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The Pro Tour comes to Canada, Steegmans seeing interest from several fronts, Barloworld to end sponsorship, Valverde continues to win and more cycling news

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 …

It’s been a busy and I don’t have time to make a full report, so I’ll let the folks over at Cycling News tell the tale:
Better known for his status in the Spring Classics, Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) claimed victory and the overall race lead the first high-mountain stage of the Vuelta a España – 223.2 kilometres from Barbastro to Andorra. The 28 year-old Italian formed part of the day’s escape group 18 kilometres into the day that was marked …