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Heinrich Haussler Set For Comeback After Injury
Cervélo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler will be out of competition until he fully recovers from the knee problem that has plagued him since a crash in the Volta ao Algarve. After initial treatment and recovery, he crashed again in, suffering another contusion of the same knee.
“Heinrich has a contusion of the left [...]
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- Contador Signals Intent With Paris-Nice Triumph
March 14th, 2010NICE, France, March 14, 2010 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Astana won the Paris-Nice race Sunday for his second win in the event, three years after his first.
Frenchman Amael Moinard of Cofidis won the final stage, a 119km ride around Nice.
Contador’s [...] - Contador Keeps Lead At Paris-Nice As Sagan Nabs Stage
March 12th, 2010AIX EN PROVENCE, France, March 12, 2010 (AFP) – Liquigas racer Peter Sagan won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Friday, a 157km ride from Pernes-les-Fontaines to Aix-en-Provence, as the 20-year-old notched his second success of the week.
Astana star Alberto Contador retained the leader’s yellow jersey after Sagan [...] - Contador Takes Control Of Paris-Nice On Stage 4
March 11th, 2010Spain’s Alberto Contador secured a Paris-Nice double whammy on Thursday by winning the race’s fourth stage here, becoming the overall leader in the process.
The Astana rider attacked 1700 meters from the line to finish 10 seconds ahead of compatriots Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sanchez after the 173.5 kilometer ride from [...] - Jens Voigt In The Lead Of Paris-Nice
March 10th, 2010Yann Huguet (Skil Shimano), Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) and Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma Lotto) characterized the third and 208 kilometer long stage of Paris-Nice between Saintjunien and Aurillac.
Entering the last 20 kilometers, Nikolas Maes (Step Quick) could no longer handle the high pace of the front group and dropped back to the peloton [...] - Sagan Speeds To Paris-Nice Third Stage
March 10th, 2010Slovakian youngster Peter Sagan of the Liquigas team won the shortened third stage of the Paris-Nice race in central France here on Wednesday.
Sagan, 20, moved up to second place in the overall standings but Germany’s Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) assumed the leader’s yellow jersey after finishing fourth in the [...] - Boom Leading, As Bonnet Wins Stage
March 9th, 2010LIMOGES, March 9, 2010 (AFP) – French cyclist William Bonnet recorded his first major stage race success here on Tuesday when he won the second stage of the Paris-Nice race, a 201 kilometres ride from Contres.
Dutchman Lars Boom held on to the yellow jersey.
Bonnet, 27, beat [...] - Dramatic Stage 2 At Paris-Nice – Jens Voigt Still Second
March 8th, 2010It was an extremely nervous first and 201, 5 kilometer long stage of Paris-Nice between Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines og Contres. Two crashes along the way was the direct consequence of the eager behavior in the peloton chasing Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) and Philippe Gilbert (Lotto) who broke clear with 41 kilometers to go.
The high pace and [...] - Sky’s The Limit For Henderson In Paris-Nice
March 8th, 2010New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson won the first stage of the Paris-Nice race on Monday for the British-based Team Sky.
The 33-year-old, a gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beat Slovenia’s Grega Bole in a sprint finish to clinch first place.
“This year I picked up [...] - Jens Voigt Second In Paris-Nice
March 7th, 2010Today, The Race to the Sun, Paris-Nice was launched with an 8 kilometer long and hilly time trial in Montfort-L’Amaury. The course took off with a 15, 5 kilometer long, steep and cobbled climb.
Here, Team Saxo Bank’s 38-year-old Jens Voigt demonstrated incredible strength by finishing second on the stage. He was only three [...] - Gert Steegmans Fractures Collar Bone
March 7th, 2010Paris – 7th March, 2010 – Team RadioShack’s Gert Steegmans broke his left collarbone in the Prologue of Paris-Nice. Steegmans was caught in a whirlwind while on his bike. The wind picked him up off the ground while he was going 75kph/47mph on a downhill section of the course. In addition [...]
- Boom Busts Open Paris-Nice Prologue
March 7th, 2010Holland’s 2008 world cyclo-cross champion Lars Boom won the Paris-Nice cycling prologue on Sunday in an 8-kilometer time trial in the town of Monfort-l’Amaury just outside the French capital.
German veteran Jens Voigt was second, three seconds behind Rabobank’s Boom, while American rider Levi Leipheimer took third.Jens Voigt Takes second
Levi Leipheimer [...]
- ASO Set To Take Over Dauphine Libere
January 7th, 2010Written by: Jonathan Tessler
French cycling stage race the Dauphine Libere is set to be organized by the current owners of the Tour de France this June ahead of the eventual takeover.
The race takes place just three weeks before the Tour de France, the ‘Dauphine’ is considered a very tough one-week event [...] - Paris-Nice Cycling Results
March 15th, 2009NICE, France, March 15, 2009 – Results here on Sunday in the eighth and final stage of the Paris to Nice cycle race:
Eighth Stage (119 kms in and around Nice)
1. Antonio Colom (ESP/KAT) [...] - Spain’s Sanchez Trumps Contador For Paris-Nice Title
March 15th, 2009by Jean Montois
NICE, France, March 15, 2009 (AFP) – Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez trumped compatriot Alberto Contador to win the 67th Paris-Nice cycling race after the eighth and final stage here on Sunday.
Sanchez, riding for the Caisse d’Epargne team, finished the race one minute ahead of [...] - Paris-Nice Race Results
March 14th, 2009Results from the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race here on Saturday:
Seventh stage
1. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 28hr 05min 45sec
[...] - Luis Leon Sanchez Takes Yellow Jersey From Contador At Paris-Nice
March 14th, 2009FAYENCE, 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 [...] - Contador Back In Lead After Stage 6 Win At Paris-Nice (Results)
March 13th, 2009MONTAGNE DE LURE, France, March 13, 2009 – Spain’s Alberto Contador, riding for the Astana team, won the sixth stage of Paris-Nice cycling race on Friday to take the leader’s yellow jersey with two day’s racing left.
Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France and last year’s Tour of [...] - Thomas Voeckler of Bougyues Telecom Suffers Broken Collarbone At Paris-Nice
March 13th, 2009MONTAGNE DE LURE, France, March 13, 2009 – French Bougyues Telecom rider Thomas Voeckler suffered a broken collarbone in a fall during the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race on Friday.
Voeckler, who fell shortly after the start of the stage at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, was taken immediately to a hospital [...] - Jeremy Roy of Team FDJ Wins A Thrilling Stage 5 At Paris-Nice
March 12th, 2009VALLON PONT D’ARC, France, March 12, 2009 – Jeremy Roy, riding for FDJ, won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Thursday, a 204.0km ride from Annonay to Vallon Pont d’Arc, crossing the line in 4hr 58min 47sec.
Sylvain Chavanel of France, riding for Quickstep, retained the [...] - Christian Vande Velde Riding For Team Garmin Wins Paris-Nice Stage 4
March 11th, 2009SAINT ETIENNE, France, March 11, 2009 (AFP) – American Christian Vande Velde, riding for Garmin, won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Wednesday, a 173.5km ride from Vichy to Saint Etienne.
Sylvain Chavanel of France, riding for Quick Step, retained the overall lead.
Vande [...] - Paris-Nice Stage 3 & Overall Results
March 10th, 2009VICHY, France, March 10, 2009 – Results from Tuesday’s third stage of the Paris-Nice, a 178km run from Orval to Vichy:
1. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) [...] - Sylvain Chavanel of Quick Step Wins Paris-Nice 3rd Stage In The Rain
March 10th, 2009Sylvain Chavanel of France won the third stage of the Paris-Nice race here on Tuesday and also grabbed the overall lead from Spain’s Alberto Contador.
Chavanel, of Quick Step, saw off Spain’s Juan Antonio Flecha and a tilt for glory from the Rabobank team which began with them upping the [...] - Heinrich Haussler of Team Cervelo Wins Paris-Nice 2nd Stage
March 9th, 2009LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-URSIN, France, March 9, 2009 (AFP) – Germany’s Heinrich Haussler, riding for the Cervelo team, prevailed in a sprint for the second stage honors in the Paris-Nice here on Monday.
Spanish rider Alberto Contador, winner of the opening day’s time trial, held on to the leader’s yellow jersey despite [...] - Contador Wins Paris-Nice Time Trial
March 8th, 2009AMILLY, France, March 8, 2009 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador, riding for
the Astana team, won the opening stage in the Paris-Nice, a 9.3km time trial
here on Sunday.
British Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins, with American outfit Garmin,
came in second behind the 2007 winner, who clocked 11min 05sec, with another
Spanish rider, Luis Leon Sanchez, third.
[...] - UCI and AFLD Reach AN Anti-Doping Collaboration
March 6th, 2009The International Cycling Union (UCI) and the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) reached an agreement on Friday over drug-testing measures in the Paris-Nice stage race, which starts on Sunday. This new agreement will strengthen the anti-doping stance that professional cycling has worked very hard to create.
“There was a strong [...] - Excellent Chances for Team Saxo Bank at Paris-Nice
March 4th, 2009[03.03 08:11] Team Saxo Bank is embarking on this year’s edition of ”The Race Against the Sun” with sky-high ambitions. The race begins with a nine-kilometer time trial in Amily next weekend and according to sports director Kim Andersen there’s every reason for optimism.
”The way the route is this year we have every reason to [...]
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