LAUSANNE, April 23, 2013 (AFP) - Britain's Chris Froome, the pre-race favorite, on Tuesday won the Tour of Romandie prologue, a 7.4km ride between Chable and Bruson, in a time of 13min 15secs. The Sky team leader finished six seconds ahead of American rider Andrew Talansky, while Croatia's Robert Kiserlovski, was third, 13 seconds adrift of first place. Wednesday's first stage … [Read more...]
Paris-Nice Prologue: Chavanel Gives His All for 2nd Place
March 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Sylvain Chavanel put all his effort into a possible victory at the 3km Paris-Nice prologue on Sunday. Chavanel earned a 2nd place finish, just one second shy of the win, with the hard work evident by his face in the final meters. Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar) won the prologue with a time of 3'37". Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) was 3rd, also one … [Read more...]
Damien Gaudin Wins Paris-Nice Prologue
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HOUILLES, France, March 3, 2013 (AFP) - Frenchman Damien Gaudin, riding for Europcar, won Sunday's Paris-Nice prologue, a 2.9km time trial around Houilles west of Paris. Gaudin, a three-time French national pursuit champion, bagged the yellow jersey after seeing off compatriot Sylvain Chavanel by 0.56sec and Dutchman Lieuwe Westra as the 26-year-old garnered his first career win five … [Read more...]
Cancellara Powers Into Tour de France Yellow Jersey
June 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis LIEGE, Belgium, June 30, 2012 (AFP) - Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the race-opening prologue of the Tour de France here Saturday to claim the first leader's yellow jersey of the 99th edition. RadioShack rider Cancellara, who clocked a winning time of 7min 13.46sec for the 6.4km course, repeated his feat of 2004 on an almost identical course … [Read more...]
Australia’s Durbridge Wins Dauphine Prologue
June 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
by Jean Montois GRENOBLE, France, June 3, 2012 (AFP) - Australia's Luke Durbridge, riding for Orica-GreenEdge, edged Britain's triple Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins to win the 5.7 kilometer Dauphine Libre prologue around here on Sunday. The 21-year-old junior world time trial champion and national time trial champion crossed the line one second up on Wiggins in the race against … [Read more...]
Berlin Bids To Host Tour de France Prologue
August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Berlin, Aug 1, 2011 (AFP) - Germany's capital Berlin is set to bid to host the prologue of the Tour de France in either 2016 or 2017, it was confirmed on Monday. The prologue is traditionally a time-trial held just before the official start of the Tour de France -- the Grand Depart -- to decide which rider will start the race wearing the yellow jersey as race leader. "We will apply next … [Read more...]
Jesse Sergent Wins Prologue At Three Days of West Flanders
March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Middelkerke (Belgium), March 4, 2011 - The New Zealander Jesse Sergent (RadioShack) won the prologue of the Three Days of West Flanders raced on Friday over seven kilometers. Beating Belgian Sebastien Rosseler and Sat Bewley. Saturday, the first stage will lead racers to Bruges Bellegem (174.9km). Article: AFP … [Read more...]
Loud Boom Heard At Tour of Qatar
February 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 won the opening prologue of the Tour of Qatar on Sunday. Boom, 25, clocked a time of 3min 07sec for the 2.5km course to leave Cancellara, racing for his new Leopard-Trek team, in second at 4sec adrift. … [Read more...]
Trek-LIVESTRONG’s Taylor Phinney Pulls On Yellow at Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Prologue
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SALT LAKE CITY - August 17, 2010 - Team Trek-LIVESTRONG came out swinging in the Tour of Utah Prologue , presented by the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, with Taylor Phinney and Alex Dowsett taking the top two positions. The course followed a 2.8 mile out and back course finishing near the steps of the state capitol. The seventh rider to start, Robert (Bobby) Lea of ON THE RIVET … [Read more...]
Zubeldia Takes Tour de l’Ain Prologue
August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
AMBERIEU-EN-BUGEY, France - Spanish rider Haimar Zubeldia won the opening time trial prologue of the Tour de l'Ain on Tuesday. The Radioshack rider completed the three kilometres course at Amberieu-en-Bugey 0.09 seconds ahead of 19-year-old Dutchman Yilco Kelderman of Rabobank. France's Laurent Mangel (Saursogasun) was squeezed into third another 0.22 seconds back. The 33-year-old … [Read more...]