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• Caisse d’Epargne Rider Soler Hit By Car
  January 14th, 2010
  

  The Caisee d’Epargne rider Mauricio Soler (who joined the team in 2010) was involved in a head on collision with a car and is now in the hospital.
  The accident occurred on Wednesday while he was on a training ride. He was almost home when he was hit head-on. Media reports have stated that [...]

• Contador Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
  October 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Oct 24, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana until his contract with the Kazakh-funded outfit runs out in 2010.
  Astana has not yet been granted a ProTour license [...]

• Contador Still Not Sold On Astana
  September 18th, 2009
  

  Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, is unwilling to negotiate with his Kazakh-funded team until management issues are cleared up.
  “Currently, we don’t know who’s leading Astana, that’s why I have some doubts,” Contador said of Astana, which has had financial troubles this [...]

• Greipel Wins Tour of Spain 16th Stage, While Valverde Still In Gold
  September 15th, 2009
  

  PUERTOLLANO, Spain, Sept 15, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s Andre Greipel of Team Columbia dominated a bunch sprint to win the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain on Tuesday as Alejandro Valverde retained the race leader’s gold jersey.
  Greipel soloed over the finish line of the 170km stage between Cordoba [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Four Offers For Next Season
  September 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Sept 5, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, has received offers from Garmin, Caisse d’Epargne and Quick Step as well as a proposed contract extension from Astana, a source close to the rider said Saturday.
  The proposal from Caisse [...]

• Luis Leon Sanchez Takes Yellow Jersey From Contador At Paris-Nice
  March 14th, 2009
  

  FAYENCE, France, March 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez, riding for the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race here on Saturday to take the leader’s yellow jersey.
  Overnight leader Alberto Contador of the Astana team suffered over the final four [...]

• Alejandro Valverde In Control Of Vuelta After Stage 2 Win
  August 31st, 2008
  

  JAEN, Spain, Aug 31, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team took the overall race lead after winning the second stage of the Tour of Spain on Sunday, a 176.3 kilometre run from Granada to Jaen.
  The 28-year-old finished the stage in four hours and [...]

• Saddle-Less Gutierrez Wins The Eneco Tour
  August 27th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Aug 27, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, won the Eneco Tour here as Latvia’s Raivis Belohvoscicks (Saunier Duval) won Wednesday’s final stage, an 18km time-trial around Mechelen.
  Retaining the title he won last year, Gutierrez saw off the challenge of Belgium’s Sebastien Rosseler [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Wins The San Sebastian Classic (And Results)
  August 2nd, 2008
  

  SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug 2, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, won the San Sebastian classic race in Spain’s northern Basque region here on Saturday in a pre-Olympic tune-up.
  Valverde, 28, is one of the favourites for the men’s road race honors at the Beijing [...]

• I Thought I Was Going To Die, Admits Oscar Pereiro
  July 22nd, 2008
  

  MADRID, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s 2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro admitted Tuesday that he thought he was going to die after a spectacular fall during the 15th stage at the weekend.
  The Caisse d’Epargne rider toppled over a security barrier on his way down Col Agnel [...]

• Oscar Pereiro Has Big Crash In The Alps And Suffers Shoulder Injury
  July 20th, 2008
  

  Spain’s 2006 champion Oscar Pereiro suffered shoulder injuries after crashing spectacularly out of the 15th stage of the Tour de France here on Sunday.
  According to a first official diagnosis Pereiro has a sprained shoulder but has not injured his leg or his back, as previously believed.
  “He [...]

• Thor Hushovd Hammers To Win Stage 2, As Valverde Maintains Lead
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole claimed his sixth victory from the Tour de France after powering his way to the second stage over 164.5km from Auray to here Sunday.
  Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) retained the [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Strikes First Blow With A Stage 1 Tour de France Yellow Jersey
  July 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde drew first blood in his bid to win the Tour de France by pulling on the yellow jersey for the first time after a thrilling first stage here Saturday.
  Valverde, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, punched [...]

• Tour de France Challenger Alejandro Valverde Wins Spanish National Title
  June 29th, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France with the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the Spanish road race national title near Toledo to the south of Madrid on Sunday.

• Cycling: Tour of Murcia results
  March 7th, 2008
  

  MADRID, March 7, 2008 (AFP) – Tour of Murcia results here on Thursday after
  the fourth stage, a 23.1km time-trial between Alhama and Aledo:
  Stage
  1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 33:32, 2. Stefano Garzelli
  (ITA) at 02, 3. Alberto Contador (ESP) 06, 4. Branislau Samoilau (BLR) 07, 5.
  Inigo Cuesta (ESP) 09.
  Overall
  1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 13hr 23min 11sec, 2. [...]