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Mountains take their toll in the Tour de France

iht.com     Jul 22, 2008   298 related          

The Tour de France cannot be won in one day, the saying goes, but it can be lost. Denis Menchov, a Russian rider for Rabobank who started the day in fourth place, 38 seconds behind the race leader, Frank Schleck, crossed the...                    

Evans sticks out tongue at the team bent on his destruction

brisbanetimes.com.au     Jul 22, 2008   19 related          

Rupert Guinness in Cuneo, Italy AFTER the first of three brutal days in the Alps, Cadel Evans has dared to give his rival CSC team a verbal tickle-up that smacked of either glowing confidence or audacity. Asked if a weight was...                    

Tour De PEZ: The Roof of The Tour

pezcyclingnews.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Message by Edmond HoodPEZ Roadside Stage 16: "F***ing hell!" hollers Gerolsteiner's Sebastian Lang as he points to the road ahead, which disappears around the mountain side, way above us; just like us, he thought you couldn't...                    

Tour de France 2008 - Stage 9 (Toulouse - Bagnères-de-Bigorre)

wordpress.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

Toulouse - Bagnères-de-Bigorre (224 km) Click for route map Today's stage started in Toulouse. The Canal du Midi, which we saw at its Mediterranean end on holiday at Sete last year, starts at Toulouse. It joins up with the...                    

Evans looking to limit Alps damage

abc.net.au     Jul 21, 2008   7 related          

Cadel Evans... bracing for further tough days in the Alps. (AFP: Joel Saget) Australia's Cadel Evans is bracing himself for a crucial two days of racing in the French Alps after giving up the Tour de France yellow jersey. On...                    

Schleck knocks Evans off his perch

iht.com     Jul 20, 2008   45 related          

The CSC-Saxo Bank team had been warning for a week that its riders would attack Cadel Evans in the Alps. A group of 10 riders, including three from CSC, took turns attacking Evans for most of the 11.4-kilometer climb, about 7...                    

Tour de France: Saturday results

deseretnews.com     Jul 20, 2008   3 related          

Published: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:11 a.m. MDT Saturday At Nimes, France 14th Stage A 120.9-mile ride from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains 1. Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, 4 hours, 13 minutes, 8 seconds. 2. Leonardo Duque, Colombia,...                    

Cavendish Wins Second Straight Stage of Tour

roadcycling.com     Jul 20, 2008   2 related          

Mark Cavendish (Columbia) has won his second consecutive stage of this year's Tour de France and his fourth stage overall. Cavendish bested Robbie McEwen (Silence) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel) in a bunch sprint to win the...                    

Oscar wild on Stage 14

tdfblog.com     Jul 19, 2008          

Rabobank's Oscar Freire extended his lead in the green jersey race in the sweetest way possible, with a stage win at Digne les Bains. A late climb marooned 4-stage winner Mark Cavendish in a 2nd group, so his Team Columbia...                    

Manx cat pounces again: Cavendish takes 4th stage win

tdfblog.com     Jul 18, 2008   324 related          

Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish continues to dominate the sprints of this year's Tour, today riding away from the field to take his 4th stage win of the 2008 Tour. It was clearly a day for the sprinters, but former French...