Rider of the day - Oscar Freire

Three times world champion Oscar Freire was shot in the leg during stage 13.

Rider of the day - "Big" George

George Hincapie fell on stage 17 of this year's Tour de France and rode the rest of the race with a broken collarbone - ouch!

Photo shoot: Tour de France 2009

Super snaps from the slopes of Mont Ventoux.

























For more exclusive photos from this year's Tour de France, look out for "Rider of the day" only on http://cafevelo.blogspot.com



Coming soon!

Destination Ventoux

Bearing to blame

Candy rebuild kit to the rescue...

You'll hear it here first...

www.spaceinvaderradio.com - Friday 17 July 2009, from 20:00 hrs UK time



Daft Punk, Justice, Kraftwork, Alex Gopher, St. Germain, Zombie Nation, Digitalism, and more...

For the perfect soundtrack to this year's Tour de France, tune in.

Tourmalet today...

A few snaps from cafevelo's photo album to get you in the mood for tour de France stage 9, which features the double-billing of Col du Tourmalet...







...and Col d'Aspin




Enjoy the stage. To follow the action online, visit www.cyclingfans.com

Eggs beaten, rebuild kit required

Crank Brothers candy pedals have given up after 5 years. Right one fell off last weekend.

Time for a rebuild.

Howies t-shirt of the week

Cafevelo is all set for summer.