from: www.feltet.dkName: Michael Rasmussen
Home: Denmark
Team: Rabobank
His website: http://www.feltet.dk/michaelrasmussen/news.php
From wiki: Specializing in climbing, Rasmussen has shown a propensity for attempting spectacular stage wins in mountain stages in which he breaks away from the peloton early and rides alone for most of the stage...In the 2006 Tour de France, he finished well in the overall GC but wasn't the team leader, that honour went to Russian Denis Menchov. Rasmussen nevertheless won the King of the Mountains polka dot jersey for the second year in succession and claimed stage 16 in the process. On Stage 16 he broke away after just 4km and took the Henri Desgrange prize for the highest point in this year's Tour de France at the top of the Col du Galibier (2645m), also bagging 5000 euros for his efforts. He led over all of the climbs and won stage 16 by over a minute to the nearest chaser, Carlos Sastre of Team CSC.
from: www.cyclingfans.comName: Frank Schleck
Home: Luxemburg
Team: CSC
His site: http://www.schleck.lu/
From: wiki: In the Tour de France [2006], he won stage 15 from Gap to Alpe D'Huez, where he broke away from Damiano Cunego 1.5 km from the finish to record one of his most famous victories. He is particularly known for the way he keeps his knees in while pedalling. He also rides a very high cadence, like Lance Armstrong, when climbing. Furthermore, he rides, especially during climbing, with his jersey open to keep him cool.
from: commons.wikimedia.orgName: Damiano Cunego
Home: Italy
Team: Lampre-Fondital
His site: http://www.damianocunego.it/ (English to come, but you can translate with Google)
From wiki: In his first Tour de France, Cunego captured the maillot blanc (or white jersey) in the Best Young Rider classification at the 2006 Tour de France from Markus Fothen on the last time-trial stage. He finished 2nd on stage 15 to L'Alpe D'Huez, after losing to Fränk Schleck, who broke away in the final 2 km. He also finished 3rd on stage 17, on the road to Morzine.
There's no doubt about it, some of the greatest moments of le Tour are experienced in the Mountain Stages and the scenery in these stages is amazing. Even if you're not a big fan of cycling, get behind one of these mountain climbers and you will not be disappointed by the drama of the early mountain breakaway, and the thrill of victory as the summit is reached!
Next up - the youngsters of the Tour (white jerseys) who are hoping to show these experienced guys a thing or two!
15 comments:
Ooh, gotta go with Frank Schleck. Because eye candy is always a nice sight to knit to.
What about Damiano Cunego? Talk about eye candy!
Personally, my money is on Rassmusen, as I think CSC will be putting Schleck as a posible yellow jersey winner.
Don't count out Jens Voight: he's been known to do some crazy solo breaks that eat up a lot of points (and not a few red numbers for most aggressive rider)
Love Rasmussen! There's just something about a guy in polka dots...
Hey, I found a great info site about the Tour, and in English!
http://www.steephill.tv/2007/tour-de-france/
Because it's starting in London, there is lots of detailed info on the opening ceremonies etc in English. Try http://www.tourdefrancelondon.com
and go on from there.
oh la la! What nice men to watch with those great polka dots!
My lovely co-host did a fantastic job putting together the run-down on all the contenders didn't she! I was a little worried that my favourite aussie, Cadel Evans, didn't rate a mention... but we'll see, maybe she's got him down as a yellow jersey contender?!
Meg, have no fear!!! :)
I'm not sure what looks tougher to me, struggling up the mtns or screaming down them at top (scary) speeds!
Dang! Why the heck did doping have to come into the scene? I still think that Basso is friggin' hot! Sorry - I was looking at Cunego's pics and I found this one: http://tinyurl.com/26ysgl
Sigh. Basso has got to be one of the cutest riders- I'm so mad. :(
I'm going to have to ride on Frank's coat tails. I need to keep up my German and refresh my French!
As far as pretty goes, Frank's brother, Andy, isn't hard on the eyes, either.
Don't overlook Iban Mayo, even though he dropped from the 2006 tour he's an amazing climber and certainly one to watch for the Polka Dot jersey.
Hi I am just joining at the last minute with two projects. My entry for the polka-dot jersey is the MS3 (to be knit only on mountain stages)- BTW do we aussies have a mountaineer rider?
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