Tour de France - Road to Glory

Join our WWOS cycling insider Jane Aubrey for her regular blog on all the action from the 2009 Tour de France.

When the troops lose a Lieutenant General 22/07/2009 2:43:00 PM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS

The frightening, high speed crash of Saxo Bank's Jens Voigt not only ended the big German's Tour de France but it could also rob teammate Andy Schleck of a place on the podium in Paris.

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The age-old question 18/07/2009 11:22:00 PM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS

Lance Armstrong is 37 – he'll be 38 in September. He is not however, the oldest man riding the 2009 Tour de France. Cervelo Test Team's Inigo Cuesta who recently turned 40 has that honour. So how old is too old an age to win the Tour?

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Lance and the enemy within 11/07/2009 1:42:00 PM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS Friday’s seventh stage into the Andorran ski resort of Arcalis gave us a little more evidence that in 2009, Armstrong will need to fight the enemy within his own Astana team if he is to stand victorious on the podium in Paris.

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Who says it's not about the bike? 10/07/2009 2:54:00 PM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS

Red cars supposedly go faster. Some of the bikes on show in this year's Tour de France are also displaying an illustrated edge with several riders showing off their creative side.

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Why Rogers trumps Evans 9/07/2009 1:33:00 PM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS Much of Australia's pre-Tour de France focus was on our two-time runner-up Cadel Evans, but this was misguided. Form ahead of the Tour suggested that Michael Rogers was a more realistic General Classification chance.

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So you think you can dope? 3/07/2009 10:45:00 AM, Jane Aubrey, WWOS

Two questions immediately spring to mind when it comes to this year's race – who will be wearing the yellow jersey in Paris on July 26 and also, unfortunately, who will be caught out by the sport's drug testers?

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