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Bobridge wins under-23 time trial MENDRISIO, Switzerland -- Britain's Mark Cavendish pulled out of the road cycling world championships because of an illness. The winner of six stages at this year's Tour de France had been selected to ride in the road race on Sunday, but the British cycling federation said on Wednesday that he would not take part. The 24-year-old sprinter had withdrawn from the Tour of Missouri earlier this month because of a lung infection. Cavendish also won three stages at the Giro d'Italia this season. In the men's under-23 time trial Wednesday, Jack Bobridge of Australia captured the gold medal with a time of 40 minutes, 44.79 seconds on the 20.6-mile course, more than 18 seconds faster than Portugal's Nelson Oliveira. Patrick Gretsch of Germany, last year's silver medalist, was more than 27 seconds back... [read full story]
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Subject: The Prisoner 2009. The good news: AMC's new reboot of the classic, influential Patrick McGoohan series: The Pris oner is pretty good. Episodes 1, 2 and 5 are very enjoyable. Ian McKellen has the right balance of...
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