Bike World News

Here’s what we’ve been able to compile for the Men’s Road and Time Trial National Championships.

Marcin Sapa (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won a head-to-head sprint over Travis Meyer (Garmin – Transitions) to win the final stage in the Tour of Bavaria on Sunday.

In today’s cycling news, Meyer=Schleck?, broken rib for Niels Albert and a day in court for Valverde

Team Garmin-Transitions announces its complete 2010 roster.

In today’s cycling news, Footon-Servetto bolsters their ranks, Gent-Wevelgem looking to be a Sunday Classic, slow day for Columbia-HTC’s PR department, and more.

Bike Pure is a rider/fan focused anti-doping group looking to be a new voice in the fight against peformance enhancing drugs. Change must come from within the sport, and the enlistment of high profile young riders into the movement is certainly encouraging.

Allan Davis takes another stage and cements his lead going into tomorrow’s final stage. Here’s how it ended up at the finish:
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
2 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank
Travis Meyer (UniSA) was part of a three man breakaway at the start of the race and won both sprints. In the KOM, it was Jack Bobridge (UniSA) for the first round of Willunga and Mathew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) on the second go round.

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Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Travis Meyer (UniSA) held onto a break for most of the day, but at the end, it was Allan Davis (Quick Step) narrowly edging out Graeme Brown (Rabobank) in the final sprint. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) took third place from local hero Stuart O’Grady (Saxo Bank).
Tomorrow is a big climbing day, and that may tip the scales in Stuart O’Rady’s favor.
I’ll have full results posted when they appear.

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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 …