Watching the Tour de France - Stage 16

Week three of the TDF

Down 28 riders after 2 weeks of racing, the 2011 Tour de France continues into week three with 170 riders racing towards Italy (first!) and then into the French Alps and on to Paris. List of Riders and Withdrawals. Vino has emotionally retired from cycling. The remaining riders are rested and ready, but quite wet after the heavy rain this morning. There is much talk about bad weather in the Alps, and how that could affect the race. Yesterday there was snow on the Galibier (and a rescue of cyclists). Anything could happen this week in the Tour de France.

Live link online to watch Stage 16 Tour de France on Eurosport (x out both ads, no need to download).

Watching the time gaps Gaps on LeTour website and live report CyclingNews live reports.

Where are we?

Remaining Stages (enjoy it while you can): click on the red arrow to transfer to stage information

16	Medium mountains	Tuesday 19 July	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Gap	162.5 km
17	High Mountains	Wednesday 20 July	Gap > Pinerolo	179 km
18	High Mountains	Thursday 21 July	Pinerolo > Galibier Serre-Chevalier	200.5 km
19	High Mountains	Friday 22 July	Modane Valfréjus > Alpe-d’Huez	109.5 km
20	Individual time-trial	Saturday 23 July	Grenoble > Grenoble	42.5 km
21	En ligne	Sunday 24 July	Créteil > Paris Champs-Élysées	95 km

It was fun reading about yesterday's rest day through the tweets of the riders at the Tour de France. The major themes of their day off in Département de la Drôme were good hotels, great food and better wine. Makes me want to go to France! I especially enjoy following @laurendtendam, @Mark_Renashaw, and the Fabianese at @F_Cancellara, also @MattRabin and so many of the others at the TDF this year. 

If you have missed any of the stage entries or photography by O''Nev Ciclismo Fotografia definitely go back and read his blog as he travels along with the Tour de France this year. Also Tobe's Blog, Toby is an Australian Physiotherapist on the Garmin-Cervelo staff. Worth a look over Cycling Tips blog recent TDF posts. And of course Hardly Serious with Jens Voigt. Breakfast with Bernie, and reread Paddy Sweeney's take on Mark Cavendish climbing, “I don’t go so well uphill but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy it.”

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