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• Goss Says He Could Edge Out Cav On Way To Rainbow Jersey
  September 23rd, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis Copenhagen, Sept 23, 2011 (AFP) – Australia’s Matt Goss believes he could have the edge over HTC-Highroad teammate Mark Cavendish if the pair come to duel for [...]

• Sprinters Eye Rainbow Jersey Prize In Copenhagen
  September 17th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, Sept 18, 2011 (AFP) – Trade team niceties are set to be thrown to one side and replaced with enmity on a national scale next week [...]

• No Boonen As Gilbert Leads Belgian World Championship Bid
  September 12th, 2011
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2011 (AFP) – World number one Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium’s hopes of winning cycling’s coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships later this month, [...]

• Team-Mates Rally As Hushovd Seeks Elusive Win
  June 13th, 2011
  

  GRINDELWALD, Switzerland, June 13, 2011 – Garmin-Cervelo are rallying behind teammate Thor Hushovd as the Norwegian seeks to honor his status as world champion by ending his victory famine at [...]

• 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 [...]

• Cavendish’s World Title Hopes Looking Down
  September 28th, 2010
  

  GEELONG, Australia – Mark Cavendish’s hopes of becoming Britain’s first world road race champion in 45 years have been crushed after the Isle of Man rider previewed the course for [...]

• Evans Lifted By Strong Tour Showing
  January 25th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) – Australia’s world champion Cadel Evans on Sunday targeted “unfinished business” in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France after a surprise sixth place [...]

• Evans Says World Title Won’t Affect Tour Ambitions
  October 3rd, 2009
  

  NAZARETH, Belgium, Oct 1, 2009 (AFP) – Recently-crowned world road race champion Cadel Evans said winning the coveted rainbow jersey will not change his ambitions to win the Tour de [...]

• World Champion Evans Crowns Aussie Successes
  September 29th, 2009
  

  SYDNEY, Sept 28, 2009 (AFP) – Cadel Evans’s breakthrough victory in the men’s road race at the world cycling championships is a turning point for Australian cycling, the sport’s governing [...]

• Valverde Facing Tough Road To Rainbow Jersey Win
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde will find out on Sunday whether his recent Tour of Spain triumph costs him the chance to finally be [...]

• Storm Swirls Around Valverde’s Rainbow Dream
  September 24th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish ace Alejandro Valverde is continuing to weather the storm caused by ongoing doping allegations in the lead-up to his [...]

• ‘Vino’ and ‘Kash’ Return To Worlds Stage After Bans
  September 23rd, 2009
  

  Kazakhstan riders Andrey Kashechkin and Alexandre Vinokourov will compete in Thursday’s time trial at the world road race championships after completing recent bans for doping. Vinokourov, a former podium finisher [...]

• Cobo In For Worlds Time Trial After Teammate Tests Positive
  September 18th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Sept 18, 2009 (AFP) – Juan Jose Cobo will race the men’s elite time trial for Spain at next week’s world road race championships after teammate Hector Guerra’s positive [...]

• It Is The End Of The Rainbow For A Smiling Paolo Bettini
  September 30th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) – Handing his coveted world title to countryman Alessandro Ballan was the second-best send-off Italian great Paolo Bettini could have wished [...]

• Could There Be Another Historical Rainbow Jersey For Cycling Wizard Bettini
  September 27th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 27, 2008 (AFP) – History-chasing Paolo Bettini and Oscar Freire are being tipped to cast a rainbow haze over the world championships on Sunday [...]

• American Kristin Armstrong Looks To Add Some Rainbows To Olympic Gold
  September 23rd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) – American Kristin Armstrong will kick start the USA’s bid for medal glory at the world road race championships here on [...]

• World Road Race Cycling Championships Schedule
  September 22nd, 2008
  

  Schedule for the six-day world road race cycling championships from September 23-28: Tuesday, Sept 23 Under-23 men’s time trial (33.55 km) Wednesday, Sept 24 Women’s elite time trial (25.15km) Thursday, [...]

• Bettini & Freire To Face Off For Historic Rainbow Jersey Battle
  September 22nd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 22, 2008 (AFP) – The chance of making history by winning a third consecutive road race crown at cycling’s world championships this week has [...]