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Frenchman Arnaud Molmy (Roubaix-Lille Metropole) won Saturday’s fourth stage of the Etoile de Besseges after a decision by the race commissioners and moved into first place overall.

Lance Armstrong is jetting all over Europe, hitting Scotland, Dublin and Oslo. He’ll be back in Ireland this weekend for the three day Tour of Ireland.

The start of today’s race was dominated by a huge breakaway consisting of Francesco Reda (Quick Step), David Moncoutié (Cofidis), Mathieu Perget (Caisse d’Epargne), Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana), Thomas Rohregger (Team Milram), Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d’Epargne), Markel Irizar Aranburu (Euskaltel – Euskadi), Michael Rogers (Team Columbia – High Road), Matthew Lloyd (Silence – Lotto), Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux), Simon Clarke (UniSA), Javier Megías Leal (Fuji-Servetto), Jesus Hernandez (Astana), Stuart O’Grady (Team Saxo Bank), Tom Stubbe (Silence – Lotto) and Matthew Wilson (UniSA). The break built out to …

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 …