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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
King Carlos - How CSC's Carlos Sastre proved he had what it takes to see off Cadel Evans and the rest The diary of Frank The Luxemburger shares his thoughts on the Tour in this exclusive race journal Sound bites - On your marks... The contenders ready themselves for battle in Brest Froome with a view - Kenyan Chris Froome's longest race pre-Tour was seven days. Now he prepare to line up in the biggest race of all TT guinea pigs - Procycling hitches a ride behind Gerald Cioiek on the race's first time trial Police, cameras, action - How Manuel Beltran became the first rider to dash hopes for a dope-free Tou "I'm not in it for the money" - After four Tour stag wins, no wonder young Brit Mark Cavendish is smiling The last hours of The Cobra - How a positive test for EPO spelled the end for Riccardo Ricco Sebastian Lang - Denied by Ricco in the Pyrenees, the German ends up getting the last laugh "Anyone cheating now is a dead man walking" - Tour director Christian Prudhomme talks race innovations, doping and Mark Cavendish Best seat in the house Short of a place in the peloton, the team car is the closest you'll get to the action at the Tour. Procycling joins Team Garmin A fan reborn - Former pro and sportswriter Paul Kimmage has long railed against the peloton's doping record. So why has the Tour put a smile back on his face "Its every Dutchman's favourite mountain" - Laurens Ten Dam prepares to tackle AIpe d'Huez Behind the times - Wim Vansevenant and Cadel Evans's bid for a Silence-Lotto sandwich in the final TT Next and future king - Why Schleck Jnr can swap white for yellow in 2009 Letters - This month: an artist's impression of the Tour, cycling terminology, and meeting a veteran mechanic Freezeframes Mountain masterpieces from our man Tim De Waele at the Tour de France The Spin Cycling's job crisis, Rabobank's Dekker dispute, Magnus Backstedt on sun cream. Pope on Rock - Frank Hoj looks forward to riding his home tour, and reflects on seeing the Gmnde Boude from the TV gantry Tom Danielson - He's taking aim at the Tour of Utah and applauding team-mate Christian Vande Velde Subscriptions - For our UK readers Subscriptions - For our US readers Wish List - The new kit, from the wonderful to the downright weird, that got its first outing at the Tour First Look - A closer peek at Ridleys Noah road frame and Dean TT frame, as ridden by Silence-Lotto at the Tour Bike Test - Frankie Andreu takes the Jamis Xenith SL for a spin in North Carolina's hill country The Program - The Vuelta aEspana from A to Z, details of the Tours of Ireland and Britain The Wrap - The latest results including final Tour standings, plus an update on our Fab Four riders Gianni Savio Our moustachioed marvel strips bare the Riccardo Ricco doping scandal Cover Stories: CARLOS - Three years ago, Carlos Sastre teetered on the brink of quitting the peloton. So what brought him back to claim victory at this year's Tour? We take a look at a life touched by tragedy, and relive the key turning points in Sastre's campaign for the yellow jersey THE SCANDALS - Beltran, Ricco, Duenas, Procycling was there to witness their downfall, in a Tour some had genuinely expected to be doping-free PRUDHOMME EXCLUSIVE - Ditching time bonuses and the prologue and stepping up the war on dope. The Tour's race director tells us why this year's race marks a turning point for cycling THE STARS - Sastre. Cavendish, Evans, KohL We talk to the big names who made the headlines at this year's Tour. and take a closer look at the key moments that transformed the race THE SECRETS - CSC man Frank Schleck delivers dispatches from the heart of the peloton in our exclusive day-by-day account of action on the ground at this year's Tour de France
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