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The big news for today is the announcement of the teams that have been invited to the Tour de France. As expected, Astana has been excluded and defending champ Alberto Contador will be blocked out. Rabobank, who kicked out Michael Rasmussen during the race over lying about his whereabouts will be back.

The ASO says that Astana […]

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It’s been a busy Palm Sunday weekend for me with family commitments and all, but here is the latest from Paris-Nice.
Stage 5:
The big news of the day was the riders who either did not start or abandoned early in the race. David Millar (Slipstream), William Bonnet (Crédit Agricole) and Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) did not start. […]

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Aussie Cadel Evans conquers both Mont Ventoux and the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice as the race finally sees some of the promised sunshine.
The day started with an early breakaway at the 11km mark. Four riders went off: Jens Voigt (CSC), Niki Tersptra (Milram), Aleksandr Kuchinsky (Liquigas) and Bernhard Eisel (High Road). The peloton was […]

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It doesn’t happen often, but today’s stage saw a long breakaway maintained all the way to the finish. Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Clément Lhôtellerie (Skil-Shimano) and Bradley McGee (CSC)went off the front just 8km into the race. McGee dropped off on the final climb, but Carlström and Lhôtellerie held on till the end and battled for the […]

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Stage 2 of Paris-Nice once again saw a rain-soaked day with only faint hopes of the warm shores of Nice.
The majority of the day belonged to Thierry Hupond of the Skil-Shimano team. Hupond attacked early in the stage and enjoyed up to a 15 minute lead today. As a result, he managed to win 3 […]

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Paris-Nice is affectionately referred to as “The Race To The Sun,” but the competitors in this year’s race are still looking for the sun. Monday’s stage was once again beset by driving wind and rain, and the organizers were forced to move the start of the race, shortening the stage from 184.5 to 93.5 kilometers.
The […]

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Results from the last several days:
Road: 

Monte Paschi Eroica: In only its second season as a professional race, this classics-style contest gets moved to the spring. Fabian Cancellera takes the win this time around.
Three Days of West Flanders: Bobbie Traksal of P3 Transfer takes the overall win
Tour of Murcia: Kolko Fernandez of Euskatel-Euskadi wins the fifth and final stage, […]

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The legal battles continue in the background, but at the forefront, the bicycle battles are on with all of the invited showing up to race at Paris-Nice. It’s nice to see the riders racing, not stuck in the middle of a bicker fest.
The 66th running of the race started with a 4.6km time trial in […]

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It’s still anyone’s guess as to what will happen at the start of Paris-Nice tomorrow.
All of the teams have voted to go against the wishes of the UCI and participate. The UCI has started legal proceedings against the race organizer. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has decided that they have no jurisdiction in the […]

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It’s still as toss-up as for teams and riders going into the Paris-Nice race starting this weekend. The organizers obviously want to hold a professional bike race. The riders need to ride so they can get paid. The teams need to appear to honor commitments to their sponsors. The UCI, not being able to see […]

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