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In today’s Tour de France news: In case you didn’t notice, it was hot; most important victory of career for Paulinho; Schleck to Contador: “You. Me. Pyrenees. We’re throwin’ down.”; did we mention it was hot?

On an icy, slippery course in his home country, Zdenek Stybar showed that he was the rider to beat with a fast start and masterful lines as he raced towards the rainbow stripes.

Despite the lack of Sven Nys, Niels Albert, and Zdeněk Štybar, who took the opportunity to rest on Saturday, the race in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium was one of the most exciting of the season.

In today’s cycling news, Gran Fondo takes hold in America, Valverde gets a reprieve, Doctor Mabuse back to jail, Kloden denies (and makes) payment to stop a doping investigation.

Niels Albert rode clear of the field to take a dominating victory at the second world cup race of the season in Plzen, in the Czech Republic.

Lots and lots of news today. Cyclocross championships are wrapping up and everyone is getting ready for the World Cup, there’s another Italian woman with a positive drug test and Lance hype heats up Down Under. See the headlines below:

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USA’s Katherine Compton took the Women’s category and World Champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) won the Men’s Elite category for their second win in a row in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup presented by Safety Jogger in Nommay, France. Boom beat World Cup leader Sven Nys in the sprint while Compton finished solo after a hard race on a soaked course.

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Okay… I think my “bring me a rock” exercise is done for the day. Here’s the news.

The third round of the Nissan Topsport Flanders Trophy series will be Sunday in Gavere.  Francis Mourey, Christian Heule and Erwin Vervecken are expected to appear, but the focus is on Sven Nys who has gone 2 weeks without winning a race. (Sportwereld.be)
The 2009 Tour of Georgia has been cancelled. Race management vows that the race will return in 2009 and that they will use this extra year to better plan the race and …