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• Posted Le Tour de France: Étape 6 - Lisieux to Vitré to Austinist
  Stage 6 was battled out over 189km today and marked the third consecutive day that Tom Boonen (QSI) donned the maillot jaune. It contained one category 3 climb early on and was followed by three intermediate sprints. Early failed breakaways gave way to a larger one involving race leaders Tom Boonen and Thor Hushovd (CA). A newly motivated peloton quickly reigned in 9 of the 12 riders at the 80km mark and pursued the...
• Posted Le Tour Sans Lance to Austinist
  The 93rd Annual Tour de France began last Saturday in Strasbourg and ends on July 23 in Paris on the familiar cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées. This year, the course is run counter-clockwise, or anti-clockwise if you're Phil Liggett, and measures an excruciating 3639 km (2261 miles) divided into 20 stages. The notable absence of hometown favorite Lance Armstrong and the major blood doping scandal that eliminated 13 riders has left the field wide open...
• Posted An Ode to Chickens to Austinist
  We're sure it's already marked on your calendars, so it probably isn't necessary to remind you that today heralds International Respect For Chickens Day. In keeping with the other causes being celebrated this month at Austinist, we would like to shed some light on this little-known holiday and illuminate some of the more charismatic chickens that have graced our time. Numbering somewhere near 24 million and counting, chickens are by far the most populous...