Le Tour de France 2009

Hello my dear friends,

Here is arc, a crazy french reporter who is in France to follow this very special edition of Tour de France 2009 !

I just had a problem because I didn't manage to follow the first stage and second one in Monaco ! In fact I had a problem with my bike and so i couldn't have managed to reach the departure (and not the arrival) of Tdf 2009 ! My camera was too big and carrying it on my shoulders was too hard ! maybe i should buy a motorbike

so my dear friend Debbie did that very well like always !

So so there are a lot to say after these two first stages ! But be sure I won't be too boring (i will try) because a lot of people maybe don't like bike and especially Tour de France (haha).

First Cancellara was very strong like he was expected ! He is one of the greatest biker in this area ! He already did that and won the prolog in 2004 and 2007 and won in the olympic games ! very nice.

What we can say or analyze is the position of Astana team ! Have a look of Deb's post. 4 bikers of Astana are in the top ten : Contador the best, Andreas Kloden, Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong !

Lance Armstrong in 2005

Astana is here and looks like a very strong team ! it is like echec they are setting their positions

Lance is here and not so far from the best : only 40 seconds I think ! Look he is here, not so far !

You can also see that Cadel Evans is here only five and is a very very great favorite to win the race ! this australian has a very great potential ! even if a lot of people reproach him not to attack and being like a "diesel"

Oh look at Schleck brothers and especially Andy who is the younger. He is 18th

And of course the french bikers ! Coppel is the first and it is a great surprise ! hope he will pursue like that and just behind him everyone knows sylvain Chavanel (hehehe) !

If I ask you : do you know french bikers : maybe you will tell me oh yes : Bernard Hinault , Laurent Fignon or maybe Jacques Anquetil or maybe Jean Robic ! (hahahaha) ! yes yes they are in Francaise des Jeux team ! no no they were very great bikers but before hehe!
so i really think that you don't know french bikers !

For example, Debbie, TT or you SP, do you know french bikers who are riding on Tdf 2009 ! Honnestly French bikers are not able to win the tour even if there are good performers ! I hope we will have soon great champions like Bernard Hinault (who won 5 tours de France) or Laurent Fignon (won 2 tours de France) able to win this wonderful race

Oh did you see the arrival of stage 2 ? Mark Cavendish was incredible ! This english man is a plane (haha) ! nobody was able to follow him when he sprinted ! nobody !
A french guy was 3 ! good

So my friends here was Arc from BH News from the Tour de France 2009

see you soon

Arc