Notes:  (latest notes always appear at the top)

- France3 now LIVE with the TT.

- De Brabantse Pijl is about to get underway.  sport.be live ticker here (French).  (Google-translated to English) Sportwereld live ticker here (Flemish).  Our full live coverage guide for this race coming up before TV coverage begins.

- Brabantse Pijl live coverage on cycling.tv is scheduled to begin at 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).  We will also be on the look-out for other sources of live video streaming.

- There is live television coverage of the final stage time trial of the 2009 Criterium International.  Coverage on France 3 is scheduled to begin at 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern).  We will list any available Criterium International live video streams.  Note that Europe switches to daylight savings time tonight, so starting Sunday Belgium, France, Italy, etc. are once again 6 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time.

A selection of photos from recent editions
of the Criterium International

Criterium International:  Stage 2 starts early by
the lake at Les Vieilles Forges.
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2008 Criterium International, Stage 2:  A rising sun,
long shadows, a man has escaped, he is pursued by a chase
group which in turn is pursued by the peloton. The morning's
racing has begun.
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2008 Criterium International:  The peloton crosses the
bridge over the Meuse river in Revin, France.
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2005 Criterium International, Stage 2:  Ivan Basso and
Thomas Dekker race up the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout.
Dekker would win the stage.
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2005 Criterium International, Stage 2:  Kurt-Asle Arvesen and Floyd Landis are in a chase group.
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2005 Criterium International:  David Moncoutie climbs the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout.
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2005 Criterium International:  Philippe Gilbert looks up the road on the Côte du Mont Malgré Tout.  The hills of the Ardennes are a popular location for amateur cyclists as well.
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2005 Criterium International:  Frederic Finot got left behind.
"1" on the photo marks the location of the bridge over the Meuse river.  "2" marks the location for taking photos of the peloton
crossing the bridge.
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2008 Criterium International:  Frelontin the wasp shows up at races all over France, including, of course, the Tour de France.
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2005 Criterium International:  Bobby Julich on his way to winning the time trial and the overall.  Julich, a two-time winner (1998 and 2005) is the only American to ever win the Criterium International.
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2005 Criterium International:  Jens Voigt has won the CI
in 1999, 2004, 2007, and 2008.
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2004 Criterium International:  Lance Armstrong last rode the Criterium International in 2004.  All the French fans' eyes, as well as the cameras of OLN, were on the man who the previous July had joined the club of 5-time winners of the Tour de France.  Armstrong originally planned to ride the 2009 Criterium International but changed his schedule in order to race at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.
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2004 Criterium International:  With Johan Bruyneel driving the USPS team car and Sheryl Crow along for the ride, Lance Armstrong finished 4th in the time trial, 3 seconds behind stage and race winner Jens Voigt.
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