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Photo: Tea on the Super Hitachi train to Tokyo by Ady.

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Bicicleteiros podcast #83, Tour de France podcast #2, recapping stage 9.

We didn't expect such a long gap between Tour podcasts, but here we are ten days in with two clear race favorites in Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck.

Photo: Orange t-shirt and Heinneken in honor of the defeated Dutch World Cup football squad.

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(Bicicleteiros podcast #82) This is our Tour de France overview, plus color commentary of the Prologue & Stage 1.  Hans and Rob discuss their picks for the overall (yellow jersey), best sprinter (green jersey), best climber (polka-dot jersey) and best under-25 (white jersey).

We also discuss strategies for playing Versus.com Fantasy Cycling and RouleurDerby.com.

Amazingly, no doping is discussed! (The odd wisecrack doesn't count as 'discussion'.)

Tags: NFTOS, Bicicleteiros, fantasy cycling, versus.com, rouleurderby.com, le tour, TdF, Petacchi, Cavendish, Freire, Thor Hushovd, Cancellara, Belgium, Holland, Netherlands, time trial, sprint, dog, crash, Boonen, Gilbert, Haussler, Contador, Ivanov, Iglinsky, Bookwalter, Geraint Thomas, Chris Horner, Vinokurov