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2009 Tour de France
The 96th Tour de France cycling race is currently underway, with the final, 21st stage of the 3,445 km (2,141 mi) race coming up on Sunday, July 26th. At this time, Alberto Contado of Kazakh team Astana appears to be headed toward a second tour title, currently leading riders Andy Schleck of Team Saxo Bank and Luxembourg and, in 3rd place, Lance Armstrong, also of team Astana. Armstrong's recent emergence from retirement to return to this year's tour has been the focus of much of this year's media coverage. 180 riders in twenty teams started in Monaco on July 4th, heading for the final ride into Paris this weekend. Collected here are a handful of images from the 2009 race. (40 photos total)

Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Team Columbia HTC celebrates after sprinting to victory flanked by runner up Tyler Farrar (right) of USA and team Garmin-Slipstream at the finishline of the 11th stage of the 2009 Tour de France on July 15, 2009 in Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry, France. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) #

Mark Cavendish of Britain, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, left, eyes his rival for the green jersey Thor Hushovd of Norway, right in white Cervelo jersey, during the final sprint of the the 12th stage of the Tour de France in Vittel, France on July 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours) #

Danish cycling team Team Saxo Bank (SAX)'s Frank Schleck of Luxemburg (right) celebrates on the finish line as he wins the seventeenth stage of the 2009 Tour de France on July 22, 2009. Frank Schleck won, ahead of team Astana's Alberto Contador (left) and his brother Andy Schleck, the leader of Team Saxo Bank (center). (PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images) #
More links and information
Tour de France - Official site
Tour de France - coverage by Versus
2009 Tour de France - Wikipedia entry
The Tour Stage by Stage - Interactive from the NYT, 7/2
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Wow! Thanks for this!
It's amazing how for 3 weeks each July I get nothing accomplished thanx to the Tour !!! Not a jock, retired and love the Phil & Paul show. Great photos - continue to be amazed how much the body will do if it is trained properly !!!! Gotta go get my beach cruiser dusted off.
Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing!!
If those images were bigger, i wouldn't hesitate for a single moment to use them as a wallpaper on my PC. Great ones!
The set could be better if it had shown more french landscapes.
This is the most beautiful thing in the Tour.
Greeting from France.
Nice pic's.
Fantastic album! Thanx for sharing.
Contador you rockkkkkkk!!!!!
#35, with the description, breaks my heart.
Great collection, even with some impossible to beat images in prior years.
(The lady on a horse with bike helmet racing in a field next to the peloton will always be oddly archetypal.)
Mooie reportage.
Echt zoals het was.
Nog 1 rit en dan weer een jaar wachten.
Radio'Shack gaat heel wat teweeg brengen in 2010, let op.
Very nice pictures!!!!
W O W W W W...............
Best advertisment campaign you can imagine for a (beautiful) country. 3 weeks on all the TVs of the world...
Bravo. Keep up the good work. Between Cycling and F1, you're covering two of the three greatest sports in the world. Just add soccer and we'll be done.
Great collection of pictures.
Tour de France is without any dispute, the biggest cycling event in the world. I remember when i was a kid, my hero then was Eddy Merckx nicknamed ¨the cannibal¨ a Belgian cyclist a 5 time winner of Tour de France. I was crying when he retired..He was a winner. He wanted to win every stage. He wore the yellow jersey almost all the time. Which differs from today tactics (dictated by dollars & sense) of winning the whole thing. You may win the Tour, without winning a single stage.
Also I am bit disappointed that the Tour still remains dominated by European cyclist. Very few cyclist outside European Continent rides in the event every year. We need more Lance Armstrong´s and Greg LeMond´s..And I would be happy to see a winners from Africa, Asia or other Continent one day. But cycling is expensive sport. the equipment alone cost a lot of money... A great job of bringing to us, all those photos to ¨The Big Picture¨
Thank You
Wow, #25 is a great shot!!!
Great work! I recomend you some more potos from TDF 2009 at http://www.990px.pl/index.php/2009/07/15/tour-de-france-2009/
thanks, very nice!
Alberto Contador, the best !!!!!
Best collection of tour photographs I've seen from this years event.
thanks for the pics, I've waiting for this since last year!
hi its really very nice pictures and i know ur PAIN.keep it up
amazing,awesome, nice album and calendar copy which everybody love to have !!!
Es mikel astarloza, no egoi martín.
Bravo amazing work
impressed. caught the motion. well done!
super!
Nice pic's!!!
Yeah, but Lance only got third overall. What a wimp!
Seriously, I am looking forward to the U.S. team in 2010 with Lance in it. I expect we will clean up, if the guys can keep clean that is.
Great pictures, and great angles.
Amazing set of pictures, as usual. Thank you!
some serious professional shots no kidding what kind of camera
"cycling is like church, many attend but few understand"
#40 Perfection defined
Finally a TDF-series. Waited a long time for it. Awesome shots, but where are the fans?!
ˇDemasiado protagonismo para L. Amstrong!
ˇContador to the power!
Is #2 wearing somekind of helmet inside his shorts? :-P
#19 For a while sunflowers would've turned away from the sun to watch the bikers, and #6, la belle France.
#31, Sheer determination, inspite of abonimable pain and yes I-am-gonna-do-it human spirit.
Everything so well described..
Thanks from Mumbai, and Alan, I love you man!! (brotherly love ofcourse :-P)
Once again a great set!
Wonderful! Can't pick a fav here, maybe 27 as that was a great ride by Nicki S and he gave the best "winning face" of the tour in 09. Regarding doping, thanks again to BluMoon. This sport was on the brink of being finished forever but determination, hard work and consistent comprehensive testing have turned it around. Other atheletes in other sports would be terrified to face the doping program that cycling has now in place. There is no better sport to watch than this one ~period. Would love to see some pictures from Mont Ventoux, stage 20. I will keep coming back hoping to find some.
Amazing shots.......
Seeing big picture is always interesting.......
Nice dude....!!!!
I bet that Photographer is also a Bicycle User. Awesome Photography.
ANG GANDA! SALAMAT sa mga photographers, i'm grabbing a couple for my pc wallpaper. Inspirasyon si Lance.
... M A B U H A Y Tour de France!
I don't know how you guys do it, but this is the best photojournalism site i've seen. Trully great pictures in every event.
Beautifulllllll!!!!!!
You have photos of yestarday???
Thanks very nice
I'm brazilian.
Bravo! Amazing Work!Beutifull!
Anikó hungary
One of THE BEST collection of cycling pcitures I've seen in a long time...
(and I've seen my fair share of them!)
You guys should seriously consider putting together a book with a few more pictures, I would certainly buy it.
Wouldn't you?
beautiful set of pictures
I like 19 and 38 :)
These are really fantastic pics about the Tour de France. My favorite is picture #1 : The Columbia Highroad team sets the pace of the pack during the third stage of the Tour de France in southern France. Many compliments Bas Czerwinsk, who made the picture and kind regards to the team @ Boston.com
jwb -
#26's bokeh is heat waves i believe.
Sunflower is beautiful ! For my country ,we have no this .
Génial! Super! Excellent!
#17 _does_ look dopey, does he not?
Mark Cavendish and his team mates are great!!!!
AVE for Dynamite Boy !!!
C'est tout beau , !!!!!
Those photos were great. I am 16 years old and I know this may sound ambitious, but I hope to, one day, win this prestigious race. If you want to follow my journey just visit http://anyone1can1do1it.blogspot.com/. Thank you for reading my post!
The best ever...Pictures from TDF 2009
Thank's
Beautiful pictures and very scenic. A great compilation, and thanks to all for their efforts.
The greatest pic gallery in this planet..! bravo.!
As 98 said, the 4th picture IS NOT EGOI MARTINEZ, he is MIKEL ASTARLOZA, winner of one of the stages this year.
Nice pictures.!!
For the first time in many years I finally managed to follow the whole of the Tour this year on the UK's ITV 4 TV channel.
These are excellent images bring back many of the memories of what was a great Tour, especially for us Brits!
Wow, these are amazing! Definitely worth checking the http://www.projectletour.com/
ones as well!
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http://www.lostinparis.co.uk
Wonderful clear photos. Very nice memory from this year's 'Tour'.
#38: In the context of nature, my favorite TDF-genre. A rushing stream, a rushing cyclist. Why many of us biked or continue to bike. Do these focused racers take in the scenery they are privileged to bike through? I hope so. What a pity if they have to block it out in order to win.
f.a.b.
V viva!
..., 19 and 38, ...
Fantastic pictures. Reminded of the amazing moments from TdF '09. Thanks!
Great pictures. Congratulations
I think it was the best tour, thanks to every one on the tour.
Espectaculares las fotos , se destaca y sobresale el espiritu de la competencia en su maxima expresion .......Gracias.
Contador is the best. In the next edition he´ll win with or without team.
Olé Alberto
nice photos
Lance Armstrong always & forever !!!!!!!
superb
Come on, #70. What's your problem with men wearing tights? They have the most beautiful legs of any sport. Plus, the "tights" do have a purpose!
Great photos
sublim
De trčs belles images, en effet, du Tour 2009, Merci.
Alberto CONTADOR, with final R...
Loving the Tour photos!
Keep it up.
Cheers from Thurso, Scotland.
Extraordinar
Pictures are awesome! Good job to the photographer(s)!
Fantastic set. Here's the "Big Picture" set from the 2008 TdF: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/2008_tour_de_france.html
Geniales fotografias, saludos a todos desde Chile....
Fantásticas todas las fotos. Enhorabuena por ellas.
Un saludo
Very interesting and amusing subject. I read with great pleasure.
#19 - stunning - I'd put it on my wall!
excellent views than people
Thanks for these amazing pictures - just like watching it again - but better!!!!
amazing pictures.....you catch the escence of the tour
Lindas fotos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great pictures... too bad there were any of the Champs Elise!!
beautiful pictures
What A Great Done There
Mil gracias, todas las fotografias muestran la belleza del mundo y de su gente. Todo el escenario es gratuito y que mejor que disfrutarlo asi!
Gracias! Voy a compartir con otros amigos!
SML
Wow! Terrific photos. I hope you leave them up forever! The sunflowers...Oh my! I always start out watching the Tour for the scenery and then get sucked into the action, the drama and the competition. Thanks for showing it all.
omg the places are sop beautiful
Wonderful....what an amazing bunch of pictures.
Your collection here showed is really terrific!!!
But some of those is really the greatest bikers pics I've never seen...
Congratulation..
Excellent photos!!! - brings back memories of summer!!!
No guts, no glory.Your pics prove that.Long live the TDF!
i like 34! lance is awesome
fantastic photographs ,brill desk top pics,lets have more,very inspirational for us road cyclists,best things in life are free,God bless france,Mike Collinson ,Hull City,uk