The Daily Dose Of Information – Episode 5 (The Stadium #3)

The Daily Dose Of Information – Episode 5
Topic: Sports
Date: 6th July, 2008

Hello and welcome to another episode of “The Daily Dose Of Information”. Today’s episode is another one on sports and it is episode 5. I am doing another one on sports as the biggest cycling event just kicked off yesterday – The Tour De France 2008. So I am going to get you up to date on it.

I hope you all had a great time watching the Tennis finals yesterday. I got 2 of my predictions right yesterday, one wrong and one left. I only got the Woman’s Doubles Final wrong. Today, I am waiting for the Gentleman’s Single Final. Anyways… this episode is specifically on Cycling.

So without further ado, I present to you episode 5 of “The Daily Dose Of Information”, right after this.

The 2008 Tour de France is the 95th Tour de France. The event will take place from July 5 to July 27, 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour will enter Italy on the 15th stage and return to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which will be reached in the 21st stage. All time bonuses for intermediate sprints and at each stage finish line have been scrapped.

Stages? You don’t know what the stages are? Well here is a Map & Schedule of The Tour De France 2008

Tour De France 2008 Map

2008 Tour de France Schedule:

Stages & Route

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	There is no prologue this year!
1	Brest > Plumelec	195 km	Flat stage	Saturday 5 July
2	Auray > Saint-Brieuc	165 km	Flat stage	Sunday 6 July
3	Saint-Malo > Nantes	195 km	Flat stage	Monday 7 July
4	Cholet > Cholet	29 km	Time Trial	Tuesday 8 July
5	Cholet > Châteauroux	230 km	Flat stage	Wednesday 9 July
6	Aigurande > Super-Besse Sancy	195 km	Med Mountains	Thursday 10 July
7	Brioude > Aurillac	158 km	Med Mountains	Friday 11 July
8	Figeac > Toulouse	174 km	Flat stage	Saturday 12 July
9	Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre	222 km	High Mountains	Sunday 13 July
10	Pau > Hautacam	154 km	High Mountains	Monday 14 July
	Rest Day			Tuesday 15 July
11	Lannemezan > Foix	166 km	Med Mountains	Wednesday 16 July
12	Lavelanet > Narbonne	168 km	Flat stage	Thursday 17 July
13	Narbonne > Nîmes	182 km	Flat stage	Friday 18 July
14	Narbonne > Nîmes	182 km	Flat stage	Saturday 19 July
15	Digne-les-Bains > Prato Nevoso	216 km	High Mountains	Sunday 20 July
Rest day				Monday 21 July
16	Cuneo > Jausiers	157 km	High Mountains	Tuesday 22 July
17	Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez	210 km	High Mountains	Wednesday 23 July
18	Bourg-d’Oisans > Saint-Étienne	197 km	Med Mountains	Thursday 24 July
19	Roanne > Montluçon	163 km	Flat stage	Friday 25 July
20	Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond	53 km	Time Trial	Saturday 26 July
21	Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées	143 km	Flat stage	Sunday 27 July
Total		3,554 km

The Teams & Riders

SILENCE – LOTTO (SIL)
Sporting Manager : DAMIANI Roberto

TJALLINGII Maarten, DOCKX Bart, VANSEVENANT Wim, VAN SUMMEREN Johan, POPOVYCH Yaroslav, MC EWEN Robbie, HOSTE Leif, CIONI Dario, BRANDT Christophe, AERTS Mario, EVANS Cadel

TEAM CSC SAXO BANK (CSC)
Sporting Manager : ANDERSEN Kim

KROON Karsten, BAK Lars, VOIGT Jens, SORENSEN Nicki, SCHLECK Frank, SCHLECK Andy, O’GRADY Stuart, GUSTOV Volodymir, CANCELLARA Fabian, ARVESEN Kurt-Asle, SASTRE Carlos

EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI (EUS)
Sporting Manager : CARBAYEDA Xavier

HERNANDEZ Aitor, AZANZA Jorge, VERDUGO Gorka, TXURRUKA Amets, SANCHEZ Samuel, PEREZ Ruben, OROZ Juan José, MARTINEZ Egoi, ISASI Inaki, ASTARLOZA Mikel, ZUBELDIA Haimar

CAISSE D’EPARGNE (GCE)
Sporting Manager : UNZUE Eusebio

ZANDIO Xabier, KARPETS Vladimir, SANCHEZ Luis-Leon, PORTAL Nicolas, PEREIRO SIO Oscar, LOPEZ GARCIA David, GUTIERREZ José Ivan, GARCIA ACOSTA Vicente, COYOT Arnaud, ARROYO David, VALVERDE Alejandro

TEAM COLUMBIA (THR)
Sporting Manager : HOLM Brian

PINOTTI Marco, GRABSCH Bert, SIUTSOU Konstantsin, LÖVKVIST Thomas, HINCAPIE George, HANSEN Adam, EISEL Bernhard, CIOLEK Gerald, CAVENDISH Mark, BURGHARDT Marcus, KIRCHEN Kim

BARLOWORLD (BAR)
Sporting Manager : VOLPI Alberto

SABIDO Hugo, CACCIA Diego, LONGO BORGHINI Paolo, HUNTER Robert, FROOME Christopher, DUENAS NEVADO Moises, COOKE Baden, CHEULA Gianpaolo, CARDENAS Félix, AUGUSTYN John-Lee, SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio

LIQUIGAS (LIQ)
Sporting Manager : MARIUZZO Dario

FRANZOI Enrico, CORIONI Claudio, WILLEMS Frederik, QUINZIATO Manuel, NIBALI Vincenzo, KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr, KREUZIGER Roman, FISCHER Murilo Antoniobil, CHICCHI Francesco, BELTRAN Manuel, POZZATO Filippo

LAMPRE (LAM)
Sporting Manager : BONTEMPI Guido

SANTAMBROGIO Mauro, BONO Matteo, TIRALONGO Paolo, SZMYD Sylvester, RIGHI Daniele, NAPOLITANO Danilo, MORI Massimiliano, MARZANO Marco, BRUSEGHIN Marzio, BALLAN Alessandro, CUNEGO Damiano

CREDIT AGRICOLE (C.A)
Sporting Manager : BEUCHERIE Serge

HINAULT Sébastien, HALGAND Patrice, RENSHAW Mark, PAURIOL Rémi, LE MEVEL Christophe, GERRANS Simon, FOFONOV Dmitriy, ENGOULVENT Jimmy, BOTCHAROV Alexandre, BONNET William, HUSHOVD Thor

QUICK STEP (QST)
Sporting Manager : DEMOL Dirk

HULSMANS Kevin, BOONEN Tom, VAN IMPE Kévin, VAN DE WALLE Jurgen, TOSATTO Matteo, STEEGMANS Gert, ROSSELER Sébastien, DE JONGH Steven, CARRARA Matteo, BARREDO Carlos, DEVOLDER Stijn

AG2R-LA MONDIALE (ALM)
Sporting Manager : BIONDI Laurent

USOV Alexandre, MONDORY Lloyd, VALJAVEC Tadej, RIBLON Christophe, GOUBERT Stephane, GADRET John, ELMIGER Martin, EFIMKIN Vladimir, DUPONT Hubert, ARRIETA Jose Luis, DESSEL Cyril

GEROLSTEINER (GST)
Sporting Manager : HOLCZER Hans-Michael

WROLICH Peter, FROHLINGER Johannes, WEGMANN Fabian, SCHOLZ Ronny, LANG Sebastian, KRAUSS Sven, KOHL Bernhard, HAUSSLER Heinrich, FOTHEN Markus, FÖRSTER Robert, SCHUMACHER Stefan

AGRITUBEL (AGR)
Sporting Manager : LEPROUX Denis

RAVARD Anthony, COUTOULY Cédric, MOREAU Christophe, LEQUATRE Geoffroy, LELAY David, JALABERT Nicolas, GONZALO RAMIREZ Eduardo, FEILLU Romain, CASPER Jimmy, BICHOT Freddy, VOGONDY Nicolas

RABOBANK (RAB)
Sporting Manager : BREUKINK Erik

NIERMANN Grischa, HORRILLO Pedro, WEENING Pieter, TEN DAM Laurens, TANKINK Bram, POSTHUMA Joost, MOERENHOUT Koos, LANGEVELD Sebastian, FREIRE Oscar, FLECHA Juan Antonio, MENCHOV Denis

BOUYGUES TELECOM (BTL)
Sporting Manager : MAUDUIT Philippe

VOECKLER Thomas, TSCHOPP Johann, TROFIMOV Yury, SPRICK Matthieu, PINEAU Jérôme, LEFEVRE Laurent, FLORENCIO Xavier, CLEMENT Stef, FEDRIGO Pierrick

TEAM MILRAM (MRM)
Sporting Manager : ALGERI Vittorio

ONGARATO Alberto, GRIVKO Andriy, VELO Marco, VELITS Peter, TERPSTRA Niki, SCHRÖDER Björn, MÜLLER Martin, LANCASTER Brett Daniel, KNEES Christian, GRABSCH Ralf, ZABEL Erik

FRANCAISE DES JEUX (FDJ)
Sporting Manager : MADIOT Marc

MONNERAIS Cyrille, GERARD Arnaud, VAUGRENARD Benoît, ROY Jérémy, LE BOULANGER Yoann, JEGOU Lilian, GILBERT Philippe, DI GREGORIO Rémy, DELAGE Mickaël, CHAVANEL Sébastien, CASAR Sandy

SAUNIER DUVAL – SCOTT (SDV)
Sporting Manager : FERNANDEZ Joxean

PIEPOLI Leonardo, PASSERON Aurélien, JUFRE POU Josep, GOMEZ Angel, DEL NERO Jesus, DE LA FUENTE David, COBO ACEBO Juan Jose, BERTOGLIATI Rubens, RICCO Riccardo

COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE (COF)
Sporting Manager : VAN LONDERSELE Francis

SCHEIRLINCKX Staf, DUCLOS-LASSALLE Hervé, MONFORT Maxime, MONCOUTIE David, MOINARD Amaël, HARY Maryan, DUQUE Leonardo, DUMOULIN Samuel, BRARD Florent, AUGE Stéphane, CHAVANEL Sylvain

GARMIN CHIPOTLE (TSL)
Sporting Manager : WELTZ Johnny

LAURENT Christophe, FARRAR Tyler, VANDEVELDE Christian, PATE Danny, MAASKANT Martijn, LOWE Trent, HESJEDAL Ryder, FRISCHKORN William, DEAN Julian, BACKSTEDT Magnus, MILLAR David

So there you go. You are now up to date on the riders, stages and route map and the basic changes for this year.

This year it is going to be close between Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde. Who knows, maybe even Denis Menchov or Carlos Sastre can be in the fray for the yellow jersey. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

I hope you all are looking forward to the Tour De France for 2008.

UPDATE: Alejandro Valverde won yesterday’s first stage. He came in first across the finish line and now holds the yellow jersey.
Today’s stage is a 165km flat stage from Auray – Saint-Brieuc.

Thats all for another episode of “The Daily Dose Of Information”. Do join me next time for another episode. It will porbably be tomorrow and I might be doing another sports one as Wimbledon is finishing todsay (Go Federer) and the F1 Silverstone Grand Prix is just 15 minutes away! (Go Kubica).

This is your host for the day, Sahil Bhalla, signing off. Have a great Sunday and a great Monday and so on.. Enjoy the time that you have. Good bye and Good luck.