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AG2R-La Mondiale has announced their complete roster for 2010. Nine riders have left the team and there are seven new recruits for a total of 28 riders.

Results for Stage 19 of the 2009 Tour de France. Mark Cavendish racks up his fifth stage win while the G.C. leaders sit in to build some strength for tomorrow’s attack on Mont Ventoux.

Sylvester Szmyd of Liquigas used a little gamesmanship to slip past Caisse d’Epargne’s Alejandro Valverde in the final meters of the climb up Mont Ventoux today.

Sorry for the late post. I took the kids to visit Grandma today so my wife could have a well deserved break.
No drug busts overnight, only the withdrawal of Mark Cavendish, which had been expected. Cavendish suffered greatly during yesterday’s stage and he decided that four stage wins were enough this year and that it was time to go home, rest up and focus on the Olympics.
The day started cold (60 F) and rainy and there was some speculation that the riders might see snow at the summit of the …

Thanks to Time Warner Cable, our internet access has been intermittent at best for the last week, so I’ll have to keep this short just to make sure that I get a post in.
The day started with an early break at consisting of Lilian Jegou (Française de Jeux) joined by Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Stephane Auge (Cofidis), David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval), Ruben Perez (Euskatel-Euskadi), Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R), Geoffroy Lequatre (AG2R) and Bjorn Schroeder (Milram). This group quickly built a lead of 35 seconds by km 5 and …