DEWYSTONE FROM VENUS

The route:

Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008

The 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages 

And will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres

These 21 stages have the following profiles:

10 flat stages,
5 mountain stages,
4 medium mountain stages,
2 individual time-trial stages.

Distinctive aspects of the race:

4 mountain finishes,
2 rest days,
82 kilometres of individual time-trials,
17 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed.

10 new stop-over towns:

Auray, Aigurande, Brioude, Prato Nevoso (Italy), Cuneo (Italy), 
Jausiers, Embrun, Roanne, Cérilly, Étampes.

The Details:

1 Plain   Saturday 5 July   Brest > Plumelec   197.5 km 
2 Plain  Sunday 6 July   Auray > Saint-Brieuc   164.5 km 
3 Plain  Monday 7 July   Saint-Malo > Nantes   208 km 
4 Individual time-trial Tuesday 8 July   Cholet > Cholet   29.5 km 
5 Plain  Wednesday 9 July   Cholet > Châteauroux   232 km 

6 Medium mountains   Thursday 10 July   Aigurande > Super-Besse   195.5 km 
7 Medium mountains   Friday 11 July   Brioude > Aurillac   159 km 
8 Plain   Saturday 12 July   Figeac > Toulouse   172.5 km 
9 High Mountains   Sunday 13 July   Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre   224 km 
10 High Mountains   Monday 14 July   Pau > Hautacam   156 km 

R Rest Day Tuesday 15 July Pau  

11 Medium mountains Wednesday 16 July Lannemezan > Foix 167.5 km 
12 Plain Thursday 17 July Lavelanet > Narbonne 168.5 km 
13 Plain Friday 18 July Narbonne > Nîmes 182 km 
14 Plain Saturday 19 July Nîmes > Digne-les-Bains 194.5 km 
15 High Mountains Sunday 20 July Embrun > Prato Nevoso 183 km
 
R Rest Day Monday 21 July Cuneo  

16 High Mountains   Tuesday 22 July     Cuneo > Jausiers 157 km 
17 High Mountains   Wednesday 23 July   Embrun > L’Alpe-d’Huez   210.5 km 
18 Medium mountains   Thursday 24 July   Bourg-d’Oisans > Saint-Étienne   196.5 km 
19 Plain   Friday 25 July   Roanne > Montluçon   165.5 km 
20 Individual time-trial   Saturday 26 July   Cérilly > Saint-Amand-Montrond   53 km 

21 Plain   Sunday 27 July   Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées   143 km

         
 

Sunday 29 June 2008

Final Result:   Spain W   1: 0   Germany    Vienna - Ernst Happel 

This day has come!!!

Thank you Spain

I believe in you all the way all the time

This day has come!!!

In my mind you are so great respectful champion team!

I really appreciated for the wonderful processes you given us!

PLUS:    'Spain dominate Team of the Tournament'   From euro2008.uefa.com/news

The UEFA Technical Team 
has named its UEFA EURO 2008™ Team of the Tournament, 
with no fewer than nine Spanish players being picked in the final 23.

The nine-strong group of experienced football technicians who have followed every game 
at the tournament decided the selection and the success of Luis Aragonés's side was 
underlined by the fact nine Spain players made the cut with the remainder of the squad 
comprising three players from runners-up Germany, four from Russia, 
two each from the Netherlands and Portugal 
and a single player representing Turkey, Croatia and Italy.

UEFA EURO 2008   Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers: 

Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).

Defenders: 

Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), 
Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).

Midfielders: 

Hamit Altıntop (Turkey), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), 
Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), 
Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), 
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).

Forwards: 

Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), 
Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain).

Congratulations to Germany and Spain who are really big teams!!!

Es ist schön!  Es ist schön!  Es ist schön! 

Dast ist gut!  Dast ist gut!  Dast ist gut!






Well done!  Well done!  Well done!

Buena suerte!  Buena suerte!  Buena suerte!

Having started as one of the favourites

Germany's performances in Group B suggested the hurdle of Portugal 

In the quarter-finals might be too high to overcome

Yet they raised their game when it counted

And will be confident of maintaining that standard in the semi-final 

Against surprise package Turkey

 

德国人终于还是可以走到了这一步的，

凭借他们的钢铁意志？！团队精神？！

还是哲学家般的宽阔视野？！

或者战略家般的逻辑头脑？！

加油吧，德国     

与西班牙会师决赛

besser machen für so nah dran am Finale

Final Tournament Records :

Sunday 8 June 2008

Grp B Germany 2-0 Poland

Thursday 12 June 2008

Grp B Croatia 2-1 Germany

Monday 16 June 2008

Grp B Austria 0-1 Germany

Thursday 19 June 2008

QF Portugal 2-3 Germany

Wednesday 25 June 2008

SF Germany 20:45 local time Turkey Basel - St. Jakob-Park

Result:   Germany W 3: 2 Turkey

Iker Casillas was the penalty shoot-out hero 

As Spain held their collective nerve to throw out the record book

And claim a UEFA EURO 2008™ semi-final against Russia

 2008－06－23　　02：45－－－05：30

当西班牙在这段时间之后将意大利送回亚平宁半岛之后，

UEFA　EURO　官网的首页新闻栏中便赫然打上了以上的这段标题！

改写一项新的历史纪录那就更是难上加难了！

点球是书写这项纪录的最终手段和方式，

而历史纪录又总是需要某些英雄来成就的，

这一次这个英雄的名字是：Iker Casillas

正如之前的：David Villa

于是我也开始有些理解Luis Aragonés为何如此坚决的不带上Raul的原因了！

也许除了教练本身的个人倾向性之外，

Aragonés似乎也想要摆脱这位国家队曾经的精神领袖（请允许我个人这样认为）

所主导的沉重阴郁的球队气质以及高贵却又脆弱的技术流派。。。。。。

于是这次国家队队长的袖标带在了Iker Casillas的左臂之上；

于是这次国家队的七号队服穿在了David Villa的身上；

于是我们看到，这一届欧锦赛赛场上这支更有朝气，更坚定，更务实的西班牙足球队，

尽管他们还是在一如既往的用自已那绣花针般细腻的脚法展现着华丽而优雅的足球技艺。

有时候，我也不太明白为什么这支球队要用如此固执的组织套路和统一加工的进攻思路，

来考验对手的足球素养以及球迷的心理承受能力，

说实话作为球迷在很多时候对于这样的“固执和考验”还是很受不了的。

也许换一个角度而言，也正是某些坚定固执中日趋适时的调整和保留，

才让我们如此的能够去喜欢这支球队吧！

因为这就是西班牙的足球，

因为这就是为了换取高贵而稀有的踢法所必须承受的青花瓷般的隐忧！

这一次，这支西班牙舰队应该并且也可以更有机会行进的更远些。。。。。。

 
GOOD　LUCK　SPAIN     

THROW　OUT　THE　RECORD　BOOK　AGAIN

Final Tournament Records :

Tuesday 10 June 2008

Grp D Spain 4-1 Russia

Saturday 14 June 2008

Grp D Sweden 1-2 Spain

Wednesday 18 June 2008

Grp D Greece 1-2 Spain

Sunday 22 June 2008 

QF Spain 0-0 4-2 on pens Italy 

Thursday 26 June 2008

SF Russia 20:45 local time Spain Vienna - Ernst Happel

Result:   Spain W 3: 0 Russia