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In today’s Tour of Spain news, a moment of silence for Laurent Fignon, Farrar surprised by win, Cavendish jumps too early, plus other racing news…
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In today’s Vuelta a Espana news, day dominated by Laurent Fignon tributes, Anton’s bet paying off, Frank Schleck climbs to eighth overall, Contador injures knee & more
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HTC-Columbia was ten seconds faster than second placed Liquigas-Doimo on the completely flat course held through the centre of Seville, with Saxo Bank in third.
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The start order and times for the Stage 1 Team Time Trial at the Vuelta a Espana have been announced
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Thursday morning, Michael Morkov was obstructed by the UCI’s rules of competition and denied permission to take on the stage race
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152 riders took to the start of today’s 214.4km stage from St-Lievens-Houtem in Belgium to Roermond in the Netherlands. Though today’s was the longest stage of the Tour, Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank) decided it was a good day to try to attack his way to victory, launching his first of numerous moves 7kms in. 13kms later, in the peloton, Christian Knees (Milram) crashed into a stop sign and had to abandon the race to go to a local hospital for stitches.
Marycz launched his second attack 35kms in. Working with Adriano …
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Today’s stage was a 204km route from Roermond to Sittard. Markus Eichler (Milram), Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) and Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions) all did not start the stage while Jurgen Van De Walle (QuickStep) and Juan Mauricio Soler (Caisse d’Epargne) abandoned during the stage.
As usual, numerous breaks tried to form in hopes of staying away. The most dominate group was formed with 99kms to go, consisting of: Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Maxim Gourov (Astana), Mauro Da Dalto (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Eusakadi), Jack Bobridge (Garmin-Transitions), Kevin Hulsmans (QuickStep), Dominique Nerz (Milram), …
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The final stage of the Tour du Limousin ran 180.8kms from Ambazac to Limoges. While an inevitable early break did indeed form, it was reeled back as the peloton faced the concluding four laps of the course. Cervelo seemed most assertive on the day, leading the chase to bring the break back in, then having their young sprinter Davide Appollonio launch a bold solo attack on the last climb with just 2kms to go. This attack proved to be successful, giving the Italian his first ever professional …
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Today the riders faced a bumpy 191.8km route through the hills of Ronse. Taking advantage of the early smoother section, Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) worked his way into the early break and gained the time bonuses in the two intermediate sprints. As the peloton neared the final five climbs of the day, however, they chased down the break and a new group formed off the front, including Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky), and Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia).
On the Mont Saint-Laurent, these three were in a group of 5 …
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Russian rider Alexander Bocharov (Katusha) won the third stage of the Tour du Limousin contested over 191.5 km between Uzerche and Mansac in Corrèze.
