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- Jul. 23, 2008Live Coverage - Stage 17 Tour de France, 2008
11:23 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the 17th stage of the 95th Tour de France, a stunning 210.5-kilometer race from Embrun to ...
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- Jul. 23, 2008Who won: Sastre or Evans?
CSC-Saxo Bank’s Carlos Sastre took both the stage win atop L’Alpe d’Huez and the race lead following Wednesday’s massive 210km queen stage of this year’s Tour — but who was the day’s biggest winner?
Following this Tour’s final mountain stage, one minute and 34 ...
Jul. 23, 2008Casey Gibson 2008 Tour de France Gallery - L'Alpe d'Huez
- Jul. 23, 2008Scott to take over team sponsorship from Saunier Duval
Bike manufacturer Scott, the second sponsor of the Saunier Duval team, announced on Wednesday that it would step in and rescue the Spanish outfit.
Saunier Duval announced earlier on Wednesday that it had pulled out of cycling immediately in the wake of the drug scandal that ...
Jul. 23, 2008Fresh Korn - The Alpe
That was a day; long, hard and completely covered by some amazing fans.
The Alpe was what it is built up to be: crazy. As far as the climb itself goes, it's hard, but was the easiest of the day by far. The fans however ... well, that's a whole other story. The drunk Dutch ...
Jul. 23, 2008Sastre wins the 2008 L'Alpe d'Huez stage
CSC's Carlos Sastre rolled away from the favorites on L'Alpe d'Huez on Wednesday, winning the classic Tour de France stage and taking the yellow jersey from teammate Frank Schleck.
Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) attacked at the base of ...
Jul. 23, 2008AEG announces 2009 Amgen Tour route
The Amgen Tour of California will be expanded in 2009, covering more than 800 miles over nine days and visiting 16 host cities, race presenter AEG announced Wednesday.
The fourth Amgen Tour will begin February 14 with a road stage in Sacramento — a first for the race — ...
- Jul. 23, 2008Evans finds stress of yellow-jersey battle tough on head, too
Fighting for the yellow jersey puts as much pressure on the head as on the legs, as Cadel Evans is learning at the Tour de France.
After the second of two days in the Alps on Tuesday, the Silence-Lotto rider boosted his bid to win the final yellow jersey by surviving the ...
Jul. 23, 2008Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson - D-day on the Alpe
I’m writing these words on the road to L’Alpe d’Huez where, at the end of this glorious Wednesday in the French Alps, the 95th Tour de France could be decided. The infamous 21-turn mountain climb concludes a gigantic stage 17 after the riders have already crossed the ...
- Jul. 23, 2008Drug maker cooperated with WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday Italian rider Riccardo Riccò tested positive at the Tour de France after a secret molecule was planted in the blood booster EPO during its manufacture.
Riccò, 24, upset the big names of the sport to win two stages of this year's ...
- Jul. 23, 2008A rider's report from the Transalps 2008 mountain bike race.
Drew Geer and Mark Gouge are racing the Jeantex Bike Transalp 2008 powered by Nissan, an eight-stage epic mountain bike stage race, from Füssen, Germany, to Riva del Garda, Italy, passing through Austria and Switzerland. The two are racing for the Chipotle-Titus-VeloNews ...
