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Fabian Cancellara Wins Tour Of Oman
Today, Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara showed off his amazing power engine as he finished second on the final stage of Tour of Oman and took the overall victory of the race. The Norwegian talent, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won the stage.
Sixteen seconds separated the strong Swiss from the leader’s jersey before taking [...]
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- Saxo Bank Ends Sponsorship One Year Early
January 8th, 2010Bjarne Riis’s successful very cycling team will now have to be on the lookout for a brand spanking new title sponsor during 2010 season after Saxo Bank (current title sponsor) decided to end their deal a year earlier than planned.
Saxo Bank has sponsored the team since 2008, when it [...] - Cancellara Crushes Time Trial Rivals To Win Third Gold
September 24th, 2009by Justin Davis
MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 24, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara claimed his third career gold in the men’s time trial after crushing his rivals at the world road race championships on Thursday.
Gustav Larsson of Sweden finished a distant second to take the silver [...] - World Road Race Results
September 24th, 2009Results from the second day of the world road race cycling championships on Thursday:
Men Time trial (49.8km)
1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 57min 55sec, 2. Gustav Larsson (SWE) at 1:27, 3. Tony Martin (GER) 2:30, 4. Tom Zirbel (USA) 2:47, 5. Marco Pinotti (ITA) 3:02, 6. Janez Brajkovic (SLO) 3:08, [...] - Cancellara In Race Against Time At World Championship
September 23rd, 2009by Justin Davis
MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 23, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara admits he will have to dose his time trial efforts to perfection Thursday if he is to maintain bigger dreams of gold at the world road race championships.
Saxo Bank rider Cancellara, the world [...] - Cancellara Enjoys Double Golden Celebration
September 5th, 2009Switzerland’s Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara took the leader’s golden jersey of the Tour of Spain on Saturday after winning the seventh stage, a 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) individual time trial.
The 28-year-old completed the course around the Formula One street circuit in Valencia that winds around the Mediterranean city’s port in just [...] - Greg Henderson Won – Fabian Cancellara Defends The Leader’s Jersey
August 31st, 2009[31.08 17:41] Three riders, Lars Boom (Rabobank), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Jesús Rosendo Prado (Andalucia Cajasur) were the first riders in Germany when the Vuelta a Espana peloton rode out on the third stage. The 187.9 km long route from Zutphen to Venlo slipped by the large neighbor, but the height profile of today’s stage [...]
- Germany’s Ciolek Wins Second Stage of Tour of Spain
August 30th, 2009EMMEN, Netherlands, Aug 30, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s Gerald Ciolek, riding for the Milram team, won the second stage of the Tour of Spain between Assen and here on Sunday.
Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team, who won Saturday’s first stage, retained the race leader’s golden jersey, eight [...] - Cancellara Motors To Tour of Spain Opener
August 29th, 2009ASSEN, Netherlands, Aug 29, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team won the Tour of Spain opening prologue on Saturday which took place hundreds of miles away from Spain at Assen’s motorcycling circuit in northern Holland
Cancellara, who also won the first stage of the [...] - Contador Crushes Yellow Jersey Rivals In Timely Fashion
July 23rd, 2009by Justin Davis
ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador took a virtually unassailable lead in the race for the Tour de France yellow jersey after winning the race’s 18th stage time trial here Thursday.
Contador, the 2007 champion who rides for Astana, clocked a [...] - Fabian Cancellara Bombing A Decent
July 18th, 2009This is from the 7th stage of the 2009 Tour de France. Fabian Cancellara is bombing down a decent after getting a flat to get back up the peloton.
- Evans Will Never Win Tour Like That, Says Cancellara
July 11th, 2009by Justin Davis
SAINT-GIRONS, France, July 11, 2009 (AFP) – A Cadel Evans attack early in the mountainous eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday might have raised the yellow jersey hopes of some of his fans.
But it went down like a lead balloon with [...] - I Am A Fighter Not A Climber, Says Cancellara
July 9th, 2009BARCELONA, July 9, 2009 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara insists he will fight to keep hold of his Tour de France yellow jersey, but admitted he could switch to a new role on the first day in the mountains Friday.
The 28-year-old Saxo Bank star has held the yellow jersey since [...] - Hushovd At Last, As Cancellara Prepares To Lose Yellow
July 9th, 2009by Justin Davis
Norwegian Thor Hushovd finally ended his frustrating wait for victory on this year’s Tour de France by winning a treacherous, rain-hit sixth stage from Gerona to Barcelona Thursday.
Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara retained the race leader’s yellow jersey with a 0.22sec lead on American Lance Armstrong after the [...] - Armstrong Just Misses Yellow Jersey As Astana Dominates TTT
July 7th, 2009Lance Armstrong dramatically missed out on the yellow jersey by the slimmest of margins here on Tuesday after his Astana team smashed their rivals apart in the Tour de France’s fourth stage time trial.
Astana came over the finish line of the 39km race against the clock 40secs ahead of the [...] - Cavendish Wins, Lance Moves Up, But Cancellara Still In Yellow
July 6th, 2009LA GRANDE MOTTE, France, July 6, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won a dramatic third stage of the Tour de France here Monday as Lance Armstrong struck an unexpected first blow in the yellow jersey battle.
Thanks to an unintentional but deadly [...] - Swiss Star Cancellara Wins First Stage of Tour de France
July 4th, 2009by Ryland James
MONACO, July 4, 2009 (AFP) – Switzerland’s Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in a time of 19 minutes 32.14 seconds to claim the yellow jersey.
The 28-year-old showed his class with an impressive performance [...] - Contador -vs- Cancellara Showdown Could Light Up First Stage
July 3rd, 2009Yellow jersey favorite Alberto Contador could strike a first psychological blow to his Tour de France rivals when he lines up for the first stage, a 15.5km time trial, on Saturday,
However the Spaniard is up against the might and determination of Swiss Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara, who has vowed [...] - Riis Wants Yellow Jersey From Start To Finish
June 22nd, 2009PARIS, June 22, 2009 (AFP) – The Saxo Bank team run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis will center its hopes for victory on next month’s race on Schleck brothers Andy and Frank, and powerful Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara.
And Riis believes Saxo Bank, who won the Tour [...] - Cancellara Delivers The Win At The Tour of Switzerland
June 21st, 2009BERNE, Switzerland, June 21, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss time-trial Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday after winning the ninth and final stage of the race here, a 38.5 kilometers time-trial.
The 28-year-old beat Germany’s Tony Martin – winner of Saturday’s penultimate stage and second in [...] - Schleck Poised In Switzerland As Breschel Bags Stage
June 16th, 2009STAEFA, Switzerland, June 16, 2009 (AFP) – Up-and-coming Danish cyclist Matti Breschel triumphed in the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland, a 195km ride from Biasca to here on Tuesday.
In a small bunch sprint for the finish, Saxo Bank rider Breschel held off Astana’s Maxim Iglinskiy by a [...] - Columbia’s Cavendish Sprints To Perfection In Switzerland
June 15th, 2009LUMINO, Switzerland, June 15, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara held on to the lead of the Tour of Switzerland as Britain’s Mark Cavendish powered to victory on the 195.4km third stage on Monday.
The 24-year-old from the Isle of Man, who won four stages at last year’s Tour [...] - Ballan and Cancellara Out Of Milan-San Remo
March 18th, 2009Italy’s reigning world champion Alessandro Ballan and Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland have both pulled out of this weekend’s Milan-San Remo race, their teams announced on Wednesday.
Ballan, who had also withdrawn from the Tirreno-Adriatico, must take a fortnight off owing to an infection on the orders of [...] - Rogers Golden Dreams To Be Kept In Check By Leipheimer
September 23rd, 2008by Justin Davis
VARESE, Italy, Sept 24, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Michael Rogers is rightly
hoping the time trial rivals he will face at the world championships with
‘Tour of Spain legs’ don’t stand in his way of achieving yet another historic
feat.
But given the year the former three-time world champion has endured, [...] - ‘Spartacus’ Humbled By Beijing Olympic Gold
August 13th, 2008by Justin Davis
JUYONGGUAN, China, Aug 13, 2008 (AFP) – It took a maiden Olympic gold and
the sight of a Swiss flag to bring a tear to the eyes of one of the world’s
toughest cyclists on Wednesday.
But it didn’t take long after an emotional first climb to the top step [...] - ‘Spartacus’ Ready For Time Trial Gold Medal Battle
August 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
BEIJING, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) – When they call Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara ‘Spartacus’, it hits the mark.
The 27-year-old battled uphill to a well deserved Olympic bronze in the road race on Saturday, and is ready to fight off the specialist climbers [...] - Samuel Sanchez Hands Spain A Welcome Cycling Gold Medal In Beijing
August 9th, 2008by Justin Davis
JUYONGGUAN, China, Aug 9, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish climber Samuel Sanchez claimed his biggest ever career win when he claimed gold in the men’s grueling Olympic road race, held over 245km here on Saturday.
Italian Davide Rebellin finished a close second to take the silver [...] - Fabian Cancellara Extends Contract With CSC-Saxo Bank For 3 More Years
July 25th, 2008Double world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland on Friday extended his contract with the CSC-Saxo Bank cycling team by another three years, until 2011.
Cancellara, who will begin as the favourite for the penultimate stage time trial of the Tour de France Saturday, has won some of cycling’s [...] - French Sprinter Romain Feillu Wearing Yellow, As Cofidis Rider Dumoulin Wins Stage 3
July 7th, 2008by Justin Davis
NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Romain Feillu took the biggest accolade of his career Monday when a successful breakaway that foxed the sprinters’ teams handed him the Tour de France yellow jersey Monday.
Compatriot Samuel Dumoulin, of Cofidis, won the third stage [...] - Team Garmin Counting On David Millar For Yellow Jersey Bid
July 7th, 2008by Justin Davis
NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s David Millar is quietly
building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France
yellow jersey.
Millar last wore the coveted tunic in 2000 when he won the prologue at
Futuroscope, and on Tuesday’s 29.5km race against the clock [...] - Fabian Cancellara of CSC Saxo Bank Happy To Leave ‘Danger’ Stages Behind
July 6th, 2008by Justin Davis
SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara is looking forward to a day of rest, in relative terms, when the Tour de France starts to leave the “dangerous” stages held in Brittany behind.
After two days of nervous riding in the wind [...] - Thor Hushovd Hammers To Win Stage 2, As Valverde Maintains Lead
July 6th, 2008by 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 [...] - Levi Leipheimer TGIF… Yellow Jersey – 2008 Amgen Tour of California – Stage 5 (Photos)
February 22nd, 2008See earlier post with more photos from today’s Stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California. Additional Stage 5 photos have just been added.
- Levi Leipheimer TGIF… Keeps Yellow Jersey in 2008 Tour of California after Stage 5
February 22nd, 2008Levi Leipheimer beat 2nd place David Millar by 28 seconds on a 30-minute ride. It was enough to hold off Fabian Cancellara and Robert Gesink and keep the yellow jersey.
All three riders were on the course together, 2 minutes apart at the start, virtually riding head-to-head.
Pics:More photos here and here!
- Fabian Cancellara Is The Big Man On The Stanford Campus
February 17th, 2008Today was the start of the Amgen Tour of California with some of the world’s best bicycle riders coming to compete in Palo Alto, California. The morning started with bitter cold, but warmed up nicely by the time the riders took to the starting ramp. The crowds were lined up over 10 deep, in [...]
- Cancellara Wins The Amgen Tour of California Prologue
February 17th, 2008Cancellara Wins The Amgen Tour of California Prologue
PALO ALTO, California, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) – Switzerland’s Fabian
Cancellara, riding for CSC, Sunday won the prologue of the 2008 Tour of
California, a 3.4km individual time trial on the streets of Palo Alto.
With a time of 3min 51.211sec, the world time-trial champion was more than
four [...]
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