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• Tour de France Mark Cavendish Profile Video’s by Versus
  July 19th, 2008
  

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  “Champion Class” on Display
  By Paul Sherwen
  Well, if I talked about the historic win yesterday for Mark Cavendish, I’d better mention that he just went one better bringing his tally to four stage wins in a single Tour.
  Again, his team had total confidence in him [...]

• Cadel Evans Is Recovering In Time For Alps
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - For someone who finished the runner-up
  by just 23 seconds last year, it is understandable that Cadel Evans is taking
  this year’s Tour de France one day at a time.
  And after his third day spent in the yellow jersey, the Australian is [...]

• No Joking For Cavendish, The Manx Express
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - He’s known for being a joker among a
  cosmopolitan team that came to the Tour de France proclaiming their “clean”
  approach to racing would help smooth their way to success.
  But when it gets serious in the hectic bunch sprints, curly-haired Briton
  Mark Cavendish [...]

• Video: Mark Cavendish Does It Again by Versus
  July 18th, 2008
  

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  Cavendish Emerges From Sprint
  By Bob Roll
  Today in the Tour de France was a transitional stage to link up to the mountain. The racing action returned to center stage, thankfully and Mark Cavendish proved not just to be the fastest, but also the most dominant [...]

• Cavendish Riding For Team Columbia Wins His Fourth Stage, Evans Still In Yellow
  July 18th, 2008
  

  Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth victory on the Tour de France here Friday after dominating another bunch sprint at the end of the 182.5km 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes.
  Australian Cadel Evans retained the race leader’s yellow jersey ahead of
  Saturday’s 14th stage from here to Dignes-les-Bains at [...]

• Tour de France Stage 12 Recap Video by Versus
  July 17th, 2008
  

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  Cavendish Sets British Mark
  By Phil Liggett
  It was a very sad day in the Tour with one of the new young faces of the future turning out to be a cheat. Riccardo Ricco, targeted by the dope testers caught using a brand [...]

• The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on a day when celebration should have been his sole priority.
  The 23-year-old Isle of Man sprinter made cycling [...]

• Cavendish Makes Tour History, Evans Still In Yellow
  July 17th, 2008
  

  NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Mark Cavendish made cycling history on Thursday when he became the first ever Briton to claim three stage wins in a single edition of the Tour de France.
  Cavendish dominated a bunch sprint at the end of the race’s 167.5km [...]

• Cavendish Looks To History-Making Tour Stage
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - If team Columbia deliver their ‘train’
  on time again for Britain’s Mark Cavendish, sprint rivals Oscar Freire and Robbie McEwen are likely to be left on the Tour de France platform.
  After 10 stages on this year’s race both [...]

• Tour de France Stage 8 Finish Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

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  The Isle of Man
  By Paul Sherwen
  Fifty years after the first British rider won a stage in the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man has just won two. His team did a phenomenal job getting him into an ideal position to win the [...]

• Tour de France Stage 8 Recap Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

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  Cavendish, Our Future
  By Phil Liggett
  It was not a very pleasant day to restart the Tour de France and it was made worse overnight with the news that Manual Beltran, once a trusted teammate of Lance Armstrong, had given a positive [...]

• Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 8, Kim Kirchen Still In Yellow
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - British sprint specialist Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won the Tour de France eighth stage, a 172.5km ride from Figeac to here on Saturday to record his second win of this year’s edition.
  The 23-year-old from the Isle of Man’s victory - [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins His Second Stage At The Tour de France
  July 12th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Mark Cavendish wrote a notable page in the history of British cycling at the Tour de France when he won his second stage of this year’s edition here on Saturday.
  Cavendish, a 23-year-old from the Isle of [...]

• Cavendish Takes The Wind Out Of McEwen Sails
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Robbie McEwen’s bid to add to his impressive haul of wins on the Tour de France was kicked into touch by bad luck and a fast Team Columbia train, highlighting Hincapie and Kirchen on the longest stage of the race [...]

• Tour de France Stage 5 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

  American Teams Asserting Themselves
  By Phil Liggett
  After you lead a stage of the Tour de France for virtually the entire length – and the longest one this year, at that – then you deserve to win. But it does not work that way and French champion Nicolas Vogondy was swept up with about 50 yards to [...]

• Tour de France Stage 5 Recap by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

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  Surprises Continue in Tour’s “New Era”
  By Bob Roll
  As the French were finally treated to a day of bright sunshine after a few days of cold and miserable conditions, the surprises continued on today’s stage of the Tour de France.
  The winner, no surprise, was Mark Cavendish, [...]

• Mark Cavendish Post Stage Interview by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

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  Cavendish Makes Early Move
  By Paul Sherwen
  July 9, 2008
  I can’t help it, but I love a good bunch sprint. That was a great one today, even though I do feel a little sorry for the French champion Nicolas Vogondy, who was caught inside of [...]

• Cavendish Hits The Jackpot In Tour de France
  July 9th, 2008
  

  Chateauroux, France, 9 July 2008 - Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish blasted to a first stage win in the Tour de France on Wednesday’s stage from Cholet to Chateauroux. The 23-year-old Briton finished over a bike length ahead of three-times World Champion Oscar Freire of Spain, with German Erik Zabel in third.
  It was Cavendish eighth [...]

• Gert Steegmans Misses The Stage Win And The Boonen Touch
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Quick Step sprinter Gert Steegmans admitted the absence of teammate Tom Boonen is adding to his woes on what he labeled a “strange” Tour de France.
  Steegmans’ plan to battle to his second career win on the race [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 5, Schumacher Retains Yellow Jersey
  July 9th, 2008
  

  CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Britain’s Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race’s fifth stage over 232km here Wednesday.
  Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner finished with the bunch to retain the yellow jersey with a 12-sec [...]

• What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
  July 4th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27:
  “If they had to take the fight against doping any further, they’d have to come and live in my house! I’ve [...]

• Robbie McEwen Sees Alejandro Valverde Striking First Blow
  July 4th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - In terms of team bonding, Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen has done little to curry favor with team-mate Cadel Evans ahead of the Tour de France opener here Saturday.
  But given the bigger prize on offer at the end [...]

• Mark Cavendish Takes The High Road To Fourth Stage Win At Giro
  May 13th, 2008
  

  CATANZARO, Italy, May 13, 2008 (AFP) - British cyclist Mark Cavendish, riding for the High Road team, prevailed in a sprint for the fourth stage honors of the Tour of Italy here on Tuesday.
  Liquigas’ Italian rider Franco Pellizotti retained the leader’s pink jersey after the 183 kilometre run to [...]

• Exclusive: Daily Podcast from the Tour of California - Stage Seven Edition
  February 25th, 2008
  

  Enjoy the Bicycle.Net podcast Stage 7 edition with our host, David Bernstein of The FredCast Cycling Podcast.

  Preview of Today’s Stage 7
  Interviews with:

  Mark Cavendish, Team High Road
  Bob Stapleton, Team High Road
  Freddie Rodgriguez, Rock Racing
  Chris Horner, Astana
  Jose Luis ‘Chechu’ Rubiera, Astana
  Scott Nydam, BMC
  Michael Creed, Rock Racing

  Summary of the Day’s Racing Action
  Final Standings
  Post-race Interview with Michael Creed
  Press Conference [...]

   

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