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Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 16:34

Written by Luca Salvatelli

As we head into July the race schedule heats up for both the men and women’s teams. For the men, both the Tour de France and the Tour of Austria kick off this upcoming weekend. On the women’s side the Giro Donne begins on Friday, so lots of challenging cycling ahead!

Men’s Team

The highlight of the season starts Saturday, July 3 with the 97th edition of the Tour de France. Beginning this year in Rotterdam, the race will run over 3,596 km, reaching Paris on July 25 after twenty-one stages. The Tour shouldn’t always be decided in the time trials and the climbs,” said Jean Paul van Poppel Cervélo TestTeam, Sports Director. “From our reading, it’s going to be quite a Tour and very interesting with the cobblestones and some early windy stages. Thanks to a nice start in the Netherlands, where the crowds will be very big, making this a special Tour.”

Highlights this year include the opening prologue, the hilly second stage to Spa and the cobblestone-laden third stage to Arenberg, which features seven sections of bumpy pavement along the second half of the route. Later in the tour the riders will face the mountains in the French Alps and some tough stages towards the end in the Pyrenees.

While the Tour de France will dominate the race calendar for the next three weeks, the men’s team will also compete in Austria’s main cycling competition, the 62nd International Tour of Austria. The tour starts on July 4 in Dornbirn, close to the Swiss border, and then continues from west to east where it will conclude in Vienna on July 11.

Women’s Team

One of the major highlights of the women’s season also begins this week with the 21st Giro d’Italia for women – the Giro Donne. It kicks off at July 2 in Muggia, in the province of Trieste, close to the Slovenian border. The race then continues over until July 11, when the Giro Donne finishes after ten tough stages in Monza.

“We have eight very strong and motivated riders who will tackle the challenge of the Giro Donne, which will feature a tough course this year,” said Egon van Kessel, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam. “Last year, Claudia Häusler (GER) won this famous women’s tour and our goal this year is to continue the excellent performances we have showed so far this season. Claudia is currently in excellent shape but also Tour de l’Aude winner Emma Pooley (GBR) is definitively ready for the Giro Donne. For the sprint stages, Kirsten Wild (NED) will be our wild card.”

02-07-11-07 Giro Donne (ITA) 2.1

Riders

Lieselot Decroix (BEL)

Claudia Häusler (GER)

Sharon Laws (GBR)

Emma Pooley (GBR)

Carla Ryan (AUS)

Patricia Schwager (SUI)

Iris Slappendel (NED)

Kirsten Wild (NED)

Sports Director Egon van Kessel (NED)

Stages

02.07.10 Stage 1 Muggia - Trieste 59.0 km

03.07.10 Stage 2 Sacile - Riese Pio X 130.0 km

04.07.10 Stage 3 Caerano S. Marco - Biadene di Montebelluna 17.0 km (ITT)

05.07.10 Stage 4 Ficarolo - Lendinara 90.0 km

06.07.10 Stage 5 Orta San Giulio - Pettenasco 122.0 km

07.07.10 Stage 6 Gallarate - Arcisate 117.0 km

08.07.10 Stage 7 Como - Albese 11.0 km

09.07.10 Stage 8 Chiavenna -Livigno 93.0 km

10.07.10 Stage 9 Livigno - Stelvio 68.5 km

11.07.10 Stage 10 Aotodromo di Monza - Monza 115.0 km

03-07-25-07 Tour de France (FRA) HIS

Riders

Xavier Florencio (ESP)

Volodimir Gustov (UKR)

Jeremy Hunt (GBR)

Thor Hushovd (NOR)

Andreas Klier (GER)

Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)

Brett Lancaster (AUS)

Daniel Lloyd (GBR)

Carlos Sastre (ESP)

Sports Director Phillippe Mauduit (FRA)

Alex Sans Vega (ESP)

Jean-Paul Van Poppel (NED)

Stages

03.07.10 Prologue Rotterdam > Rotterdam 8.9 km (ITT)

04.07.10 Stage 1 Rotterdam > Bruxelles 223.5 km

05.07.10 Stage 2 Bruxelles > Spa 201.0 km

06.07.10 Stage 3 Wanze > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut 213.0 km

07.07.10 Stage 4 Cambrai > Reims 153.5 km

08.07.10 Stage 5 Épernay > Montargis 187.5 km

09.07.10 Stage 6 Montargis > Gueugnon 227.5 km

10.07.10 Stage 7 Tournus > Station des Rousses 165.5 km

11.07.10 Stage 8 Station des Rousses > Morzine-Avoriaz 189.0 km

13.07.10 Stage 9 Morzine-Avoriaz > Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 204.5 km

14.07.10 Stage 10 Chambéry > Gap 179.0 km

15.07.10 Stage 11 Sisteron > Bourg-lès-Valence 184.5 km

16.07.10 Stage 12 Bourg-de-Péage > Mende 210.5 km

17.07.10 Stage 13 Rodez > Revel 196.0 km

18.07.10 Stage 14 Revel > Ax 3 Domaines 184.5 km

19.07.10 Stage 15 Pamiers > Bagnères-de-Luchon 187.5 km

20.07.10 Stage 16 Bagnères-de-Luchon > Pau 199.5 km

22.07.10 Stage 17 Pau > Col du Tourmalet 174.0 km

23.07.10 Stage 18 Salies-de-Béarn > Bordeaux 198.0 km

24.07.10 Stage 19 Bordeaux > Pauillac 52.0 km (ITT)

25.07.10 Stage 20 Longjumeau > Paris Champs-Élysées 102.5 km

04-07-11-07 Österreich Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria (AUT) 2.HIS

Riders

Íñigo Cuesta (ESP)

Philip Deignan (IRL)

Stefan Denifl (AUT)

Roger Hammond (GBR)

Ted King (USA)

Joaquin Novoa (ESP)

Martin Reimer (GER)

Dominique Rollin (CAN)

Sports Director Jens Zemke (GER)

Stages

04.07.10 Stage 1 Dornbirn - Bludenz 157.9 km

05.07.10 Stage 2 Landeck - Kitzbüheler Horn 173.9 km

06.07.10 Stage 3 Kitzbühler - Lienz 134.5 km

07.07.10 Stage 4 Lienz - Großglockner/Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe 146.2 km

08.07.10 Stage 5 "JUFA"-stage: Bleiburg -Deutschlandsberg 150.3 km

09.07.10 Stage 6 Deutschlandsberg - Laxenburg 231.8 km

10.07.10 Stage 7 Podersdorf am Neusiedler See - Illmitz 26.3 km (ITT)

11.07.10 Stage 8 Podersdorf am Neusiedler See - Wien (Burgtheater) 122.8 km