2009 Tour de France Analysis & Reports

The final stage of the Tour de France played out as expected. The final laps in Paris on the Champs-Elysees proved to be the ultimate playground for Team Columbia’s British ace sprinter Mark Cavendish. Team Saxo Bank rode into Paris with their man Andy Schleck sitting safely in second place in the general classification, 4:11 behind race winner Alberto Contador.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 20’s epic stage was dreamed up by the Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme. He wanted the ultimate showdown between the top general classification riders the day before the race ended on the streets of Paris. Chris Anker road yet again as a perfect teammate for the Schleck brothers on the famous Mont Ventoux.  Read the race analysis & files...

The men of the Tour battled each and every inch stage 19’s 178kms between Bourgoin-Jallieu and Aubenas. Chris Anker Sorensen didn’t have an easy day but he successfully helped his team leaders, Frank and Andy Schleck, stay safe within the group.  Read the race analysis & files...

The majority of Chris Anker’s duties were completed on the first three climbs of stage 17 in order to soften the field up. Saxo Bank literally banked everything on today’s stage and sketched out a plan to destroy the entire field. With that in mind Chris’s work started earlier today as compared to the previous mountain stages.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 16's final climb was the Category 1 Petit-Saint-Bernard, however this was no small affair. Chris Anker Sorensen rode at maximum effort at the bottom of "Saint-Bernard" climb to set up his teammate Andy Schleck's attack of Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong. Read on to see what it takes to be a teammate to the world's best.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 15 was the first major test of the Alpine stages and included a mountain top finish, the second of three in this year’s Tour. Chris Anker Sorensen earned his paycheck today and set a personal best Tour de France power record along thew way. Read on for more details and to view his interactive SRM power file.  Read the race analysis & files...

Five minutes behind the breakaway Chris Anker finished in the main field in 88th place. Today was a pretty easy day for Chris as he set some of his lowest wattage of the tour so far. Read on to see what an "easy" day looks like in the Tour de France...  Read the race analysis & files...

Chris did a very fine job today of resting in the peloton and he spent 23% of his time free wheeling and resting. Hopefully this will pay off on Sunday's stage as he will need all the strength he can muster to complete it!  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 12 was an exciting day for Team Saxo Bank as Nicki Sorensen won today's stage out of a 7-man breakaway. Chris Anker Sorensen remained in the field with his team leader Andy Schleck and had his fourth hardest day of the Tour so far. The Tour starts to climb once again in tomorrow's stage 13.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 11 This was the second field sprint day in a row won by Mark Cavendish. Team Saxo Bank and the other general classification riders had it fairly easy today, but this is of course the Tour de France so there is never an easy stage.  Read the race analysis & files...

Fairly easy day for Chris. There wasn't much to do except to fetch bottles and keep watch over his team leader Andy Schleck. With little drama in today's stage it ended up being one of the most unneventful stages so far.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 9 lead the Tour riders over the legendary Tourmalet climb. Once again we can say Chris Anker sorensen set a new power record. Read on for the details and to access the interactive TrainingPeaks File Viewer...  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 8 saw Chris Anker ride a very good race in support of his team leader Andy Schleck. On the Col d'Agnes Chris Anker set his highest 5-minute power output of the Tour so far as Andy Schleck attacked and put the pressure on.  Read the race analysis & files...

Stage 7 saw Chris Anker Sorensen’s duties switch from protecting Fabian Cancellara’s lead, to helping Andy and Frank Schleck move up in the general standings. After a brutal climb up to the ski station of Arcalis in the principality of Andorra, there were two Team Saxo Bank riders left in the group of eleven favorites. Alberto Contador of team Astana broke away in the final 5kms and finished 21 seconds ahead of the group that also contained Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer. Read on for more!  Read the race analysis & files...

Today was a hard stage which will make tomorrow's mountain debut even tougher for sore legs. Chris Anker summed up today's stage by saying, "I suffered the first 50 km...and the last 130". Ouch, and the stage was 180kms total. Today's max 5-minutes was even higher than yesterday...Read on to get the details.  Read the race analysis & files...

Yet another seaside stage with brutal crosswinds. However, today Team Saxo Bank and Chris Anker Sorensen were prepared and present at the front unlike within stage 3. Chris also set new power records today. Read all the details...  Read the race analysis & files...

Nicki Sorensen finished 33rd on stage 3 and recorded some impressive power data.  Read the race analysis & files...

Wow. Take a look at how hard Chris Anker Sorensen rode the final 40 minutes of this stage!  Read the race analysis & files...

July 5th Stage 2 race files and analysis. Fabian Cancellara stayed safe on the Tour's first open road stage and was happy to finish in the main group. See the full details plus view and download Chris Anker Sorensen's SRM power file.  Read the race analysis & files...