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• Big Day Of Suffer for Dutch Contender Gesink
  July 9th, 2011
  

  SUPER-BESSE, France, July 9, 2011 (AFP) – Robert Gesink’s yellow jersey hopes suffered a blow as the Tour de France peloton completed the first of two consecutive days in the [...]

• Contador, Gesink Stiff But Continue Tour Bid
  July 7th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) DINAN, France, July 7, 2011 – Reigning champion Alberto Contador has brushed off the pain of two crashes in the fifth stage of the Tour de [...]

• Contador, Wiggins and Gesink Crash On Tour
  July 6th, 2011
  

  CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 (AFP) – Reigning champion Alberto Contador and fellow yellow jersey contenders Bradley Wiggins and Robert Gesink survived crashes to continue the fifth stage of [...]

• The Tour de France Yellow Jersey Favorites in 2011
  July 2nd, 2011
  

  The favorites for the yellow jersey for the 98th edition of the Tour de France, to be held July 2-24: Alberto Contador (ESP) Saxo Bank-Sungard Possessing a rare mix of [...]

• Tour de France Contenders To Test Fitness At Dauphine
  June 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 3, 2011 – Australian Cadel Evans and Belgium’s Jurgen van den Broeck are among the big names hoping to lay their Tour de France credentials on the line [...]

• Freire Off Tour de France As Rabobank To Focus On Gesink
  April 12th, 2011
  

  PARIS, April 12, 2011 – Top Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire will not race this year’s Tour de France as his Dutch team Rabobank focus on the yellow jersey ambitions of [...]

• Gesink Back In Lead At Tirreno-Adriatico, As Scarponi Wins Stage
  March 12th, 2011
  

  ROME, March 12, 2011 – Dutchman Robert Gesink regained the leader’s jersey in the Tirreno-Adriatico after Saturday’s fourth stage won by Italian Michele Scarponi. Scarponi finished the 240 km epic [...]

• Cavendish Ends Win Drought, Gesink Takes Overall In Oman
  February 20th, 2011
  

  MATRAH CORNICHE, Oman, Feb 20, 2011 – Dutch rider Robert Gesink won the Tour of Oman here on Sunday after the sixth and final stage. British star Mark Cavendish won [...]

• Gesink Takes Charge At Tour of Oman
  February 19th, 2011
  

  AL JISSAH, Oman, Feb 19, 2011 – Rabobank rider Robert Gesink on Saturday consolidated his overall lead in the Tour of Oman after winning the day’s 18.5 kilometer time-trial, the [...]

• Gesink Grabs Win And Now Leads Tour of Oman
  February 18th, 2011
  

  JABAL AK AKHDHAR, Oman, Feb 18, 2011 – Dutchman Robert Gesink grabbed the overall lead of the Tour of Oman from Australian Matthew Goss Friday after winning the hilly fourth [...]

• Gesink Defends Tour of Emilio Title
  October 9th, 2010
  

  Dutchman Robert Gesink, riding for Rabobank, defended his Tour of Emilio crown on Saturday beating Irishman Daniel Martin and Italian Michele Scarponi in a sprint finish.

• Gesink Closes In On Title As da Costa Bags Stage Win
  June 19th, 2010
  

  LIESTAL, Switzerland, June 19, 2010 – Dutch rider Robert Gesink closed in on the Tour of Switzerland title Saturday as he held the leader’s yellow jersey after the eighth stage [...]

• Burghardt Takes Swiss Stage 7, Gesink Keeps Leaders Jersey
  June 18th, 2010
  

  WETZIKON, Switzerland, June 18, 2010 – German rider Marcus Burghardt (BMC) collected his second win of the Tour of Switzerland when he won the seventh stage between Savognin and Wetzikon [...]

• Gesink Wins King Mountain Stage To Take Swiss Lead
  June 17th, 2010
  

  LA PUNT, Switzerland, June 17, 2010 – Dutchman Robert Gesink claimed a prestigious win on the sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland Thursday to take command of the race. [...]

• Valverde, And The “Punchers”, Take Aim At Amstel
  April 16th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 16, 2010 (AFP) – Controversial Spaniard Alejandro Valverde will continue to provoke cycling’s world ruling body when he lines up with possible victory in mind at the Amstel [...]

• Robert Gesnick Wins Tour of Emilia
  October 11th, 2009
  

  Dutchman Robert Gesink made up for his Tour of Spain disappointment by winning the 100th edition of the Tour of Emilia on Saturday. The Rabobank rider beat Denmark’s Jakob Fuglsang [...]

• Valverde Retains Lead As Cobo Wins Tour of Spain 19th Stage
  September 18th, 2009
  

  Spain’s Juan Jose Cobo of the Fuji team won the 179.8km-long 19th stage of the Tour of Spain between Avila and here on Friday, with Alejandro Valverde consolidating his overall [...]

• Boom Wins Tour of Spain 15th Stage, Valverde Still Gold
  September 14th, 2009
  

  Dutchman Lars Boom of Rabobank capped a superb solo ride with victory on the 15th stage of the Tour of Spain, a 167.7-kilometer ride between Jaen and Cordoba on Monday. [...]

• Cunego Bags Another Summit, Valverde Still Wearing Gold
  September 13th, 2009
  

  Italian Damiano Cunego claimed his second mountains victory of this year’s Tour of Spain when he stamped his climbing prowess over the rain-hit 14th stage held over 157km from Grenada [...]

• David Moncoutie Takes Tour of Spain 13th Stage Win
  September 12th, 2009
  

  SIERRA NEVADA, Spain, Sept 12, 2009 (AFP) – France’s David Moncoutie, riding for the Cofidis team, on Saturday won the 13th stage of the Tour of Spain, a 172km ride [...]

• Rabobank Withdraws Injured Gesink Out Of Tour
  July 8th, 2009
  

  PERPIGNAN, July 8, 2009 (AFP) – The teams of Tour de France contenders Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov suffered further setbacks during the race’s fifth stage on Wednesday. On the [...]

• Evans, Menchov Teammates Crash At Tour
  July 8th, 2009
  

  The teams of Tour de France contenders Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov suffered further setbacks during the race’s fifth stage on Wednesday. Evans’ teammate Staf Schierlinckx crashed into a ditch [...]

• Dutch Coach Wary Of Killer Olympic Road Course Climb
  August 7th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) – Dutch cycling coach Egon Kessel is under no illusions about the course for the men’s Olympic road race course that will crown one of [...]

• Levi Leipheimer TGIF… Yellow Jersey – 2008 Amgen Tour of California – Stage 5 (Photos)
  February 22nd, 2008
  

  See earlier post with more photos from today’s Stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California.  Additional Stage 5 photos have just been added.

• Levi Leipheimer TGIF… Keeps Yellow Jersey in 2008 Tour of California after Stage 5
  February 22nd, 2008
  

  Levi Leipheimer beat 2nd place David Millar by 28 seconds on a 30-minute ride. It was enough to hold off Fabian Cancellara and Robert Gesink and keep the yellow jersey. [...]