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- Saturday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 13 departs Berja at 12:26 CET (6:26am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish on Sierra Nevada between 17:13 and 17:49 CET (11:13am and 11:49am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 12 final km here. (Sporza, 04:27)

- LIVE AUDIO:  Vuelta live Eurosport audio feeds playing in English, French, Russian and Swedish.  These streams can be played separately or simultaneously with a given video feed, albeit usually out of sync.  Links in "Live audio streaming" section at right.

- Eurosport France LIVE.

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE via TDP.  (Spanish)

- Vuelta LIVE via Eurosport.  (English)

- Interestingly, the Vuelta is also playing LIVE via the Tour of Missouri Tracker.  (Universal also provide live satellite feed for ToM.)  Today's Tour of Missouri Time Trial begins at 2pm U.S. Central (21:00 CET).

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE on Universal Sports.  3 links at right.  Other feeds do not begin until 16:00 CET (10am U.S. Eastern).

- Vuelta a Espana Stage 12 departs Almeria at 12:23 CET (6:23am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Alto de Velefique between 17:13 and 17:49 CET (11:13am and 11:49am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 8:20am U.S. Eastern (? : Universal website lists both 10am and 8:20am U.S. Eastern as start times for live coverage of Stage 12).  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- For satellite TV viewers, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

- NEW!  Vuelta a Espana Online game.  Free to play.  You get to play the directeur sportif.  Create your cycling team, train it and compete against players from all over the world on the official stages of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.  Just like in the real Vuelta, one stage is simulated per day.  Once you have signed up and set up your team, your race begins the following day with Stage 1.  Click banner below or here for more info and to sign up.

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- Some Stage 4 pre-race and start photos are already posted in the Photos section of Tour Tracker.  Link at right.

- Tour of Missouri LIVE video with audio commentary now playing in high res via Tour Tracker, link at right.  (You may need to refresh your browser.)

- Tour of Missouri LIVE video playing via Tour Tracker.  (Low resolution for now without commentary, high res + commentary later.)  Link at right.

- Tour of Missouri Stage 4 departs St. James at 2:00pm Central (21:00 CET) and is expected in Jefferson City between 5:45pm and 7:00pm Central (00:45 and 02:00 CET Friday).  Tour of Missouri live video coverage on Tour Tracker officially is scheduled to begin at 4:40pm Central (23:40 CET) but they will attempt to provide some live video without commentary before then.

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- Thursday's Tour of Missouri Stage 4 departs St. James at 2:00pm Central (21:00 CET) and is expected in Jefferson City between 5:45pm and 7:00pm Central (00:45 and 02:00 CET Friday).  Tour of Missouri live video coverage on Tour Tracker officially is scheduled to begin at 4:40pm Central (23:40 CET) but they will attempt to provide some live video without commentary before then.

- Our photographers report currently being in a dead zone for transmissions.  Stage 3 pics as soon as possible...

- Higher quality video feed now available at Tour Tracker.  Link at right.

- Tour of Missouri LIVE via Tour Tracker camera 2.  Link at right.

- The official broadcast start time, with satellite uplink and race commentary, for today's stage of the Tour of Missouri is 2:10pm Central (21:10 CET).  But as with each stage this week, the Tour Tracker folks will try to get, and maintain for as long as possible, a video feed before the official broadcast begins.

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- Thursday is a rest day at the Vuelta.

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 11 final km here. (Sporza, 02:59)

- Vuelta LIVE via Eurosport France, TDP and TVE. 

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE.

- Vuelta a Espana Stage 11 departs Murcia at 12:23 CET (6:23am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Caravaca de la Cruz between 17:15 and 17:47 CET (11:15am and 11:47am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- For satellite TV viewers, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

- NEW!  Vuelta a Espana Online game.  Free to play.  You get to play the directeur sportif.  Create your cycling team, train it and compete against players from all over the world on the official stages of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.  Just like in the real Vuelta, one stage is simulated per day.  Once you have signed up and set up your team, your race begins the following day with Stage 1.  Click banner below or here for more info and to sign up.

- We recommend you open our Twitter feed in a separate window now.  If ever we have a server outage, we will update on Twitter and direct you to a live coverage page on another server.

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- Tour of Missouri photos:  We are providing photos to the Adobe Tour Tracker this year.  Pics from today's Stage 2 feed zone are now posted.  More to come.  Tour Tracker link at right.  And more photos here later today.

- Higher resolution video now playing via Tour Tracker.  (Click on Stream: High under Tour Tracker video window; you may need to refresh your browser.)  Live audio commentary to follow.

- Tour of Missouri LIVE video via Tour Tracker.  Link at right.  Low bandwidth feed now playing.  (see "Stream:  High Low" below video window)  A better quality "High" feed with commentary should be available for about the last 2 hours of the race.

- Tour of Missouri live video with commentary should get underway by 2:30pm Central (21:30 CET).  There may be a live feed on the Tour Tracker (link at right) before then, without commentary.  More later.

  The peloton passes over the Golden Gate Bridge
2009 Tour of California
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- Video:  Vuelta Stage 10 highlights here. (Eurosport, 01:25)

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 10 highlights here. (Rtve, 03:18)

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 10 final km here. (Sporza, 07:19)

- Vuelta LIVE via Eurosport.  (David Harmon and Sean Kelly commentating)

- Vuelta LIVE via TDP, Eurosport France and TVE. 

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE.

- Note:  We have just begun a major effort of coverage at the Tour of Missouri; consequently, we've gotten behind in our photographic coverage of the Vuelta but hope to get caught up on that soon.  Lots of Tour of Missouri and Vuelta photos to come.  Our Tour of Missouri Stage 2 coverage will begin not long after the finish of today's Vuelta stage.  -Pete

- Vuelta a Espana Stage 10 departs Alicante at 13:26 CET (7:26am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Murcia between 17:19 and 17:42 CET (11:19am and 11:42am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- For satellite TV viewers, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

- NEW!  Vuelta a Espana Online game.  Free to play.  You get to play the directeur sportif.  Create your cycling team, train it and compete against players from all over the world on the official stages of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.  Just like in the real Vuelta, one stage is simulated per day.  Once you have signed up and set up your team, your race begins the following day with Stage 1.  Click banner below or here for more info and to sign up.

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- Video:  Tour of Missouri Stage 1 final kms here. (KMOV, 03:01)

- Video:  Stage 1 race start here. (YouTube/amateur, 01:48)

- LIVE now:  Tour Tracker race commentary with Paul Sherwen and Frankie Andreu.  Link at right.

- Tour of Missouri LIVE now via Tour Tracker.  (Link at right)  Note that there will be a satellite uplink and live race commentary for the final two hours of the stage only.

- The 2009 Tour of Missouri is underway.  For live tickers, see the "Live tickers" section at right.  Live video is going to be intermittent while things are getting set up, including getting the relay plane in the air.

- 2009 Tour of Missouri Photos:  It is my pleasure to once again be working with Laura Alber and Carlos Rico to bring you top-notch cycling photography.  They did superb work at the Tour of California and Nevada City Classic.  Laura and Carlos are at the Tour of Missouri all week, having driven out from California.  We will try and post as many photos as possible from the road mid-stage but in any event we will have photos post-stage here each day.  Should be a fun week.  Laura and Carlos have also set up their own website at www.fotociclismo.com.  Check it out.  -Pete

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2009 Tour of California
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- When does Tour of Missouri live video start?  We're told there may be a local live feed going on the Tour Tracker when the stage begins at 2:30pm Central (21:30 CET) but that will be before the relay plane is being used.  We will post the latest info here.   KMOV live streaming is scheduled to begin at 3:30pm Central.  According to the ToM organizers, KMOV will have live streaming for Stage 1 only.

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- Vuelta a Espana Stage 10 departs Alicante at 13:26 CET (7:26am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish in Murcia between 17:19 and 17:42 CET (11:19am and 11:42am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 9 highlights here. (Rtve, 03:12)

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 9 final km here. (Sporza, 04:03)

- LIVE AUDIO:  Vuelta LIVE audio feeds on Eurosport playing in English, French and Swedish.  Links in "Live audio streaming" section at right.

- Vuelta LIVE via Eurosport France, TDP and TVE.

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE.

- Tour of Missouri: Our Tour of Missouri Live Online Coverage Guide coming up after today's Vuelta stage.  Tour of Missouri Stage 1 begins at 2:30pm U.S. Central (21:30 CET).  Tour of Missouri Live Coverage Options - Tour of Missouri Start list

- Vuelta a Espana Stage 9 departs Alcoy at 12:24 CET (6:24am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Xorret del Cati between 17:14 and 17:47 CET (11:14am and 11:47am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- For satellite TV viewers, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

- NEW!  Vuelta a Espana Online game.  Free to play.  You get to play the directeur sportif.  Create your cycling team, train it and compete against players from all over the world on the official stages of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.  Just like in the real Vuelta, one stage is simulated per day.  Once you have signed up and set up your team, your race begins the following day with Stage 1.  Click banner below or here for more info and to sign up.

- We recommend you open our Twitter feed in a separate window now.  If ever we have a server outage, we will update on Twitter and direct you to a live coverage page on another server.

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.

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- Monday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 9 departs Alcoy at 12:24 CET (6:24am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Xorret del Cati between 17:14 and 17:47 CET (11:14am and 11:47am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 8 highlights here. (Rtve, 03:30)

- Video:  Vuelta Stage 8 final km here. (Sporza, 05:26)

- Vuelta LIVE via TVE.  (Spanish)

- Vuelta LIVE via TDP and Eurosport. 

- Vuelta a Espana LIVE.

- Vuelta a Espana Stage 8 departs Alzira at 11:49 CET (5:49am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Alto de Aitana between 17:12 and 17:50 CET (11:12am and 11:50am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta a Espana live video on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 10:00am U.S. Eastern.  Vuelta live coverage on Sporza is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

Vuelta a Espana Stage 8 Profile

- For satellite TV viewers, MJ Ray has you covered in our cycling via satellite blog here.

- NEW!  Vuelta a Espana Online game.  Free to play.  You get to play the directeur sportif.  Create your cycling team, train it and compete against players from all over the world on the official stages of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.  Just like in the real Vuelta, one stage is simulated per day.  Once you have signed up and set up your team, your race begins the following day with Stage 1.  Click banner below or here for more info and to sign up.

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