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In today’s cycling news, Robbie McEwen says to expect “fireworks” from Lance Armstrong, Haussler focusing on the classics, Six Day news and results from the Tropical Amiss Bongo

The Tour du Haut Var is this weekend in France. The teams and riders for the race have been announced. A total of 18 teams will start the race, including 10 from the Pro Tour.
As we noted in the daily news, Alejandro Valverde has been added to the roster for Caisse d’Epargne, but we don’t know who he is replacing.
The race is one for the mountain specialists and there will be little or no opportunity for the sprinters to make their mark. Saturday’s stage is 171km and includes 3 Category …

Bike World News headquarters got waylaid by the remnants of Hurricane Ike yesterday afternoon, so there was no power, cable or phone. As a result, no race results.
Here’s the summary for Stage 14 (courtesy of CyclingNews.com): Spaniard Alberto Contador of Team Astana put a golden mark on this Vuelta a España with a counter-attack of Ezequiel Mosquera’s strong effort to arrive solo and win stage 14 atop the Puerto de San Isidro. He added further time into his overall classification lead with both Carlos Sastre and Alejandro Valverde dropped in the …

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 …