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Todays second Alpine stage profile looked like a pair of canines in a wolfs mouth. The Lombarde pokes through the middle, and the Bonette, a real monster, tops out at 9,192 feet after 6,000 feet of climbing over 25.7 miles, with the steepest bit of arid tarmac at the Replica Cartier watches summit. Hot, exposed and relentless, the Bonette kept the riders in the red, skirting the knife-edge between maximum wattage output and blowing a gasket. The Team CSC of yellow jersey Frank Schleck threw riders to the front of a tiny group of leaders, had them work, and then spit them out the back, where they pedaled squares. Beautiful to watch Franks brother Andy pacing him over, grimacing the whole way.

And even more beautiful watching the 14-mile, truly harrowing descent. Cycling commentators prefer the euphemism technical. Look later today for the video footage of 21-year-old John-Lee Augustyns bike disappearing over a cliff, and the lucky Replica Omega watches Barloworld rider scrambling back up the scree in his cycling cleats. Bobby Julich, a former rider seeing the race from the other side, asks cyclingnews, is it always this stressful to watch a race on TV? When the finish is like a ski slalom but with all the skiers on the slope at once, yes. Like us, Julich started talking to his TV set, saying, Be careful guys, there are things more important than bike racing!Are there?

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