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Alan Parsons Live Project with Bonnie Tyler

I voted today

I voted at 6:30 this morning. My polling place has about 10 districts that vote there. My line was about 12 people long and it took about 15 minutes --

2009 TDF Route Announced:



The tour will have it's penultimate stage on the Mont Ventoux (Le Geant. The last time the tour rode Le Geant some brash Texan was the favorite.

They have also brought back the team time trial.


The Tour will start in Monaco and end in Paris. Thanks to high speed rail the transfer from the south of France (Mont Ventoux) to Paris is manageable.

Velonews has a good review.

Here is the route:

The Stages
1 Saturday 4 July Monaco > Monaco 15 km TT
2 Sunday 5 July Monaco > Brignoles 182 km
3 Monday 6 July Marseille > La Grande-Motte 196 km
4 Tuesday 7 July Montpellier > Montpellier 38 km TTT
5 Wednesday 8 July Le Cap d’Agde > Perpignan 197 km
6 Thursday 9 July Gérone > Barcelone 175 km
7 Friday 10 July Barcelone > Andorre Arcalis 224 km MTN
8 Saturday 11 July Andorre-la-Vieille > Saint-Girons 176 km MTN
9 Sunday 12 July Saint-Gaudens > Tarbes 160 km MTN
R Rest Day Monday 13 July Limoges
10 Tuesday 14 July Limoges > Issoudun 193 km
11 Wednesday 15 July Vatan > Saint-Fargeau 192 km
12 Thursday 16 July Tonnerre > Vittel 200 km
13 Friday 17 July Vittel > Colmar 200 km MTN
14 Saturday 18 July Colmar > Besançon 199 km
15 Sunday 19 July Pontarlier > Verbier 207 km MTN
R Rest Day Monday 20 July Verbier
16 Tuesday 21 July Martigny > Bourg-Saint-Maurice 160 km MTN
17 Wednesday 22 July Bourg-Saint-Maurice > Le Grand-Bornand 169 km MTN
18 Thursday 23 July Annecy > Annecy 40 km TT
19 Friday 24 July Bourgoin-Jallieu > Aubenas 195 km
20 Saturday 25 July Montélimar > Mont Ventoux 167 km MTN
21 Sunday 26 July Montereau-Fault-Yonne > Paris Champs-Élysées 160 km
Total: 3445 km