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CAVENDISH CROWNS GREEN JERSEY WITH FINAL STAGE WIN IN PARIS HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish crowned his first ever points jersey win in the Tour de France with a third straight victory on the Champs Elysées. The Manxman took his fifth sprint win of the 2011 race at the end of a […]
Cadel started the Grenoble Time Trial 57 seconds behind Andy Schleck. He not only made up the time, but is 1 minute and 34 seconds ahead in GC. Frank Schleck is 2:30 behind in third place. Thomas Voeckler didn’t make the podium but is a respectable 3:20 back. In fourth […]
Alberto Contador knocked 20 seconds off his 4 minute deficit today on a category 2 climb en route to Gap. Tomorrow will be a category 1 climb which should allow him more opportunity to make up time followed by two days of hors category climbs Thursday and Friday. Contador attacked […]
Alberto Contador is 4 minutes behind Thomas Voeckler heading into the Alps. Voeckler doesn’t have any illusions about holding onto the yellow jersey until Paris. But who will take it? Contador has had some bad luck and a knee injury that have plagued him. He got caught behind a crash […]
According to an article in the Denver Post, Lance Armstrong’s attorneys say there have been illegal government leaks of grand jury information which have hurt his reputation. They have asked for a court order to force federal agents to discuss their contact with the media. The lawyers have cited more […]
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge unveiled the race jerseys for the inaugural professional cycling competition set to take place August 22-28. Jerseys will be awarded daily to top athletes in various standings including the leader, sprinter, and climber. In addition, the best young rider as well as the rider who […]
Mark Cavendish powered to the fourth stage win of this year’s Tour de France on Sunday, a victory that strengthened his overall lead in the Tour’s points competition. Cavendish blasted past the rest of the pack at the end of stage fifteen’s 192.5 kilometer run from Limoux to Montpellier, with […]
Team Manager Bob Stapleton has said that Team Highroad’s future next year is at the moment uncertain. He’s in the process of searching for new sponsors but hasn’t been able to rule out the possibility that the team won’t be able to compete in the Tour de France next year […]
Due to multiple contusions, Team RadioShack’s Andreas Klöden was forced to abandon in Friday’s 13th stage of the Tour de France. Klöden was involved in the terrible crash in the descent of the Col du Pas de Peyrol in Sunday’s stage 9, after which a muscle contracture and hematomas in […]
Yaroslav Popovych will not take the start of stage 10 in the Tour de France. Since Sunday Popovych has a fever. As the rest day didn’t bring any relief, the team decided not to let him start in Aurillac. The former Tour de France stage winner will undergo some extra […]
