Tour of Spain Aug 28 to Sep 19 - 8 stages live on SBS

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Tour of Spain starts this Saturday and SBS are showing 8 stages live this year starting from the nighttime Team time trial at 5:30am Sunday morning.
From the information I can find they are showing each stage on Saturday & Sunday nightls live around 11ish, Stages are 1,2,8,9,14,15,20 & 21.Check the SBS TV guide regularly.

Race favorites are Frank & Andy Shleck, Menchov, Nibali, Anton & Mosquera
Should be a very open & attacking tour with no Condator
Stage 4,8,9,11,14,15,16,17 & 20 are the key stages were the General classification will be decided.

Simon Gerrans, Allan Davis, Baden Cooke, Matthew Wilson & Stuart O'Grady are the aussie that are competing

If you want more info on the stages go to this website
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-v ... his/stages

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Here is the General classification heading into tonight’s stage which is on SBS at Midnight, I have attached the profile of tonight’s stage, nice short steep hill at the end of the stage, which will sort out the General classification even more.

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 27:12:38
2 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:10
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:12
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:16
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:29
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:49
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:50
9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:54
10 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:55
11 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:00:58
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:01
13 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:01:11
15 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:19
16 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:01:21
17 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:24
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:33
20 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02

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Good stage last night with David Moncoutié winning, it’s a good battle for the leaders jersey with 3 riders within a 2 seconds.
Tonight stage is another tough one with plenty of medium mountains
On SBS starting at 11:30pm

1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32:28:49
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:02
4 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:42
5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:10
6 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:15
7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:18
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:01:19
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:01:26
10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:28
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:01:42
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:47
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:55
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:01:57
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:58
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:02:11
18 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:02:21
19 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:35
20 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:03:1

Here is tonights stage

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Here is the General classification going into the weekend stages.
2 tough stages coming up, I have put the profiles up for both stages.
On SBS tonight from 11:50 & Sunday night from 11:30pm

1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56:28:03
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:45
3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:01:04
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:01:17
5 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:29
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne 0:01:57
7 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:02:07
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 0:02:13
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:02:30
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
11 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:37
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:02:53
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:03:03
14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:03:16
15 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:03:27
16 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:03:40
17 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:16
18 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:50
19 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:05:04
20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 0:05:41

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Last stage for riders wanting to win the General classification and it’s a brut of a stage.
The final 13km are going to be hell for the riders.
Here are the standings going into tonight’s stage.
On SBS ONE from 11:55pm tonight

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 80:30:48
2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:50
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:01:59
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:03:54
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:57
6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:02
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:04:10
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:04:12
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:28
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:05:50