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Jun. 8, 2009Furlan wins stage 2 at Dauphine; Evans holds lead
Angelo Furlan (Lampre) won the second stage of the Dauphiné Libéré on Monday. The 31-year-old Italian pipped Markus Zberg (BMC) at the line to win the 228km race between Nancy and Dijon. Tom Boonen "Quick Step) rounded out the podium in third. Australian Cadel Evans ...
Jun. 7, 2009Mach, Pitel take Mt. Hood
Bissell’s Paul Mach and Edwige Pitel (Sorella Forte) held off final-stage challenges to lock up overall victories in Oregon’s Pacific Power Mt. Hood Cycling Classic on Sunday. In the women’s race, Pitel ensured her victory over ValueAct Capital’s Leah Goldberg by ...
Jun. 7, 2009Columbia-Highroad goes 1-2 in Philly
There’s no stopping Team Columbia-Highroad’s blond German sprinter André Greipel. He has won race after race since he returned from the injured list a month ago. After a stage win at the Four Days of Dunkirk on May 10, three stages of the Tour of Bavaria in late May, and ...
Jun. 7, 2009Saxo smokes 'em in Luxembourg
It was double delight for Saxo Bank on Sunday in the final stage of the Tour of Luxembourg as Matti Breschel dashed to a stage victory and Fränk Schleck wrapped up the overall. Breschel’s win made it three straight stage victories and the top prize as Saxo Bank dominated ...
Jun. 7, 2009Evans nips Contador to open Dauphiné
Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) powered to a morale-boosting time trial victory Sunday against archrival Alberto Contador (Astana) to open the 61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Evans covered the technical, 12km course in Nancy in 15 minutes, 36.64 seconds, posting the best ...
Jun. 7, 2009Teutenberg says her third Philly win was the hardest
It all looked so easy for Team Columbia-Highroad’s Ina Teutenberg as she sped along Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sunday morning to win her third TD Bank Liberty Classic. At the line, the veteran German sprinter was two lengths clear of New Zealander Joanne ...
Jun. 7, 2009Three top Katusha riders oppose new team rules
Three top riders on the Katusha cycling team are refusing to comply with new internal anti-doping rules imposed by the Russian-backed program, a team official said on Sunday. The trio who are refusing to sign contracts including the new conditions are Australian Robbie McEwen ...
Jun. 6, 2009Mach and Pitel fight off challengers at Mt. Hood Classic
With more than 10,000 feet of climbing on tap, the 92-mile Wy’East Road Race was supposed be the day for riders to shake up the overall GC of the 2009 Pacific Power Mt. Hood Cycling Classic. But little changed in the overall after stage 3 as OUCH-Maxxis rider Chris ...
Jun. 6, 2009Dominguez tests 2010 Fuji in Philly
Fuji-Servetto sprinter Ivan Dominguez will race the TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship aboard a prototype 2010 Fuji SST bike. Fuji has only produced five such frames, and Dominguez is giving the company final feedback before it begins full production for the 2010 ...
Jun. 6, 2009BMC ready for Dauphiné challenge
BMC lines up Sunday for the 61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in what will arguably be the team's most important stage race since its inception. A seven-man squad begins the grueling eight-day stage across the French Alps with high hopes of putting a man in the top-10 ...
Jun. 6, 2009Hinault blasts ... well, everyone
Bernard Hinault never had the reputation of guarding his tongue when he ruled the peloton as the patron. Now 54, it’s obvious some things haven’t changed. Le Blaireau — the Badger — didn’t hold back when he fielded questions during a presentation ...
Jun. 6, 2009Contador downplays Dauphiné chances
Everyone is calling him the pre-race favorite for victory at next week’s Dauphiné Libéré, but Alberto Contador isn’t buying into it. The Spanish climber insists he wants to use the eight-day French race across the Alps – which opens Sunday with an individual time ...

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