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The Luxembourger, who took second place in the Tour of France behind Alberto Contador, won the criterium in front of the Dutchman Robert Gesink.

Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has signed a two year contract with Saxo Bank-SunGard.

Alessandro Petacchi of Team Lampre has won Saturday’s City-Nacht race in Rhede.

Castillon-la-Bataille, Gironde, is preparing to host the 37th edition of the Criterium International Cycling Castillon-la-Bataille on Tuesday, August 3.

Van den Broeck, who finished 5th in the Tour de France bested Cancellara in the finish line sprint.

The Dutch rider broke away from a lead group for a solo finish.

Contador won the race without a stage win and finished just 39 seconds ahead of Schleck. If the first week of the race had not been so tumultuous, we may have seen a different outcome.

Petacchi grabbed the green jersey with just three stage wins, making him just the fourth rider (with Eddy Merckx, Laurent Jalabert and Djamolidine Abdoesjaparov) to do so.

Alberto Contador won the overall general classification without winning a stage, while Mark Cavendish won the most stages without winning the green jersey.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the final stage while Alberto Contador (Astana) won his third Tour de France on Sunday.