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Quickstep For La Vuelta
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| Tom Boonen during the 2008 Tour of Flanders. (© Cyclingheroes) |
28.08.2008/On Tuesday the Belgian Quick.Step
Innergetic team announced its roster for La Vuelta Espana. Quickstep will start at the final grand tour of the 2008 season
with current world champion Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen.
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Quickstep For La Vuelta
Tour of Ireland: Opening Stage For Cavendish
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| Mark Cavendish during stage 5 of the Tour de France. (© Cyclingheroes) |
27.08.2008/Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish made
his return to road racing at the Tour of Ireland on Wednesday and immediately won again and also pulled on the race leader’s
yellow jersey.
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Tour of Ireland: Opening Stage For Cavendish
Team Type 1 Ready To Contest Irish Tour
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| Moises Aldape. (© Kurt Jambretz, Action Images, www.actionimages.cc) |
26.08.2008/ Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon returns to the Tour of Ireland with a new squad this year,
but the same attitude that earned his team a podium finish on the final stage of the inaugural edition of the race.
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Team Type 1 Ready To Contest Irish Tour
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Evans Re-Signed With Silence - Lotto
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| Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans. (© Cyclingheroes) |
28.08.2008/Silence-Lotto proudly announces that Cadel Evans has signed
a contract for the next two seasons. This agreement is proof of his confidence in the Silence-Lotto team.
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Evans Re-Signed With Silence - Lotto
Chavanel Leads Cofidis At Vuelta
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| Sylvain Chavanel. (© Cyclingheroes) |
27.08.2008/ Sylvain Chavanel leads the French Cofidis team at the Vuelta a Espana. Chavanel
had a strong season so far with wins in Belgium at the beginning of the season, a stage win in last months Tour de France,
where he also was rewarded with the price for the most combatetive rider.
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Chavanel Leads Cofidis At Vuelta
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Eneco-Tour: Gutierrez Defends Overall Title
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| Jose Ivan Gutierrez. (© Cyclingheroes) |
27.08.2008/Jose Ivan Gutierrez
(Caisse d'Epargne) defended his overal title at the Eneco-Tour. Gutierrez
clocked the second best time at today's final stage, an indivudual time trial of 18.8 kilometres. Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott
- American Beef) won today's final stage.
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Eneco-Tour: Gutierrez Defends Overall Title
Caisse To Vuelta With Rodriguez And Valverde
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| Alejandro Valverde leads Caisse d'Epargen at the Vuelta a Espana. (© Cyclingheroes) |
26.08.2008/Alejandro Valverde will lead the French Caisse d'Epargne team at the Vuelta a Espana. Valverde started as
one of the favourites at this years Tour de France but although the rider from Murcia won 2 stages and led the overall of
the French 3 week stage race, he did win the most important grand tour on the calender. Valverde says he wants to use the
Vuelta to get in shape for the world championships and will not start to win the overall but this could also be a move
to stay in the shadow of riders like Astana rider Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre (CSC - Saxo Bank).
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Caisse To Vuelta With Rodriguez And Valverde
Saul's Blog: This kid has the goods.
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| Saul Raisin during the 2005 Tour de Suisse (© Cyclingheroes) |
24.06.2008/ There
are 2 races in the year that give insight into who will be the big players for the biggest race of the year, the Tour de France.
They are the Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour de Suisse. I have never done the Dauphiné Libéré but I did have chance to do the
Tour de Suisse in 2005. It was my first pro tour race and I had just come off breaking my pelvis. Quite frankly I was scared
to death.
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Saul's Blog: This kid has the goods
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