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Stage 10 video preview with complete Tour de France Stage 9 results

One day...that's how long the riders on the 2009 Tour de France get to rest before they get back on their bikes and race from Limoges to Issoudun, France for stage 10 of the race.

Stage 10 is a somewhat rolling and hilly 194.5 Kilometer stage and will most likely make for an early breakaway coming on the heals of a rest day. It also happens to fall on Bastille Day in France so look for some celebration and  fun along the way

Will the sprinters have their day once again?

Video: Robin Williams calls Lance Armstrong an old Jew after seeing his compression socks

You have to admit that Robin Williams is right when he says that Lance Armstrong looks like an "old Jew" or perhaps an English Tourist after seeing his post race black compression socks.

The two sat down for a Livestrong video with Robin Williams being...well Robin Williams.

Take a look at the video below so that you can decide for yourselves if indeed Lance Armstrong looks like an old Jew:

Lance Armstrong to race Tour de France in 2010 with Livestrong-Nike team?

 TARBES, France  — Lance Armstrong will return to cycling and compete in the Tour de France in 2010 with a team perhaps named Livestrong-Nike or an alternative configuration of the companies' names.

Armstrong, speaking with French national television Sunday following stage 9 of the Tour de France in Tarbes, said negotiations for the new team are more difficult than riding in the cycling's biggest cycling event. But he expects talks will result in a team directed by current Astana director, Johan Bruyneel, Armstrong's close friend.

Chrissie Wellington wins 2009 Quelle Roth Challenge smashing course record

It was just a year ago that Yvonne van Vlerken set the Quelle Roth Challenge Iron Distance race record with a time of 8:45:48 in Southern Germany.

That was then and this is now as Chrissie Wellington came within two minutes of breaking the magic 8:30 mark with a winning time of 8:31:59.

No other women was close to her winning time.

The Quelle Roth Challenge used to be the Ironman Germany race until the World Triathlon Corporation moved the Ironman Germany to Frankfurt.

2009 Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island results: Lovato and Jones win big

It was a sprint down the chute for the professional men at the Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island with Michael Lovato of Boulder, Colorado taking the win with a time of 3:54:38. Just 9 seconds behind him was Richie Cunningham who took the second podium position.

On the women's side of the race it was Michellie Jones who won in decisive fashion as she proves that she can still beat the best after her return to Ironman racing.

At the age of 40 Jones, like Lance Armstrong on the bike and Darra Torres in the pool, is living proof that even older professional athletes can still perform at the top of their game.

Tour de France 2009 stage 9 results and standings Pierrick Fedrigo wins Armstrong 3rd overall

Lance Armstrong perhaps said it best when asked about who'll win the Tour de France. Basically he said that not much will change in the general standings of the 2009 tour until the Alps.

“I think that’s where the race is going to be decided,” he added referring to the Alps. “The combination of those days from Colmar all the way to the top of Ventoux  is a very difficult six days. We’ll wait. The hardest mountain in France is on the last day, basically. You can’t forget that.”

Video: What To Do When You Don't Have Time to Swim, Bike or Run by Ben Greenfield

Let's face it. Nobody wants to go to a hot, stifling gym in the summer, when you can hop out into your own backyard and get in a great workout.

Say you don't have time to swim, bike or run. You just got home from work, it's getting dark and you have 20 minutes to exercise before it's time for dinner, family, and bed.

Stage 9 video preview with complete Tour de France Stage 8 results

Stage 9 of the of the Tour de France will feature a classic climb that has been part of the race since the early 1900s. Col du Tourmalet (elevation 6,795 feet), the second “hors categorie” (the most difficult) climb in three days will hit the riders hard at about 45 miles into the stage.

The riders will already have had their legs tested on the first climb of the day by the much smaller Col d'Aspin (elevation, 4,787 feet) about 30 miles into the stage.

Aaron Peirsol smashes 200 meter backstroke world record

Image what it must feel like to touch the wall in 1 minute, 53.08 seconds when swimming the 200 meter...especially when you touch the wall in a new world record.

But that's exactly what Aaron Peirsol did when he smashed Olympic champion's Ryan Lochte old record. Lochte, who owned the previous mark of 1:53.94 set in Beijing, finished second in 1:54.21.

Inside the Tour: which riders are hot and which riders are not

ST. GIRONS, France — Time gaps to stage win times, gear ratios to riders' weights, the Tour de France is a daily smorgasbord of statistics — for three weeks.

Eights days into the race's 96th edition, for example, with the remaining 172 riders facing the last of three straight days in the Pyrenees, two new statistics are looming.

Inside the Tour: Tyler Farrar rides on despite crash, bruised ribs and mountains

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ST. GIRONS, France — He has two teammates in the top-10 overall standings of the Tour de France, so Tyler Farrar is persevering despite some serious aches, pains and bruised ribs

Farrar crashed approaching the finish in Barcelona in stage 6 and lost more than 10 minutes to former race leader Fabian Cancellara (Saxo-Bank) of Switzerland.

Lifetime Fitness Triathlon won by Americans Reed and Haskins including complete age-group results

It was the kind of finish that organizers dream about at the 2009 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon.

In a sprint to the finish between American Andy Potts, Australian Greg Bennett, and Kiwi turned American Matt Reed, it was Matt Reed across the line first closely followed by Potts and Bennet.

Reed, or more likely his wife wrote on twitter: "OMG sprint finish potts and reed!!! Reed wins!!! Wahoo!!! Now drug testing and onto plane for race #2!!!"

Tour de France 2009 stage 8 results and standings Luis Leon Sanchez wins no change in GC

Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez won stage 8 of the Tour de France after being part in an almost day long breakaway.

Under almost perfect weather conditions the overall leaders of the tour maintained their general standings as they finished together after the 176-km stage which went from Andora and back into France.

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Everyman Latte Ratings: 4

I faced an unexpected hurdle at my first triathlon of 2009: darkness. It was back in February and the race was a low-budget event on Fiesta Island in San Diego with no lighting to brighten the pitch-black transition area. Not to mention, there was no light to guide racers from the parking lot onto the obscurely located transition area. Moonlight was my only guide.

Why Alberto Contador lost the Tour de France today when he went rogue

Davis Phinney probably summed it up best when he wrote on twitter:

"stg7 my take; Astana controls stage perfectly but AC goes rogue at the end. Note to Alberto; there's no 'I' in 'T-E-A-M'..."

And VeloNews confirmed the rumors that were swirling around the Tour de France today after Alberto Contador failed to follow team orders and left his teammates in the dust about 2K from the finish line.

“There were no instructions from the car (to attack),” said Astana team boss Johan Bruyneel. “We wanted to try to maintain our collective strength and wait for the attacks to come. Those attacks didn’t come.”

Stage 8 video preview with complete Tour de France Stage 7 results

Stage 8 of the Tour de France can be summoned up in three words: mountains, mountains, mountains.

The 176.5-kilometer stage will have the remaining 176 riders climb three times from the center of the Andorra-la-Vielle to Saint-Girons.

But while three climbs does not seem like such a hard day for the boys on the tour, the professional cyclist will earn their pay as two of the climbs are category 1 with the third climb ranked as a category 2.