Vande Velde on his 2009 Tour de France: My mental effort tenfold harder

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Published July 30, 2009 at 4:06 p.m.

Christian Vande Velde didn't say whether he called because he had read the last item of my Tuesday blog, referring to my missing the conversations we had during the Tour de France. If not, he certainly had read my mind ...

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Vande Velde update: more tests needed on injuries from Giro crash

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Published May 16, 2009 at 8:29 p.m.

Here is the Garmin-Slipstream team's update on injured Lemont cyclist Christian Vande Velde, which tempers a bit the enthusiasm he expressed over the phone to me three days ago about making it to the July 4 start of the Tour ...

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Vande Velde is in pain but optimistic about Tour de France

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Published May 13, 2009 at 12:04 p.m.

Christian Vande Velde has broken one arm and several ribs and fractured his collarbone more times than he can count in cycling accidents. And he said he has had scarier crashes than the one Monday that knocked him out of ...

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