Jan. 27, 2008 - Feb. 1, 2008

Tour of Qatar

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  Feb. 1, 2008
  Stage 6: Boonen takes 2nd Tour of Qatar title
  Results

  Tom Boonen might be known as Mr. Classics, but the road to glory in April goes through the wind-blasted deserts of Qatar. Ever since trekking to ...
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  Jan. 31, 2008
  Stage 5: Napolitano marks birthday with stage win in Qatar
  Results

  Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) received a nice birthday present Thursday as he steered clear of a nasty crash that KO’d classics candidate Magnus ...
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  Jan. 30, 2008
  Stage 4: Loddo pips Boonen in Qatar
  Results

  Maybe Tom Boonen is mortal after all. After winning the opening two stages of the 7th edition of the Tour of Qatar (three if you count Sunday’s ...
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  Jan. 29, 2008
  Stage 3: Boonen scores again in Qatar
  Results | Gallery (6 Images)

  Despite spills and splits in the bunch, Tom Boonen (QuickStep) just keeps stacking up victories at the Tour of Qatar. The Belgian bomber won for ...
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  Jan. 28, 2008
  Stage 2: Quick Step storms Qatar
  Results

  A storm blew across the Qatari desert Monday, but it wasn’t one of the sirocco winds that can scour this flat desert wasteland. Instead, it came ...
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  Jan. 27, 2008
  Prologue TTT: Quick Step pips Slipstream in Qatar TTT
  Results | Gallery (8 Images)

  Slipstream-Chipotle came within two seconds of a Hollywood ending in Sunday’s opening team time trial at the seventh Tour of Qatar in the first ...
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  Jan. 26, 2008
  Tour of Qatar ready to roll
  Lycra and burkhas are the unlikely companions this week as the seventh Tour of Qatar cranks up Sunday in this oil-rich state protruding into the ...

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  Feb. 2, 2007
  Boonen wins his fourth as teammate Cretskens wraps up Qatar Tour
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  Belgian Wilfried Cretskens (Quick Step) was crowned winner of the Tour of Qatar after the sixth and final stage on Friday. Tom Boonen, ...
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  Feb. 1, 2007
  Van Avermaet wins stage as lead changes hands in Qatar
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  Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto) won the fifth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Qatar on Thursday. Van Avermaet beat home ...
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  Jan. 31, 2007
  Boonen scores again in Qatar Tour
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  Belgian Tom Boonen dominated Australian Graeme Brown in a bunch sprint to win an explosive fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar on Wednedsday. Quick ...
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  Jan. 30, 2007
  Boonen clips Petacchi's wings again in Qatar
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  Belgium's Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar around Doha on Tuesday, beating Italian sprint king Alessandro ...
• Jan. 29, 2007
  Boonen moves into lead at Qatar; Steels crashes out
  Former world champion Tom Boonen won the second stage of the Tour of Qatar over 135km from Al Wakra to Doha on Monday, moving into the overall ...
• Jan. 28, 2007
  Quick Step nails Qatar TTT
  Belgium’s Quick Step-Innergetic team shrugged off this week's doping allegations to take top honors in the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar, ...
• Jan. 26, 2007
  Qatar may feature Petacchi/Boonen battles
  Sprinters Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi will fight their first duels of the season when the Tour of Qatar clicks into gear Sunday in ...
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  Jan. 24, 2007
  Wednesday's EuroFile: Petacchi looks to Qatar to launch season; Lefevere will sue; Beloki might retire
  Alessandro Petacchi hopes a return to form at the Tour of Qatar will help him erase a disappointing 2006 campaign that saw him riddled with ...

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  Feb. 3, 2006
  Boonen collects final stage, overall in Qatar
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  World champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the Tour of Qatar on Friday after capturing the fifth and final stage, a 151km run between Al Thakira and ...
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  Feb. 2, 2006
  Eisel snaps Boonen's streak in Qatar
  Results | Gallery (12 Images)

  Austria's Bernhard Eisel finally ended the winning streak of world champion Tom Boonen when he sprinted to victory in the fourth stage of the ...
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  Feb. 1, 2006
  Boonen scores hat trick in Qatar
  Results | Gallery (10 Images)

  World champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) maintained his perfect start to the Tour of Qatar with victory in Wednesday's 160km third stage. The ...
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  Jan. 31, 2006
  Boonen doubles up in Qatar
  Results | Gallery (10 Images)

  World champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the windy second stage of the Tour of Qatar Tuesday, a 138km leg between Doha's camel race track and ...
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  Jan. 30, 2006
  Boonen clips Zabel in Qatar opener
  Results

  World champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the opening 131km stage of the Tour of Qatar between Doha and Al Khor Corniche on Monday. The 25-year-old ...

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  Feb. 4, 2005
  CSC sweeps podium as McEwen wins finale at Qatar
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  Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) finally got it right in a week dominated by sprinting’s biggest names. After watching Tom Boonen and Mario ...
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  Feb. 3, 2005
  Cipo' scores win in Qatar
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  Mario Cipollini is back at the front of the pack after scoring an importantvictory in Thursday’s fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar, his first ...
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  Feb. 2, 2005
  Desert Storm: Michaelsen Blasts into Qatar Lead
  Results | Gallery (6 Images)

  Team CSC blew through the Tour of Qatar peloton in Wednesday’s thirdstage like a tornado, doing a ditty much like the team pulled off in ...
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  Feb. 1, 2005
  Two-fer Tom in Qatar
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  Tom Boonen made it two in a row at the Tour of Qatar on Tuesday, out-sprinting Fabrizio Guidi (CSC) and Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) to claim his ...
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  Jan. 31, 2005
  Monday's EuroFile: Boonen in Qatar; Court rejects Pérez's claim; Verbruggen confident; Tafi hopeful
  Boonen outkicks Cipo' in QatarQuick Step's Tom Boonen won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar onMonday, finishing ahead of Mario Cipollini ...

• Feb. 6, 2004
  Friday's EuroFile: Hunter wins Qatar; Hushovd leads Besseges; Belgian coach targeted; Steels joins elite; Beloki good to go
  South African sprinter Robert Hunter (Rabobank) took care of business in the Middle East to win Friday’s final stage and claim the overall title of ...
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  Feb. 4, 2004
  Wednesday's EuroFile: Steels scores in Bessèges; Davis in Mallorca; Hunter now leads Qatar
  Belgian Tom Steels (Landbouwkrediet) got his season off to a good start Wednesday, beating compatriot Jo Planckaert (Mr Bookmakers) in a bunch sprint ...
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  Feb. 3, 2004
  Tuesday's EuroFile: Cooke at GP Marseillaise; Valverde in Mallorca; Boonen in Qatar
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  Tour de France green jersey winner Baden Cooke (Française desJeux) stormed to victory in the Grand Prix La Marseillaise on Tuesday toopen the French ...
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  Feb. 2, 2004
  Monday's EuroFile: Freire in Mallorca; Ventoso in Qatar; Zülle keen on Hamilton
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  Oscar Freire profited from quality work from his orange Rabobank train to win Monday’s stage into Port d'Alcudia by a half-bike length ahead of ...

• Jan. 31, 2003
  Loddo takes Stage 1 in Qatar
  Italian Alberto Loddo (Lampre) won Friday's mass field sprint to take the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 90km circuit in Doha. Under sunny ...
• Jan. 22, 2003
  Leblanc: Qatar still a safe race venue
  The upcoming Tour of Qatar cycling race will not be threatened by a potential conflict in the Middle East, race organizer Jean-Marie Leblanc said ...

• Jan. 25, 2002
  German Wilhelms takes Qatar
  Results

  German Thorsten Wilhelms erased a 1-second deficit during the final stage of the Tour of Qatar to take the overall win on Friday. Wilhelms was first ...
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  Jan. 24, 2002
  Frenchman Nazon takes over Qatar lead
  Results

  Behind a strong second-place effort in the fourth stage, Frenchman Damien Nazon moved into first place overall at the five-day Tour of Qatar. Lampre ...
• Jan. 23, 2002
  Brazilian moves into pole position at Tour of Qatar
  Results

  Brazilian Luciano Pagliarini now shares the overall lead with Sweden's Magnus Backstedt in the Tour of Qatar after the third stage on Wednesday. ...
• Jan. 22, 2002
  Backstedt takes over Qatar lead
  Results

  Swedish Fakta rider Maagnus Backstedt took over the lead in the five-day Tour of Qatar on Tuesday, while Frenchman Damien Nazon got the win in the ...
• Jan. 21, 2002
  Quaranta takes opening stage of Tour of Qatar
  Results

  Ivan Quaranta of Italy picked off the 117km opening stage of the five-day Tour of Qatar in Doha on Monday, winning a sprint finish at the expense of ...