Alejandro Valverde Gives Us A Glimpse of His Tour de France Yellow Jersey Potential
by Justin Davis
PARIS, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde gave his future Tour de France rivals an early reminder of his explosive climbing talents by winning his second Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic Sunday.
At ‘only’ 261 km in length, this year’s ‘Doyenne’ - known as such [...]
Astana Cycling Team Wins Team Classification in Tour de Georgia
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Astana Cycling Team, under the guidance of team directors Viatcheslav Ekimov and Alexandr Shefer, won the team classification in the Tour de Georgia (USA, April 21st to 27th). Astana had an advantage of 3:30 to Team CSC.
Levi Leipheimer finished 3rd in the GC, 14 seconds behind former U23 world champion Kanstantin Sivtsov (High [...]
Cadel Evans of Silence-Lotto Loses His Legs In Liege, But His Tour de France Goals Remain Intact
by Justin Davis
ANS, Belgium, April 28, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans’ plans to go one better than his runner-up place at last year’s Tour de France remain intact after what has proved to be an ultimately confidence-boosting week of bike racing.
Yet on Sunday the 30-year-old Australian [...]
Rivals Admit Valverde Was Simply Just Too Fast In Liege
by Justin Davis
ANS, Belgium, April 27, 2008 (AFP) - Italian Davide Rebellin conceded defeat to the “faster legs” of Spanish rival Alejandro Valverde after their thrilling battle for one of the most prestigious crowns in one-day cycling Sunday.
A runner-up to Italian Danilo Di Luca last year [...]
Alexandro Valverde Outfoxes Rivals to Win In Liege Again
by Justin Davis
ANS, Belgium, April 27, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde held his nerve in a thrilling finish to Liege-Bastogne-Liege to claim his second career victory in cycling’s oldest one-day classic here on Sunday.
Valverde, runner-up last year to Italian Danilo Di Luca and winner in [...]
High Road Banking On Kim Kirchen For Liege-Bastogne-Liege
High Road will tackle Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday with Fleche Wallonne winner Kim Kirchen as sole leader.
“The team is 100 percent based around Kim.” says Valerio Piva, team sports director for the Ardennes Classic.
“The other riders’ top objective is to get Kim to the foot of the Redoute climb, and after he’ll be looking after himself.”
“Kim [...]
Liege Beckons Cadel Evans Above, But The “Punchers” Are On Form
PARIS, April 25, 2008 (AFP) - Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen may be a marked man
after claiming victory in the Fleche-Wallonne classic which precedes the
Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Sunday’s finale to cycling’s spring classics series.
But the Duchy’s latest winner of a respected one-day classic, following in
the wake of former Amstel Gold winner Franck Schleck, will be [...]
Liege-Bastogne-Liege Contendors Taking Aim
CHARLEROI, Belgium, April 22, 2008 (AFP) - Australia’s Cadel Evans of Silence Lotto will be among the contenders for this July’s Tour de France aiming to test their early season legs on the Belgian semi-classic the Fleche Wallonne here Wednesday.
But like many other race favorites, Silence-Lotto leader Evans, the [...]
