Check out the photos from Stage 14 of the Tour de France.

By Chris Brewer

Greetings from: the McDonald’s across the street from my hotel.  Hey, free wifi is free wifi, and it’s 5 times faster than my hotel’s…  That said, I hope you enjoyed my walk up and down video from Ax 3 Domaines.  When all was said and done, I’d covered 20km /12mi and met lots of “interesting” people, as well as some old friends, too.
Stage 14 outcome: always love to see when a guy sacrifices it all and gets to kiss the girls at the end of the stage, so Bravo! to Christophe Riblon (and he was rocking the LIVESTRONG yellow wristband, too).  I thought for a while Contador and Schleck had forgotten about Menchov and Sanchez, but they regrouped enough to bring it back to a reasonable gap before the stage win.  The Shack’s Levi Leipheimer lost a spot to #7 as well 45 seconds, something really strong is going to have to happen for him to get on that final podium, I’m afraid…

Check out Behind The Lines as we go in front of the peloton for a look at the 13.5K Hors Categorie climb: Port de Pailhères. Truly amazing to see that many people on a climb.

Tour de France
Stage 14: Revel to Ax 3 Domaines, 184.5km/115mi
By Cathy Mehl

It’s actually a bike race but there was a bit of poker being played as well.  On the final climb to the ski station at Ax 3 Domaines, yellow jersey Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) knew defending champion Alberto Contador (Astana) couldn’t attack him if he stayed on the wheel of the Spanish rider.  Even going so far as to use a track stand to force Contador ahead of him, Schleck gambled that staying behind his closest contender was the way to play his hand, allowing Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) to gain a dozen seconds on the GC.  But Contador gained none and Andy lost none, creating a successful first day of defense in the Pyrenees.