Tour de France team presentation breaks new groundcyclingnews
Gallery: Tour de France warm-up rides in Yorkshirecyclingnews
New generation of Americans taking over at Tourvelonews
Greipel confident ahead of the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Michael Matthews will not start Tourvelonews
Official Startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv


2014 Tour de France Preview


July 1 - 2 update:
Tour de France 2014 Previewc-cycling
Official Startlist w/ bib numberssteephill.tv
Tour ’14: The PEZ Previewpezcyclingnews
Overview: the eight riders capable of winning the 2014 tour de francesbs.au
ORICA-GreenEDGE name Tour de France team to target stage winscyclingnews
Defending champion Froome denies status as Tour de France favoritecyclingnews
Van Garderen revels in BMC sole leadership role ahead of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Ted King aiming for Tour de France redemptioncyclingnews
Gallery: Yorkshire prepares for the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Beware of Cycling's 'Pit Bull' Andrew Talanskywsj

June 30 update:
Garmin reveals focused Tour roster, leaves off Millarvelonews
Millar fumes over non-selection for final Tour de Francecyclingnews
Stetina set for Tour de France debutcyclingnews
Movistar name team to support Valverde at Tour de Francecyclingnews
Movistar: all out push for Valverde podiumvelonews
Chris Horner named in Lampre-Merida's Tour de France teamcyclingnews
Tinkoff-Saxo confirms Tour de France line-upcyclingnews
Ted King back to Tour to help Saganvelonews

June 29 update:
Indurain: It's going to be a good fight between Froome and Contadorcyclingnews
Majka accepts Tour de France ride after initial doubtscyclingnews
Dave Brailsford's reputation at stake as Team Sky prepare to race w/o Wigginstelegraph
Surviving early stages could be key to overall victorywww1.skysports
Mark Cavendish puts Tour de France yellow jersey ahead of title defencetheguardian
Alberto Contador a real threat to Chris Froome at Tour de France 2014theguardian
French teams abandon GC hopes for stage wins in 2014 national tourvelonews
Nicolas Roche predicts Alberto Contador will prevail in 'epic' Tourvelonews
Matt White: There will be some surprises in our [Orica GreenEdge] teamcyclingnews

June 27 update:
Team Sky announces Tour de France selectioncyclingnews
Sky reveals Tour team: Pate in, Wiggins outvelonews
NetApp-Endura focuses on Koenig's GC ambitionscyclingnews

June 26 update:

June 25 update:

June 23 update:
No place for Bouhanni in FDJ.fr Tour de France teamcyclingnews
Cavendish gets ample support for Tour de France sprintscyclingnews
Clock ticking on Tour de France selection for Schleckcyclingnews

June 22 update:
Tour de France sparks creative energy in Yorkshirebbc
Yorkshire home owners cashing in on Tour de France by renting out rooms for £10kmirror.co.uk

June 20 update:
Horner in line to race Tour de Francevelonews
Riis: Not taking Wiggins to Tour de France is a mistakecyclingnews
Giant-Shimano defend Barguil omission from Tour de Francecyclingnews

June 18 update:
Quintana left off Movistar team for Tour de Franceap/usatoday
Rodriguez in uphill battle to find Tour de France fitnesscyclingnews
Riblon targets Tour de France stage to Sheffieldcyclingnews
Roche: It’s going to be one of the most exciting Tours of recent yearscyclingtips

June 17 update:
AG2R-La Mondiale name eight riders for Tour de Francecyclingnews

June 16 update:
Analysis: Talansky’s dramatic Dauphine win sets stage for epic Tour battlevelonews
2014 Critérium du Dauphiné (completed coverage for the Tour de France warm-up)
Kwiatkowski to undergo tests ahead of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Cavendish and Kwiatkowski to lead Omega Pharma-QuickStep at the Tour de Francecyclingnews

June 12 update:
Katusha confirms Rodriguez will race Tour de France in wake of Giro crashvelonews
Astana says Nibali still on target for Tour challengevelonews

June 10 update:
Hesjedal to focus on Vuelta a España and miss Tour de Francecyclingnews
Betancur's extended Colombian stay puts Tour de France debut in doubtcyclingnews
No Tour de France for Robert Gesinkcyclingnews

June 8 update:
Sky boss David Brailsford weighs in on Tour-team selectionvelonews
Stephen Roche believes Sky is justified in leaving Wiggins off Tour squadcyclingtips

June 6 update:
Wiggins left out of Team Sky's Tour de France teamcyclingnews
'I am gutted': Sir Bradley Wiggins set to miss 2014 Tour de France (3:26 English)bbc
Greg LeMond: Team Sky will 'regret' not picking Wigginsuk.eurosport.yahoo
Should Wiggins Race the Tour?blogs.bicycling

June 5 update:

June 4 update:
Van Garderen ready to lead BMC at Dauphiné and Tour de Francecyclingnews
Gilbert to miss the Tour de Francecyclingnews
Rodriguez poised for Tour return to prepare for Vuelta runvelonews

June 3 update:

May 29 update:
Froome criticises lack of drug testing ahead of the Toursbs.au

May 22 update:
All stage profiles (course and finish), maps, timetables are now posted in the race summary table (right).

May 15 update:
Wiggins to support Froome at the Tour de Francecyclingnews

May 7 update:
Contador rides key Tour de France stagescyclingnews

May 6 update:
Astana director says team still confident in winless Nibali for the Tourvelonews

May 2 update:
Sky wary of Kwiatkowski at the Tour de Francecyclingnews

April 29 update:
Riis: This is the best Contador since he joined the teamcyclingnews

April 24 update:
Marcel Kittel calls Yorkshire Tour de France roads 'dangerous'cyclingweekly.co.uk

April 14 update:
Contador previews pavé ahead of Tour de Francecyclingnews
Van Garderen and Nibali to study the Tour de France cobblescyclingnews

April 9 update:
Sky rattled by Contador?sbs.au

April 4 update:
Tour de France Stage 1 and 2 in Yorkshire: where to watch ittelegraph.co.uk
Tour de France Stage 3, Cambridge to London: where to watch ittelegraph.co.uk

March 26 update:
101 days until the 101st Tour de Francecyclingnews


October 23 update:
Parcours 2014 in 3Ddailymotion
2014 Tour de France route unveiledcyclingnews
2014 Tour de France mountains to begin at La Mauselainecyclingnews
More mountains and fewer time trials for the Tour de France in 2014velonation
2014 Tour de France has a bit of everythingapnews
5 riders to watch at the 2014 Tour de Francem.apnews
Stephen Roche: Fairly soft 2014 Tour de France routecyclingnews
Froome 'excited' to take on 2014 Tour de France routevelonews
Gallery: Froome, Contador and Cavendish attend 2014 Tour de France presentationcyclingnews
Chris Froome delighted by Britain startbbc.co.uk
Cobbles in the Tour: Nine levels of Hell to pass through on the road to Yellow Heavenvelonation
2014 Tour de France course analysisinrng
First 2014 Tour de France mountain stage not in the mountainscyclingnews
Exclusive look at three key mountain stages for 2014theguardian
Indurain says Tour de France route overly favours climberscyclingnews

October 22 update:
Tour de France: 2014 route to be announced on Wednesdaybbc.co.uk
2014 Tour France to remember Indurain with Bergerac time trialcyclingnews
Tour de France set for a showdown in the Pyrénées in 2014velonation
Tour de France-2014 : repos et départ sur Carcassonneladepeche.fr
The rumours about the 2014 Tour de France race routevelowire

October 21 update:
Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins could ride together at 2014 Tour de Francewww1.skysports

October 18 update:
Chris Froome fears cobbles when he defends title independent.co.uk
Tour de France 2014 route: One for Chris Froome?cyclingweekly.co.uk

October 7 update:
Evans set to skip 2014 TDFiol.co.za
Contador eyes Tour, Vuelta double in 2014 - FRANCE 24france24

January 17 update:
Le Tour Yorkshire - Grand Départ 2014letour.yorkshire
Official 2014 launch in Leeds; UK stage maps postedcyclingweekly.co.uk





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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

July 20 update: Below are the online and tv options for viewing the 2014 Tour de France. Unrestricted links are in bold. More options will be posted at race time. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Live Coverage Feedback

media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
eurosport    live videom (english)
   live videom (english)
   live video ($ english)
   live videom (french)
   live videom (spanish)
   live videom (german)
 live ticker (english)
  tv schedule (british)
  tv schedule (int'l/cet)
Europe only; live daily coverage and rebroadcasts in 59 countries.
  United States only; live coverage and nightly rebroadcasts on tv or $15 to $29 online (depending on your device, U.S. only).
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
France; official source for pre-race, live, post coverage
   live videom (english)
  tv schedule
UK only; ITV and/or ITV4 will broadcast live every stage of the 2014 Tour de France, as well as comprehensive previews and daily highlights/. ITV live coverage: Saturday from 10.30am to 5.00pm BST; Sunday from 10.30am to 5.00pm BST; Monday from 12.00am to 4.30pm BST with live coverage for the remaining stages on ITV4.
   live video (spanish)
   live video (spanish)
  tv schedule
Spain; TVE1, TVE2, Teledeporte Tour de Francia live tv and internet coverage. Spanish Dashboard
   live video (dutch)
   live video (dutch)
  tv schedule
Belgium; Sporza Ronde van Frankrijk live coverage
   live video (spanish)
  tv schedule
Latin America, Caribbean & other Spanish-speaking regions; Tour de Francia live covarage of the last two hours & 30 mins of highlights every day
   live video (english)
  tv schedule
Australia only; SBS live tv and online coverage; highlights
   live video (english)
  tv schedule
Canada; Live and "encore" rebroadcasts on Sportsnet
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
Quebec/Canada via Quebec's Reseau des Sports; Live daily French broadcast on RDS and/or RDS2. Nightly rebroadcasts, as well. Check listings for times.
   live video (japanese)
  tv schedule
Japanese;
   live video (english)
  tv schedule
South Africa; Super Sport live tv and online coverage
   live video (restricted)
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
Italy; Live daily coverage;
   live video (italian)
   live video (italian)
  tv schedule
Italy; RAI Tre live coverage restricted to Italy
   live video (dutch)
  tv schedule
Netherlands; Dutch

   live video (slovak)
  tv schedule
Slovakia; live video coverage

   live video (czech)
  tv schedule
Czech Republic; Live every day at cca 14:15 CEST
   live video (french)
  tv schedule
Belgium; French
   live video (luxembourgish)
  tv schedule
Luxembourg only; Luxembourguish
   live video (german)
  tv schedule
Switzerland, Germany; German
   live video (danish)
  tv schedule
Denmark; live and rebroadcasts;
   live video (norwegian)
  tv schedule
Norway
live text updates
   live audio (english)
  radio schedule
UK; live audio of the final hour each day on the BBC Sport website and updates on BBC Radio 5
   live audio (francais)
official live ticker
live text updates English;
live text updates English; updates from Charles Pelkey
live text updates ES
Spanish text updates for Tour de Francia from Biciciclismo.
 steephill text updates
short text updates with notification of the latest results, photos and video
check back at race time for more and updated links; email send a comment or a new live link


2014 Tour de France Route Map


Official Route Map (Large Version)letour

Comparing 2014 to previous years... 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Flat Stages 9 7 9 10 9 10 10 11 9
Medium Mountain Stages 5 5 4 3 4 1 4 1 4
Mountain Stages 6 6 5 6 6 7 5 6 5
# of Categorized Climbs (Cat 2, 1, HC) 23 28 25 23 23 20 19 21 22
Summit Finishes 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3
Individual Time Trialing 54k 65k 101k 41k 59k 55k 82k 117k 116k
Team Time Trial 0 25k 0 23k 0 39k 0 0 0
Overall Distance 3656k 3408k 3511k 3436k 3596k 3435k 3554k 3547k 3657k



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