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• ‘Spartacus’ Plays Down World TT Dreams
  September 20th, 2011
  

  COPENHAGEN, Sept 20, 2011 – Defending champion Fabian Cancellara has admitted an upset could be on the cards when he puts his time trial crown on the line at the [...]

• Martin Out To End Cancellara’s TT Reign
  September 20th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 20, 2011 (AFP) – Tony Martin will take inspiration from his recent beating of world time trial king Fabian Cancellara when he aims to end [...]

• Schlecks Shrug Off Crashes On Tour’s 10th Stage
  July 12th, 2011
  

  CARMAUX, France, July 12, 2011 (AFP) – Tour de France challengers Andy and Frank Schleck got a taste of a regular dish at this year’s race, but survived a minor [...]

• Gilbert In Yellow Thanks To Maiden Tour Stage Win
  July 2nd, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, July 2, 2011 – Uphill sprint specialist Philippe Gilbert dominated an incident-packed first stage of the Tour de France here on Saturday [...]

• Strong Team For Leopard Trek At Tour de France
  June 28th, 2011
  

  LEOPARD TREK has named the riders that will team-up with Andy and Fränk Schleck for the team’s first ever Tour de France. Andy Schleck, Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Linus Gerdemann, [...]

• Leipheimer Snatches Tour of Switzerland From Cunego
  June 19th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, June 19, 2011 – American Levi Leipheimer snatched overall victory from Damiano Cunego in the Tour of Switzerland Sunday to leave the Italian [...]

• FABIAN CANCELLARA
  June 17th, 2011
  

• Cancellara Wins Tour of Switzerland Opening TT
  June 11th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis LUGANO, June 11, 2011 – Four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara stuck to tradition by powering to victory in the opening stage time trial at the Tour [...]

• Galimzyanov Wins Tour of Luxembourg 1st Stage
  June 2nd, 2011
  

  BASCHARAGE, Luxembourg, June 2, 2011 (AFP) – Up-and-coming Russian sprinter Denis Galimzyanov of the Katusha team won the first stage of the Tour of Luxembourg on Thursday. Leopard’s Swiss rider [...]

• Cancellara Wins tour of Luxembourg Prologue
  June 1st, 2011
  

  LUXEMBOURG, June 1, 2011 – Quadruple World Champion Time Trial Fabian Cancellara delivered another time trial victory today in the opening stage of the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg. The five-day [...]

• Van Summeren Stuns Paris-Roubaix Favourites
  April 10th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ROUBAIX, France, April 10, 2011 – Belgian Johan Van Summeren upstaged a host of race favorites to claim the biggest win of his career at a [...]

• O’Grady Predicts Another Wide Open Roubaix Classic
  April 9th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, April 9, 2011 – Stuart O’Grady said he will be primed for a second shot at Paris-Roubaix glory on Sunday — if circumstances rule team [...]

• ‘Tornado’ Tom looking for Roubaix redemption
  April 9th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, April 8, 2011 – Another thrilling chapter in cycling’s hardest one-day classic will be played out Sunday when Belgian Tom Boonen puts his pedigree up [...]

• Nuyens Triumphs In Tour of Flanders
  April 3rd, 2011
  

  MEERBEKE, Belgium, April 3, 2011 – Belgium’s Nick Nuyens of Saxo Bank claimed the biggest victory of his cycling career when he won the Tour of Flanders one-day classic here [...]

• Boonen Looking At The Flanders Hurdle Named Cancellara
  April 2nd, 2011
  

  For most of the peloton heading into the Tour of Flanders one-day classic this Sunday, surviving the cobbles and ‘bergs’ and rallying the finish in Merbeke in one piece will [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Solos To Win E3 Prijs Harelbeke
  March 26th, 2011
  

  For the second year in a row Fabian Cancellara has won E3 Prijs Harelbeke, a 202 kilometres long race including twelve climbs and several cobbled sectors that turn the race [...]

• Evans Wins Tirreno Title, Cancellara Claims Stage
  March 15th, 2011
  

  ROME, March 15, 2011 – Australian Cadel Evans won the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race following Tuesday’s final stage, a 9.3km time-trial around San Benedetto del Tronto, won by Swiss Fabian Cancellara. [...]

• Loud Boom Heard At Tour of Qatar
  February 6th, 2011
  

  Boom beats Cancellara to Qatar prologue win DOHA – Dutchman Lars Boom of the Rabobank team deprived Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara of his first victory in 2011 when he [...]

• Schleck Eyes Tour Triumph With New Look
  January 7th, 2011
  

  LUXEMBOURG – Andy Schleck believes his new Team Leopard-Trek can power him to a first Tour de France triumph after two successive, heartbreaking runner-up finishes to Spain’s Alberto Contador. Schleck [...]

• Team Leopard-Trek Announced In Luxembourg
  January 6th, 2011
  

  After more than half a year of solid efforts, including meticulous planning, rider recruitment and rigorous application processes, the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project has finally come to full fruition. The [...]

• Drugs and Engines Mar Cycling’s 2010 Season
  December 16th, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS – The scourge of doping blighted cycling once more in 2010, where the most gripping Tour de France duel in years was marred by the [...]

• Schleck Team To Be Named “Team Leopard”
  December 13th, 2010
  

  LUXEMBOURG – The new Luxembourgian cycling team set up around the brothers Franck and Andy Schleck will be called ‘Team Leopard’, Danish cyclist Jakob Fuglsang claimed on Monday. “We’re going [...]

• Cancellara Joins The Schleck Brothers’ Team
  November 30th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara has joined the Luxembourgian team set up around the brothers Franck and Andy Schleck, the new outfit announced on Tuesday. Cancellara, Olympic champion in [...]

• What’s In Santa’s Bag For Your Favorite Cyclist?
  October 29th, 2010
  

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• Team Saxo Bank Honored With Two Vélo d’Or Awards
  October 27th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s reigning World and Olympic time trial champion, Fabian Cancellara won the prestigious French cycling award, Vélo d’Or after an unusually magnificent season. The Swiss phenomenon started off [...]

• Gilbert Says Cancellara Will Be A Marked Man
  October 2nd, 2010
  

  GEELONG, Australia – Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert has warned Swiss contender Fabian Cancellara he will be a marked man during the world road race championship on Sunday. The elite men’s road [...]

• Mind Games Begin Ahead of Rainbow Jersey Battle
  October 1st, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis GEELONG, Australia – Italy coach Paolo Bettini is keeping rival teams guessing as the mind games gather pace ahead of Sunday’s battle for cycling’s coveted rainbow [...]

• Cancellara Wins Record Fourth World TT Title
  September 30th, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis GEELONG, Australia – Swiss Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara rode into the history books Thursday by winning a record fourth time trial crown at the world road [...]

• Time Trial History Powering Cancellara’s Gold Bid
  September 28th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis GEELONG, Australia- Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara has gone to extreme lengths to make sure his trip across the globe for the world road race cycling [...]

• Cancellara Targets Road Race Glory Again
  September 27th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis GEELONG, Australia, Sept 27, 2010 (AFP) – Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara has admitted that the prospect of a record-breaking fourth world crown in the discipline [...]

• Italy’s Pozzato Wins Pre-Worlds Classic
  September 26th, 2010
  

  BALLARAT, Australia – Italy’s Filippo Pozzato put his world championship title credentials on display by winning the Herald Sun World Cycling Classic Ballarat on Sunday. Pozzato, who rides for the [...]

• Cavendish, Cancellara Prepare For Worlds
  September 23rd, 2010
  

  PARIS – British cyclist Mark Cavendish and Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, two riders riding for the title in the next road world championship (October 3), arrived in Australia, organizers said Thursday. [...]

• Cancellara For Sale?
  September 2nd, 2010
  

  The rumors are flying that Fabian Cancellara is for sale. Well at least his contract is. The rumors that we have been hearing are putting the price tag to buy [...]

• Cavendish Leads Tour of Spain After First Stage
  August 28th, 2010
  

  SEVILLE- British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish took the leader’s jersey on the first day of the Tour of Spain after powering his HTC Columbia team to victory in the team [...]

• Cancellara, Griepel In Bid To Win World Road Title
  August 27th, 2010
  

  SYDNEY – Beijing Olympic and three-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara will spearhead the Swiss team at next month’s UCI Road World Championships in Australia, organizers said on Friday. [...]

• Cancellara Interview After Stage 19
  July 24th, 2010
  

• Contador Set To Win Toughest Tour Yet
  July 24th, 2010
  

  PAUILLAC, France- Alberto Contador admitted to being pushed to his absolute limits on his way to virtually securing a third yellow jersey triumph on the Tour de France Sunday. “This [...]

• Cancellara Caps Tour Campaign With TT Victory
  July 24th, 2010
  

  PAUILLAC, France – Swiss Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara overcame the fatigue of three tough weeks of racing to win his first long time trial on the Tour de France’s 19th [...]

• First Climbs Take Yellow Jersey Toll On Cancellara
  July 10th, 2010
  

  LES ROUSSES, France – Fabian Cancellara failed to live up to expectations when he surrendered the Tour de France yellow jersey on the first day in the mountains Saturday. Cancellara, [...]

• All Eyes On Armstrong As Tour Rides Into Alps
  July 9th, 2010
  

  GUEUGNON, France – Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck will be among the Tour de France contenders keeping their eyes glued to Lance Armstrong and his RadioShack team Saturday as the [...]

• Cavendish Ends Victory Famine On Tour’s Fifth Stage
  July 8th, 2010
  

  MONTARGIS, France – Britain’s Mark Cavendish finally relaunched his stuttering sprint on the Tour de France by powering to victory on the fifth stage Thursday. Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara retained the [...]

• Cancellara Still In Yellow Jersey, As Petacchi Wins Fourth Stage
  July 7th, 2010
  

  REIMS, France – Italian Alessandro Petacchi, riding for the Lampre team, produced a perfectly timed sprint to claim victory in the 153km fourth stage of the Tour de France from [...]

• Evans Launches Yellow Jersey Bid On The Cobbles
  July 7th, 2010
  

  ARENBERG, France – Cadel Evans launched his 2010 yellow jersey bid in the most unlikely of places on Tuesday — on cobblestones that played havoc with Lance Armstrong’s futile bid [...]

• Ambivalent, Violent And Epic Battle On The Cobblestones
  July 6th, 2010
  

  As expected, today’s stage was one of the most spectacularly dramatic events in the history of the Tour de France as the peloton had a rough and violent encounter with [...]

• Cancellara Back In Yellow, Hushovd Wins Stage 3
  July 6th, 2010
  

  ARENBERG, France – Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong was one of the big losers on the Tour de France on Tuesday as the cobblestones of the feared third stage exacted a [...]

• Armstrong Survives Spill Before Peloton Protest
  July 5th, 2010
  

  SPA, Belgium – Lance Armstrong’s white and yellow bike stands out from the rest of the super-slick red and grey Trek machines used by his RadioShack team. But on Monday [...]

• Cancellara Negotiates End To Sprinters’ Battle
  July 5th, 2010
  

  SPA, Belgium – Tour de France officials on Monday agreed to help reduce the risk of further injuries in the peloton by virtually canceling the sprinters’ points competition on the [...]

• Chavanel In Yellow As Schlecks, Armstrong, And More Crash
  July 5th, 2010
  

  SPA, Belgium – Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel claimed the leader’s yellow jersey after winning yet another crash-marred stage of the Tour de France Monday as the peloton called a truce in [...]

• Armstrong Comes Out Unscathed From Stage 1 Carnage
  July 4th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Lance Armstrong was reminded of just how tough life can be on the Tour de France, even before the mountain stages, as the first stage of the race [...]

• Cancellara Retains Yellow As Petacchi Wins First Stage
  July 4th, 2010
  

  BRUSSELS – Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retained the race leader’s yellow jersey after the crash-marred Tour de France first stage won in spectacular fashion by Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre on [...]

• Cancellara Wins Tour Prologue To Take Yellow Jersey
  July 3rd, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Swiss Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara stuck with tradition on Saturday by winning the opening prologue of the 97th Tour de France to take [...]

• Riis Names Saxo Bank’s Tour de France Team
  June 22nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 22, 2010 (AFP) – Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis named his nine-man team for the Tour de France, with Andy Schleck, last year’s runner-up, once again spearheading [...]

• Hungarian Claims Speedy Hidden Electric Motor
  June 15th, 2010
  

  GENEVA, June 15, 2010 – A Hungarian engineer who claims to have developed an electric motor that can be hidden in a bicycle frame says it can propel a cyclist [...]

• Cancellara Wins Tour of Switzerland Prologue
  June 12th, 2010
  

  LUGANO, Switzerland, June 12, 2010 – Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team won the Tour of Switzerland opening time-trial over 7.6km through the streets of Lugano on Saturday. [...]

• Cancellara: “The Engine I Have Is In My Body”
  June 12th, 2010
  

  Fabian Cancellara on Friday has again denied, on the eve of the Tour of Switzerland, the rumors that accuse him of having used a bicycle with a motor at his [...]

• Insinuations of Cheating by “Mechanical Doping” Strongly Rejected
  June 3rd, 2010
  

  [03.06 15:11] Team Saxo Bank rejects all insinuations and accusations that have been made in the media regarding Fabian Cancellara’s alleged use of an electric motor in his bike. Team [...]

• Cancellara Dismisses ‘Motorized Bike’ Claims
  June 1st, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 1, 2010 – Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara on Tuesday rubbished claims that he used a ‘motorized’ bike when winning this season’s Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix classic. [...]

• 2010 Amgen Tour of California Prologue Podcast
  May 17th, 2010
  

  David Bernstein of TheFredCast brings you an introduction to the Tour California 2010. David lays out the stages of the tour, brings you highlights from the preliminary press conference and [...]

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• No Big Stars For Saxo Bank’s Giro Campaign
  April 27th, 2010
  

  Danish cycling team Saxo Bank will line up for the three-week Giro d’Italia in May without any of its major stars. Top names like Swiss Fabian Cancellara and the Luxembourg [...]

• “I Do Not Lose Sleep Over The Cobblestones!” Says Contador
  April 24th, 2010
  

  LIEGE (Belgium), April 23, 2010 – Alberto Contador, who is scheduled to attack the cobblestones at the next Tour de France, said he was not losing sleep worrying about the [...]

• Cancellara Interview “I Knew They Would Be Afraid”
  April 11th, 2010
  

  Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, who won Sunday for the second time Paris-Roubaix, emphasized psychological blow dealt to his opponents when he attacked 49 km from the finish, leaving behind all its [...]

• Peerless Cancellara Completes Rare Classic Double
  April 11th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara powered to his second one-day classic victory in a week, winning Paris-Roubaix Sunday with another humbling of Belgian rival Tom Boonen. For [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Wins An Unforgettable Paris-Roubaix
  April 11th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara crushed everyone in today’s Paris-Roubaix and secured Team Saxo Bank The Double. The queen of the classics was however invaded by 19 riders after 60 [...]

• Cancellara Warns ‘Tornado’ Tom Ahead Of Roubaix Duel
  April 11th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, April 10, 2010 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara has issued a warning to Paris-Roubaix rival ‘Tornado’ Tom Boonen as the Belgian embarks on a quest to equal [...]

• Cancellara Tipped For Rare Flanders-Roubaix Double
  April 10th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, April 9, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling enthusiasts who fancy a wager at decent odds on this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix one-day classic would do well to steer clear [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Won Ronde Van Vlaanderen
  April 5th, 2010
  

  Cold showers in fierce winds and Team Saxo Bank in the front of the peloton was the standing image of this year’s edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen. A breakaway of [...]

• Boonen Looks Ahead As ‘Spartacus’ Bags Flanders
  April 4th, 2010
  

  Belgian cycling ace Tom Boonen was already looking ahead to next week’s ‘Hell of the North’ at Paris-Roubaix — as he digested his runner-up place at the Tour of Flanders. [...]

• Tour of Flanders Quotes
  April 4th, 2010
  

  MEERBEKE (Belgium), April 4, 2010 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara (SUI / Saxo Bank), Winner: “I was not planning to attack the wall of Grammont although it is a place of [...]

• Cancellara Conquers Flanders With Authority
  April 4th, 2010
  

  MEERBEKE, Belgium, April 4, 2010 (AFP) – Saxo Bank rider Fabian Cancellara ended Switzerland’s long wait for victory in the Tour of Flanders one-day classic Sunday with a superb solo [...]

• For Boonen, Cancellara is “the man to beat” At Tour of Flanders
  March 31st, 2010
  

  Belgian Tom Boonen who aims for a third victory Sunday in the Tour of Flanders after his success 2005 and 2006, said Wednesday night that Fabian Cancellara is “the man [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Won E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke
  March 27th, 2010
  

  Another Belgian semi classic was due today and Team Saxo Bank took another beautiful victory in the 203 kilometer long E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke. The Danish squad was represented [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Wins Tour Of Oman
  February 19th, 2010
  

  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 [...]

• Saxo Bank Ends Sponsorship One Year Early
  January 8th, 2010
  

  Bjarne 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) [...]

• Cancellara Crushes Time Trial Rivals To Win Third Gold
  September 24th, 2009
  

  by 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 Results
  September 24th, 2009
  

  Results 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, [...]

• Cancellara In Race Against Time At World Championship
  September 23rd, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Cancellara Enjoys Double Golden Celebration
  September 5th, 2009
  

  Switzerland’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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Germany’s Ciolek Wins Second Stage of Tour of Spain
  August 30th, 2009
  

  EMMEN, 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. [...]

• Cancellara Motors To Tour of Spain Opener
  August 29th, 2009
  

  ASSEN, 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 [...]

• Contador Crushes Yellow Jersey Rivals In Timely Fashion
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Bombing A Decent
  July 18th, 2009
  

  This 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, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• I Am A Fighter Not A Climber, Says Cancellara
  July 9th, 2009
  

  BARCELONA, 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 [...]

• Hushovd At Last, As Cancellara Prepares To Lose Yellow
  July 9th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Armstrong Just Misses Yellow Jersey As Astana Dominates TTT
  July 7th, 2009
  

  Lance 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 [...]

• Cavendish Wins, Lance Moves Up, But Cancellara Still In Yellow
  July 6th, 2009
  

  LA 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 [...]

• Swiss Star Cancellara Wins First Stage of Tour de France
  July 4th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Contador -vs- Cancellara Showdown Could Light Up First Stage
  July 3rd, 2009
  

  Yellow 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 [...]

• Riis Wants Yellow Jersey From Start To Finish
  June 22nd, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Cancellara Delivers The Win At The Tour of Switzerland
  June 21st, 2009
  

  BERNE, 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 [...]

• Schleck Poised In Switzerland As Breschel Bags Stage
  June 16th, 2009
  

  STAEFA, 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 [...]

• Columbia’s Cavendish Sprints To Perfection In Switzerland
  June 15th, 2009
  

  LUMINO, 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 [...]

• Ballan and Cancellara Out Of Milan-San Remo
  March 18th, 2009
  

  Italy’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, [...]

• Rogers Golden Dreams To Be Kept In Check By Leipheimer
  September 23rd, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• ‘Spartacus’ Humbled By Beijing Olympic Gold
  August 13th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• ‘Spartacus’ Ready For Time Trial Gold Medal Battle
  August 11th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Samuel Sanchez Hands Spain A Welcome Cycling Gold Medal In Beijing
  August 9th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Extends Contract With CSC-Saxo Bank For 3 More Years
  July 25th, 2008
  

  Double 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 [...]

• French Sprinter Romain Feillu Wearing Yellow, As Cofidis Rider Dumoulin Wins Stage 3
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Team Garmin Counting On David Millar For Yellow Jersey Bid
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Fabian Cancellara of CSC Saxo Bank Happy To Leave ‘Danger’ Stages Behind
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Levi Leipheimer TGIF… Yellow Jersey – 2008 Amgen Tour of California – Stage 5 (Photos)
  February 22nd, 2008
  

  See 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, 2008
  

  Levi 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. [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Is The Big Man On The Stanford Campus
  February 17th, 2008
  

  Today 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 [...]

• Cancellara Wins The Amgen Tour of California Prologue
  February 17th, 2008
  

  Cancellara 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 [...]