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Waterford, Ireland — When Team Type 1 signed Matt Wilson, it was assumed the 2004 Australian national road champion would be a pillar of experience for the first-year professional team.
A broken wrist sustained in training in March interrupted those plans for a time. But an ever-determined Wilson never let the injury get in the way [...]
Results after the 173.8km first stage of the Tour of Benelux cycling race on Thursday:
1st stage
1. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 4hr 16min 17sec, 2. Daniele Bennati (ITA) same time, 3. Fabio Sabatini (ITA) s.t., 4. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) s.t., 5.
Heinrich Haussler (GER) s.t.
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FRANCE-MONTREAL-LA-CLUSE, France, Aug 10, 2008 (AFP) - Floris Goesinnen of the Skil Shimano team sprinted to victory on the first stage of the Tour de l’Ain in eastern France on Sunday.
The Dutchman took the leader’s yellow jersey after crossing the finishing line first ahead of Paul Moucheraud with [...]
by Justin Davis
PLUMELEC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans was given a glimpse of the kind of climbing power he might be up against at this year’s Tour de France by Spanish rival Alejandro Valverde here Saturday.
Going on recent race polls Valverde is the [...]
PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Colombia’s Tour de France ‘King of the Mountains’ Mauricio Soler is a doubt for the rest of the race after a crash on the first stage here Saturday.
Soler, who rides for the British-registered Barloworld team, picked up a suspected fractured scaphoid [...]
by Justin Davis
PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain’s Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his team missed out on an historic first stage win here Saturday.
Stapleton’s team have come to the Tour [...]
Class standings from the 1st stage of the Tour de France, a 197.5km ride from Brest to Plumelec on Saturday:
Points:
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 35 pts
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PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych, one of race favourite Cadel Evans’ key teammates for the mountain stages, crashed in the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.
Popovych was one of several riders who hit the asphalt around 60km from the finish of [...]