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Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) won the first stage of the Etoile de Besseges (Star of Besseges) in a sprint.

News and notes from the Tour Down Under, plus other cycling news and final results from Gabon and Argentina:

In today’s cycling news, Voigt plans to be back for 13th Tour de France, Gran Fondo comes to America, Powers and Bruno-Roy lead U.S. ‘cross standings, Cavendish atop Eurosport rankings and more…

The latest news from Stage 16: The end for Astana? Pellizotti tightens grasp on the climber’s jersey, Lance Armstrong happy to play second fiddle and more…

Welcome back to our fourth day of coverage of the 2009 Tour de France. Today saw the return of Lance Armstrong and the “blue train” while many others crashed and burned on the technical and windy course.

In an exclusive interview granted to Eurosport, Lance Armstrong made that point before the start of the Tour de France. Four years after his last appearance, the American has returned to the Grande Boucle. He said he was both excited and nervous. But above all, the Texan feels ready. Everyone is warned.

Eurosport.fr once again brings us the Tour by Numbers – some of the numbers and figures to know about the 2009 edition of THE grand tour.

The Dauphine is shaping up to be a good preview for the Tour de France, with a large number of riders (Alberto Contador, Fabian Wegmann, etc.) heading there to test their fitness, or work out some kinks in advance of the next Grand Tour.

I’ve started using, to put it IT terms, a new “work flow” for my news gathering and reporting that has sped things up a little, so I am to try to get reports like this out on the weekend. Enjoy Edition #1:
The Omloop Het Volk will now be know as the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Reuters will be the ongoing title sponsor for the Belgian monument race. Fans of the race are also happy to see the return of the Wall of Geraardsbergen. (Sportwereld.be)
Hanka Kupfernagel won the German cyclocross championships …

Oscar Pereiro to Tour Down Under, Rock Racing on the Rocks?, Carlos Sastre’s jersey up for auction, British Cycling looking even higher, and more…

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