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• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 handed him the Tour de France yellow jersey Monday.
  Compatriot Samuel Dumoulin, of Cofidis, won the third stage [...]

• Robbie McEwen Is A Little Off Target, As Renshaw Delivers For Hushovd
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - Robbie McEwen’s bid for a first stage win on this year’s Tour de France was postponed for another day Sunday, but on the third stage the Aussie sprinter will be one to watch.
  Sunday’s second stage - [...]

• Manxman and Cavendish Sets Their Sights On Some Sprinters Glory
  July 5th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - Top cycling commentator Phil Liggett may have been joking when he said the three legs on the Isle of Man flag would come in handy for Mark Cavendish here at the Tour de France.
  The British sprinter, whose rocketing reputation as one of [...]

• 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 [...]

• Cadel Evans’ Tour de France Yellow Jersey Bid Puts McEwen In The Shadow
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Evans’ yellow jersey bid puts McEwen into the shade
  GOSSAU, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Robbie McEwen’s annual battle for the Tour de France green jersey has been delivered a blow before the start of next month’s race — by compatriot and team-mate Cadel Evans.
  Evans became Australia’s [...]

• Robbie McEwen Bags Season’s First Win In Romandie
  May 1st, 2008
  

  FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of Silence Lotto, bagged his first win of the season by outsprinting the bunch on the second stage of the Tour de Romandie here Thursday.
  Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati, of Liquigas, finished second with Danish one-day specialist Matti Breschel of [...]