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Hagen Makes It Four In A Row In Britain
BIDEFORD, England, Sept 17, 2009 (AFP) – Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed a fourth successive stage win to stretch his lead in the Tour of Britain standings to 19 seconds with two stages left to race.
The 22-year-old won a sprint finish at the end of the 183.7-km sixth stage [...]
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- German Greipel Wins Tour of Spain Fourth Stage
September 1st, 2009LIEGE, Belgium, Sept 1, 2009 (AFP) – German Andre Greipel of Team Columbia headed a four-man sprint to win the treacherous 225km fourth stage of the Tour of Spain from Venlo in the Netherlands to here on Tuesday.
Greipel beat Belgian Wouter Weylandt, and the German duo of Bert Grabsch and Marcel Sieberg [...] - Team Columbia Take Aim At More Stage Success in Spain
August 28th, 2009Team Columbia believe powerful German sprinter Andre Greipel can help continue their impressive 2009 season once the Tour of Spain clicks into gear this Saturday.
Mark Cavendish’s stunning haul of six stage wins from this year’s Tour de France took his tally to 10 from the last two participation — and was [...] - Boasson Hagen Wins Eneco Tour
August 25th, 2009Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen of the Columbia team won the Eneco Tour cycling race on Tuesday after dominating the final stage, a 13km individual time-trial.
The 22-year-old finished ahead of France’s Sylvain Chavanel in the overall standings after the Frenchman clocked the fourth fastest time in the time-trial in [...] - Cavendish Makes It A Record Nine Wins At Tour de France
July 24th, 2009AUBENAS, France, July 24, 2009 (AFP) – Mark Cavendish set a new British record for stage wins on the Tour de France when he sprinted to his fifth win of this year’s Tour de France, and ninth overall, on the 19th stage Friday.
Cavendish, who rides for Columbia, held off [...] - Columbia’s Breakaway Surprised Us All, Admits Boonen
July 6th, 2009LA GRANDE MOTTE, France, July 6, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian sprint specialist Tom Boonen admitted he was impressed by the speed of Columbia’s breakaway 30km before the finish line of Monday’s third stage of the Tour de France.
The 28-year-old was part of the peloton and along with some leading [...] - Triumphant Cavendish In Green, Cancellara Still In Yellow
July 5th, 2009by Justin Davis
BRIGNOLES, France, July 5, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish took his stage victory tally on the Tour de France to five and pulled on the sprinters’ green jersey after winning the 187km second stage from Monaco to here Sunday.
Fabian Cancellara of Saxo Bank [...] - Team Columbia High Road Takes Top 2 Spots In Philadelphia
June 7th, 2009Team Columbia-Highroad showed that they are the team to beat by going one-two in Philly on Sunday. Andre Greipel took the Philadelphia International Championship win just ahead of his teammate Greg Henderson.
Bissell rider Kirk O’Bee took third.
Today’s race was 156-miles.More Coverage To Come Later…..
- Mark Cavendish Wins A Protested Stage 9 Of The Giro
May 17th, 2009by Jean Montois
MILAN, Italy, May 17, 2009 (AFP) – British sprint king Mark Cavendish claimed his first victory of the centenary Tour of Italy on Sunday to hand his dominant Columbia team their fourth win of the race.
Cavendish’s win followed hours of controversy which left race [...] - Boassen Hagen Wins Giro Stage 7, While Di Luca Still In Pink Jersey
May 15th, 2009CHIAVENNA, Italy, May 15, 2009 (AFP) – Boasson Hagen of Norway, riding for Columbia, won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy on Friday at Chiavenna, with LPR’s Danilo Di Luca retaining the leader’s pink jersey.
Hagen emerged the winner from a five-man late escape over the final 20 [...] - Di Luca Wins Giro’s Stage 4, While Lovkvist Is Wearing Pink
May 12th, 2009Italy’s Danilo Di Luca raced his way to a victory on stage four of the Tour of Italy, the first foray into the mountains and where overnight leader Alessandro Petacchi was left trailing Tuesday.
Sweden’s Thomas Lovkvist, riding for Columbia, took the race leader’s pink jersey from star sprinter Petacchi [...] - Mark Cavendish Already In Pink As Team Columbia Takes Opening Stage
May 9th, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish donned the race leader’s pink jersey on Saturday after his Columbia team pocketed the opening stage of the Tour of Italy, a 20.5 km team time-trial at Venice Lido.
Columbia covered the distance in 21min 50sec with the Garmin team six seconds adrift and Lance Armstrong’s and [...] - Cavendish To Spearhead Team Columbia’s Giro Aspirations
May 4th, 2009PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish was on Monday named at the head of American cycling team Columbia for the Giro d’Italia, which begins on Saturday.
The 23-year-old from the Isle of Man, who won two stages in last year’s race, will be supported by fellow sprint [...] - Rabon of Team Columbia Wins Tour de Romandie Prologue
April 28th, 2009LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 28, 2009 (AFP) – Czech rider Frantisek Rabon
(Columbia) on Tuesday won the Prologue of the Tour de Romandie, a 3.1km time-trial round the streets of the Swiss city of Lausanne.
French cyclist Sandy Casar took second place two seconds behind.
One of the favourites of [...] - Hincapie Has High Hopes In Hell For The 14th Time In Roubaix
April 11th, 2009by Justin Davis
If prizes were given for obstinacy George Hincapie might already have given up his lifelong quest to stand atop one of cycling’s most prestigious podiums.
But as the 35-year-old New Yorker admits, Paris-Roubaix is never a race you win with ease.
On Sunday [...] - Boasson Hagen Shines Through The Drizzle At Gent-Wevelgem
April 8th, 2009WEVELGEM, Belgium, April 8, 2009 (AFP) – Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the 71st edition of the 203km Gent-Wevelgem cycling road race here on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old out-paced Aleksandr Kuschynski of Belarus in a sprint finish, with Matthew Goss (Saxo Bank) claiming third place ahead of Australian compatriot Mathew Hayman [...] - Cavendish Wins ‘La Panne’ Stage 2
April 1st, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish, riding for Columbia, won the second stage of the ‘Trois Jours de La Panne’ cycle race on Wednesday.
Cavendish saw off Australia’s Robbie McEwen and Italy’s Francesco Chicchi in a sprint finish.
Italy’s Katusha racer Filippo Pozzato, who won the opening stage, [...] - Mark Cavendish Wins A Thriller At Milan San-Remo
March 21st, 2009by Jean Montois
SAN REMO, Italy, March 21, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the 100th edition of the 298km Milan-San Remo cycle race on Saturday after a thrilling race to the finish with Germany’s Heinrich Haussler.
The 23-year-old Cavendish, who hails from the Isle of Man, [...] - Columbia Coy, But Cavendish Can Dream of Milan-SanRemo
March 20th, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish would be forgiven for harboring secret dreams of being crowned champion of the season’s first major one-day classic at Milan-San Remo this Saturday.
Though the normally ambitious Columbia team are keeping their real hopes for Cavendish in the 298km Italian epic under wraps, it could be argued that [...] - Scarponi Wins Tirreno-Adriatico, Final Stage Is All Cavendish
March 17th, 2009ROME, March 17, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Michele Scarponi of the Diquigiovanni team secured overall victory at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race after the seventh and final stage won by Britain’s Mark Cavendish on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Scarponi thus claims the biggest win of his career five months after returning to [...] - Team Columbia-Highroad’s Judith Arndt Broken Her Collarbone
March 5th, 2009Team Columbia-Highroad’s Judith Arndt has broken her collarbone whilst training in Australia.
Arndt was training on the roads around Melbourne, Australia on Monday when a car door opened in front of her. With no time to brake, Arndt crashed into the car breaking her collarbone.
Arndt will not undergo an operatio due to the position of the [...] - Greg Henderson of Team Columbia Wins Shortened Stage of Tour of Murcia
March 5th, 2009New Zealand sprinter Greg Henderson notched up his second win in less than a week in Spain when he blasted to victory in stage two of the Tour of Murcia on Thursday.
Following a stage shortened to just three kilometres of real racing because of high winds, the Columbia-Highroad fastman is now in [...] - In Car View – Mark Renshaw – Solvang Time Trial
February 20th, 2009Bicycle.net was invited to ride in the Team Columbia team car to follow Mark Renshaw during the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. The view is from the passenger seat using our FLIP hand held video camera.
- Team Columbia Successfull At Tour of Qatar, Now Heads To California
February 6th, 2009Report filed by Team Columbia
Mark Cavendish blasted to his second sprint victory in three days in the Tour of Qatar on Friday. The British sprinter easily outclassed German rivals Robert Forster and Heinrich Haussler in the dash for the line on the Doha Corniche at the end of stage six.
“Everybody knew that we were going [...] - The Three Legged Power Station
January 17th, 2009The first time I viewed a set of SRM power cranks in action was in 2001. I had read about the training tool in the media, where sensitive sensors were built into the chain ring design, to measure the rider’s actual power output in Watts. Relate this to a 40-watt bulb being dim and a [...]
- Team Columbia High Road Announce 2009 Roster
January 13th, 2009On the Spanish Island of Mallorca on Saturday Bob Stapleton announced the Team Columbia High Road roster.
“Whether we win or lose, it is done as a team,” Stapleton said. “I’m not just proud of our success, I’m proud of the way in which we achieve it. All of the victories were earned by a good [...] - High Road Sports and Team Columbia Participate In Comprehensive New ANTI-DOPING Program
December 8th, 2008New Program with Anti-Doping Sciences Institute Promises an Intense Focus on Anti-Doping
December 8, 2008 – San Luis Obispo, CA – High Road Sports Inc., owner and operator of Team Columbia announces participation in a new program run by the Anti-Doping Sciences Institute (ADSI). Designed by leading anti-doping expert Don Catlin, the new independent testing [...] - First Team Announced For 2009 Tour Down Under Is Columbia
November 22nd, 2008Team Columbia Juggernaut Led by Andre the Giant to Compete Down Under
Team Columbia’s Andre Greipel will return to the 2009 Tour Down Under to defend his 2008 title, bringing with him an experienced team.
Tour Down Under Race Director Mike Turtur is thrilled that the reigning champion will hit the streets of Adelaide in January to [...] - Linus Gerdemann Trades Team Columbia For Team Milram, And Columbia Signs Monfort
October 29th, 2008HIGH ROAD SPORTS AND TEAM COLUMBIA CONFIRMS MONFORT, RELEASES GERDEMANN
San Luis Obispo, CA, 29th October 2008 – High Road Sports, owner and operator of Team Columbia, today confirms that Maxime Monfort (25) of Belgium will join Team Columbia for the 2009 season and announces the release of Linus Gerdemann from his contract, effective October 31, [...] - COLUMBIA STAYS FOCUSSED FOR WIDE-OPEN TOUR OF LOMBARDY
October 17th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 16 October 2008 – Team Columbia are expecting this Saturday’s Tour of Lombardy Classic in Italy to be anything but predictable.
“It’s our last race of the season, but we will have to stay very focused because Lombardy is going to be a fast-moving, wide-open race this year,” comments team [...] - Team Columba Gunning For Breaks In Paris-Tours
October 11th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 10 October 2008 – Team Columbia will be aiming to make their mark in the Paris-Tours Classic in France this Sunday by getting their riders in the breakaways.
“That tactic worked out for us well on Thursday, when Bernhard [Eisel] won Paris-Bourges, so I don’t see why it can’t work on Sunday, [...] - EISEL HITS TOP SPEED TO TAKE PARIS-BOURGES
October 10th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 9 October 2008 – Bernhard Eisel has outsprinted four other riders for a hard-fought victory in the Paris-Bourges Classic in France on Thursday.
“The attacks kept coming towards the end” the Columbia pro. said, “because the others knew that I was the fastest rider for the finish.”
“To make it even harder, I [...] - Greipel Rounds Off Season With Victory
October 4th, 2008German fast man Andre Greipel has finished his 2008 season exactly as he started it, with his arms raised in victory in a bunch sprint. Victorious in the Tour Down Under Classic in Australia way back in January – his first race of the year – the Columbia rider’s final win of the [...]
- Maxime Monfort Quits Cofidis For Team Columbia
October 2nd, 2008BRUSSELS, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Maxime Monfort announced Monday that he will quit French team Cofidis at the end of this season to race for Columbia over the next two years.
The 25-year-old was still under contract with Cofidis, and Columbia would have had to pay an [...] - GREIPEL GRABS FOURTEENTH VICTORY OF SEASON WITH BUNCH SPRINT
September 19th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 19 September 2008 – German speedster Andre Greipel was first across the line in the Championships of Flanders one-day race on Friday – taking his 2008 win total to a remarkable total of 14.
Greipel took his latest victory in a bunch sprint after Columbia team-mates used their tried-and-tested formula for [...] - DINNER WITH MR. HINCAPIE
September 18th, 2008What a coup! The Tour of Missouri ends and our hearty bike troupe has the good fortune – courtesy of our shop’s relationship with Hincapie Apparel – to have the company reps come by and have dinner with us at an Irish pub/restaurant in St. Louis’ ever-trendy Central West End.
Oh yeah, and we’re told in [...] - ARNDT LEADS IN TOSCANA AND TEUTENBERG TAKES STAGE WIN
September 17th, 2008Altopascio, Italy, 17 September 2008 – Judith Arndt has taken over as race leader in the Giro della Toscana – Memorial Michela Fanini in Italy on Wednesday whilst Ina-Yoko Teutenberg cruised to a strong lone stage win in the same race.
Arndt took the lead on the first sector of Wednesday’s stage, a 57.2 kilometre run [...] - Arndt Blasts To Third World Cup Of Season And Wins Series Overall
September 14th, 2008Nürnberg, Germany, 14 September 2008 – World Cup winner Judith Arndt soloed to a spectacular victory in the 129 kilometre Rund um die Nurnberger Altstadt, the last round of the series.
After taking the Tour of Flanders and the GP Montreal, Nurnberger is Arndt’s third World Cup win of 2008.
Part of a much larger break of [...] - Make That Three Wins For Cavendish In Missouri
September 13th, 2008St. Charles, MO, USA, 13 September 2008 – Columbia’s Mark Cavendish rocketed to his third stage win today in stage 6 of Tour of Missouri securing his lead in the overall Points jersey with one stage remaining.
With team-mate Bernhard Eisel caught with only 5km remaining in the race, Team Columbia strung out the field to [...] - Boasson Hagen Takes Third Win At The Tour of Britain
September 13th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 13 September 2008 – Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won his third stage at the Tour of Britain on Saturday with yet another unbeatable powerful sprint finish.
The 21 year-old Norwegian won stage four to Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands on Wednesday and stage five to Dalby Forest in the Yorkshire moors on [...] - Team Columbia’s Hagen Wins The Seventh Stage As Lequatre Holds Tour of Britain Lead
September 13th, 2008LONDON, Sept 13, 2008 (AFP) – Team Colombia’s Norwegian cyclist Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed his third stage of the Tour of Britain on Saturday but Frenchman Geoffroy Lequatre held onto the yellow jersey.
Hagen, 21, added victory at Scotland’s Drumlanrig Castle to previous wins at Stoke-on-Trent and Dalby Forest [...] - Team Columbia Announces Their 2009 Preliminary Roster
September 13th, 2008HIGH ROAD SPORTS ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY ROSTER
San Luis Obispo, CA, 12 September 2008 – Team Columbia, owned and managed by High Road Sports Inc., is pleased to announce its preliminary roster for the 2009 season. To date in 20008 the team has won 133 races between the men and the women’s teams, with 77 [...] - Team Columbia Stays Foucussed For Final World Cup Round
September 12th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 12 September 2008 – Despite their unbeatable lead in both the team and individual classifications of the World Cup, Team Columbia have no plans to take a back seat in Sunday’s eleventh and final round of the series, the Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt in Germany.
Columbia’s Judith Arndt will start the [...] - Team Columbia’s Michael Barry Solo’s To Take Tour of Missouri Stage Four Win
September 11th, 2008Rolla, MO, USA, 11 September 2008 – Columbia’s Michael Barry soloed to his first win of the season today, taking out Stage Four of the Tour of Missouri at the end of a dramatic and exciting day of racing.
Barry and his Columbia teammates began their offensive at the zero kilometer mark of the 156km stage [...] - Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Wins 2nd Straight Stage At Tour of Britain
September 11th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 11 September 2008 – Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won his second consecutive stage at the Tour of Britain on Thursday.
The talented young Norwegian won with a late attack from the five-rider breakaway that dominated the stage but only got into the move thanks to an impressive piece of teamwork from [...]
- Scott Bicycles To Become The Equipment Sponsor of Team Columbia
September 10th, 2008Givisiez, Switzerland, September 1, 2008 — SCOTT Bicycles announced today that it will become the new equipment sponsor to Team Columbia, which includes top professionals Kim Kirchen, George Hincapie and sprinter Mark Cavendish. SCOTT will provide Team Columbia with road and time trial frames and forks and has entered into an agreement to work with [...]
- Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Takes Tour of Britain Stage 4 Victory
September 10th, 2008BOASSON HAGEN SNATCHES TOUR OF BRITAIN STAGE VICTORY
San Luis Obispo, CA, 10 September 2008 – Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Hagen snatched stage victory at the Tour of Britain on Wednesday with a perfectly-timed late surge to the line.
The 21 year-old Norwegian was part of the ten-rider break that dominated the 156km stage from Worcester to [...] - Mark Cavendish Takes The Yellow Jersey In Missouri
September 8th, 2008Kansas City, MO, USA, 9 September, 2008 – Columbia’s Mark Cavendish won the first stage of the Tour of Missouri today in Kansas City today, taking the Yellow Leaders Jersey, the Point’s Jersey and the Young Riders Jersey at the end of the day.
Cavendish was the favourite going into the stage providing the race [...] - Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Takes 3rd Stage Win and Second Overall In Holland
September 8th, 2008Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took a strong solo win in the last stage of the Holland Ladies Tour – a victory which secured her second place overall and first place in the points competition.
On a tough, hilly stage in south Holland, aggressive team-work by Columbia culminated when Teutenberg moved clear of the field.
“It was a [...] - Team Columbia Takes Top Two Spots On Stage And Overall In Germany
September 6th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 6 September 2008 – Team Columbia stayed in full control on the final day of racing in the Tour of Germany, taking both the top two places on the stage and on the overall classification.
After moving into the lead with a victory on stage one, Linus Gerdemann triumphed overall, with team-mate [...] - Linus Gerdemann of Team Columbia Wins The Tour of Germany
September 6th, 2008BREMEN, Germany, Sept 6, 2008 (AFP) – Yellow-jersey holder Linus Gerdemann won the Tour of Germany on Saturday after the eighth and final stage in Bremen as Columbia team-mate and compatriot Tony Martin won the 34km time-trial.
Gerdemann, 25, wore the yellow jersey for the duration of the competition [...] - Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Takes Her 20th Win Of The Season at Ladies Tour of Holland
September 5th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 5 September 2008 – Tough weather conditions could not prevent Ina-Yoko Teutenberg from sprinting to victory in stage four of the Ladies Tour of Holland.
At the end of the 85 kilometer stage from Dedemsvaart to Hardenberg, Teutenberg scorched to her second win – and Columbia’s third – in four days.
“The [...] - Auge Takes Stage Win In Germany, But Gerdemann Eyes The Overall
September 5th, 2008BERLIN, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) – France’s Stephane Auge, of the Cofidis team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Tour of Germany from Neuss to Georgsmarienhutte on Friday but German rider Linus Gerdemann was poised for overall victory.
Auge came out on top in a sprint finish ahead [...] - Columbia’s Anke Wichmann Sprints For The Win In Holland
September 4th, 2008WICHMANN SPRINTS TO FIRST WIN OF SEASON IN HOLLAND
San Luis Obispo, CA, 4 September 2008 – Columbia’s Anke Wichmann clinched her first win of the season when she out-sprinted fellow German Sarah Düster at the end of stage three of the Holland Ladies Tour.
The two were part of a earlier six-rider break, but Wichmann [...] - Finland’s Veikkanen wins sixth stage of Tour of Germany
September 4th, 2008NEUSS, Germany, Sept 4, 2008 (AFP) – Finland’s Jussi Veikkanen won the sixth stage of the Tour of Germany on Thursday after winning the sprint finish on the 188.8km route from Bad Fredeburg to Neuss.
Leader Linus Gerdemann of Germany keeps the yellow jersey after finishing in the peloton, but [...] - Gerald Ciolek Sprints For Third Team Columbia Win At Tour of Germany
September 3rd, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 3 September 2008 – Team Columbia’s outstanding all-round performance in the 2008 Tour of Germany continued apace on Wednesday as Gerald Ciolek romped home for a superb uphill sprint stage win.
Columbia’s third victory at the Tour of Germany in five days came after Ciolek successfully fended off Swiss rider Rubens Bertogliati [...] - Gerald Ciolek Wins Fifth Stage Of The Tour of Germany
September 3rd, 2008Gerald Ciolek was the surprise winner of the last mountain stage of the Tour of Germany on Wednesday on the 218.4km route from Mainz as team-mate Linus Gerdemann kept the yellow jersey.
Germany’s Ciolek, the 2006 under-23 world champion, won three stages on last year’s tour and attacked on [...] - Gerdemann Wins First Stage of Tour of Germany
August 30th, 2008HOCHFUGEN, Austria, Aug 30, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Linus Gerdemann of the Columbia team won the first stage of the Tour of Germany on Saturday from Kitzbuhel to Hochfugen.
Gerdemann lived up to his status as favourite on the most difficult stage of the race with two category one climbs [...] - Tour of Ireland Stage 3 – Our Man On The Street Report
August 29th, 2008Written by: Myles Mc Corry NUJ
There is an odd feeling about the Tour of Ireland (TOI) today. It is a feeling of inevitability. This morning when I looked at the race profile, I just couldn’t see the outcome being any different to yesterday. And the day before. Talking to Benny, the very colorful and competent [...] - Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia Makes It Three Out Of Three
August 29th, 2008Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) took his third stage victory in as many days when the Tour of Ireland reached Galway on Friday 29th August. The Manxman exploded down Seapoint Promenade in Salthill ahead of Bernardo Riccio (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Julian Dean (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) after nearly five hours in the saddle.
Cavendish remounted after [...] - Team Columbia’s Cavendish Wins Opening Stage Of Tour of Ireland
August 27th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 28 August 2008 – Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish made his return to road racing at the Tour of Ireland on Wednesday and immediately won again and also pulled on the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Cavendish has not raced since retiring from the Tour de France but showed he has not lost his [...] - Edvald Boasson of Team Columbia Wins Stage Six At The Eneco Tour
August 26th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 26 August 2008 – Team Columbia continued to dominate the results at the Eneco Tour ProTour race in Belgium on Tuesday, with Edvald Boasson Hagen using his power and speed to win and Andre Greipel retaining the overall race lead.
A nine-rider breakaway looked set to fight out the finish but Team [...] - Carlo Westphal of Gerolsteiner Wins Eneco Tour Fifth Stage
August 25th, 2008OSTEND, Belgium, Aug 25, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Carlo Westphal of the Gerolsteiner team won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux on Monday.
Compatriot Andre Greipel of the Columbia team holds the overall race lead.
Results in the 171.8km fifth stage of the Tour of Benelux on [...] - Team Columbia Takes Control Of The Eneco Tour
August 24th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 24 August 2008 – Team Columbia took first and second in the overall classification at the Eneco Tour on Sunday thanks to some intelligent race tactics.
Germany’s Andre Greipel switched from being a sprinter to an attacker as the race climbed some of the famous hills of Flanders and picked up enough [...] - Team Columbia Looking For Double Success In GP Plouay Races
August 23rd, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 23 August 2008 – Team Columbia’s men’s and women’s team will be looking for double success on Sunday and Monday at the GP Plouay races in western France.
The races in Brittany are one of the few events where the men’s and women’s race are held together and so offer Team Columbia [...] - Team Columbia’s Andre Grepiel Wins Stage 2 Of The Eneco Tour
August 22nd, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 22 August 2008 – Team Columbia continued its long run of success in 2008, with Germany’s Andre Greipel winning stage two of the Eneco Tour on Friday.
Greipel beat Argentina’s Juan Jose Haedo (CSC-Saxo Bank) and compatriot Robert Forster(Gerolsteiner) in a rain-soaked sprint finish in Nieuwegein, in the north of the Netherlands. [...] - Linus Gerdemann Wins The Coppa Agostoni In Italy
August 20th, 2008San Luis Obispo, CA, 20 August, 2008 – Team Columbia’s Linus Gerdemann won the Coppa Agostoni race today in Italy with an aggressive performance.
Gerdemann is still building up his form after breaking his femur and damaging knee ligaments in a crash at the Tirreno-Adriatico race in March, but beat Italy’s Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) and [...] - Team Columbia’s Luise Keller Wins Route de France
August 17th, 2008Rouen, France, 17 August 2008 – 24 year old Luise Keller of Team Columbia successfully defended the leaders jersey at Route de France on Sunday to achieve her first career tour victory.
After taking the lead on stage 3 with an impressive solo attack during the hilly stage to Les Settons, Keller extended her lead with [...] - Team Columbia’s Gerdemann Seals The Overall Victory At The Tour de l’Ain
August 14th, 2008France, 13 August 2008 – Team Columbia’s Linus Gerdemann took overall victory in the four-day Tour de L’Ain stage race on Wednesday, proving that he is back to his best after breaking his femur and damaging knee ligaments in March.
Gerdemann had to miss the most of the first part of the season and the Tour [...] - Team Columbia’s Luise Keller Takes Her First Career Yellow Jersey
August 14th, 2008Les Settons, France, 12 August 2008 – Two days after her team-mate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg held the yellow jersey in Route de France, the young German Champion Luise Keller attacked her way to victory in Les Settons taking the stage win and bringing the yellow jersey back into the team.
Keller used the second major climb of [...] - Team Columbia’s Linus Gerdemann Wins Tour de l’Ain
August 13th, 2008BELLEY, France, Aug 13, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Linus Gerdemann of the
Columbia team won the Tour de l’Ain cycling race after the fourth and final
stage here on Wednesday.
Gerdemann clocked 14hr 14min 03sec over the four stages to finish 12
seconds ahead of French rider David Moncoutie of Cofidis, with AG2R rider
Stephane Goubert [...] - Team Columbia Dominates At The Tour de L’Ain
August 12th, 2008France, 12 August 2008 – Team Columbia absolutely dominated the third day of racing at the Tour de L’Ain stage race in France on Tuesday, winning both stages and taking the leader’s jersey.
Germany’s Linus Gerdemann proved he is back to his best by winning the short morning road stage. He broke away with David [...] - Gerdemann Takes Control Of The Tour de l’Ain With Third Stage Win (Results)
August 12th, 2008LELEX, France, Aug 12, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Linus Gerdemann of the
Columbia team took the overall lead after winning a sprint finish for the
third stage of the Tour de l’Ain cycling race here on Tuesday.
Gerdemann crossed the line ahead of French duo David Moncoutie of Cofidis
and Stephane Goubert of AG2R [...] - Teutenberg Wins Her Second Stage Of Route de France
August 11th, 2008Louhans Chateaurenard, France, 11 July 2008 – Columbia’s Ina Yoko Teutenberg took her second win of Route de France on Monday confirming her overall lead of the eight day stage race.
Teutenberg won the flat stage from Dijon to Louhans Chateaurenard in a wet and technical bunch sprint from Giorgia Bronzini (Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O).
“It [...] - Team Columbia Sends 18 Riders To The Beijing Olympic Games
August 9th, 2008San Luis Obispo, California, 7 August 2008 – A remarkable total of eighteen Team Columbia riders from twelve different nations across the world will be taking part in the Olympic Games this August.
Starting this Saturday with the men’s road-race, riders from veteran George Hincapie of the USA to young Gerald Ciolek from Germany will be [...] - Team Columbia Gamble On Finale For San Sebastian
August 1st, 2008San Luis Obispo, California, 1 August 2008 – Fresh from their highly successful Tour de France, Team Columbia head for the Clásica San Sebastian one-day race in Spain this Saturday.
“We won’t be looking at getting in the early breaks unless they’re 15 or 20-strong and looking really dangerous. The best policy at San Sebastian [...] - Team Columbia Sweeps Podium In The Sachsen Tour
July 26th, 2008GRABSCH HEADS TOP THREE TRIUMPH FOR COLUMBIA
Grossenheim, Germany, 26 July 2008 – Columbia’s Bert Grabsch, Tony Martin and Michael Rogers turned in a superb collective performance in the Tour of Saxony time trial on Saturday – scooping the top three places and simultaneously moving into the top three places overall.
German national time trial champion Grabsch [...] - Stage 18 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
July 24th, 2008This Bicycle.net video is brought to us by our friends at Versus
Another Stage for Team Columbia
By: Phil Liggett
Boring to the eye, but great if your name is Marcus Berghardt. It was the first stage of the Tour de France to turn away from the race for yellow and concentrate on the win on given day. [...] - Sastre Still Wearing Yellow As Burghardt Wins 18th Tour Stage
July 24th, 2008ST ETIENNE, France, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the CSC team retained the Tour de France yellow jersey here Thursday as German Marcus Burghardt handed his Columbia team their fifth victory of the race.
Burghardt dominated a short, two-man sprint with Spaniard Carlos [...] - Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia Pulls Out Of Tour With Four, Count Them Four Stage Wins
July 20th, 2008EMBRUN, France, July 20, 2008 (AFP) – Quadruple stage winner Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France prior to the 15th stage, the first of three days in the Alps here Sunday, according to his Columbia team.
Cavendish has been one of the stars of the July 5-27 race so [...] - No Joking For Cavendish, The Manx Express
July 18th, 2008by Justin Davis
NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – He’s known for being a joker among a
cosmopolitan team that came to the Tour de France proclaiming their “clean”
approach to racing would help smooth their way to success.
But when it gets serious in the hectic bunch sprints, curly-haired Briton
Mark Cavendish [...] - Video: Mark Cavendish Does It Again by Versus
July 18th, 2008This Bicycle.net video is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com
Cavendish Emerges From Sprint
By Bob Roll
Today in the Tour de France was a transitional stage to link up to the mountain. The racing action returned to center stage, thankfully and Mark Cavendish proved not just to be the fastest, but also the most dominant [...] - Cavendish Riding For Team Columbia Wins His Fourth Stage, Evans Still In Yellow
July 18th, 2008Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth victory on the Tour de France here Friday after dominating another bunch sprint at the end of the 182.5km 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes.
Australian Cadel Evans retained the race leader’s yellow jersey ahead of
Saturday’s 14th stage from here to Dignes-les-Bains at [...] - Three More Top Teams Heading To The Emerald Isle
July 17th, 2008CSF Group Navigare, SouthAustralia.com and Joker-Bianchi are all heading to the Emerald Isle for the start of the UCI 2.1 ranked Tour of Ireland next month.
CSF Group Navigare return to race in the 900km Tour of Ireland (27th to 31st August) sponsored by Fáilte Ireland. The Italian team is based on the Ceramiche Panaria outfit [...] - The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
July 17th, 2008by Justin Davis
NARBONNE, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish was forced to hold back his anger and frustration here at the Tour de France Thursday on a day when celebration should have been his sole priority.
The 23-year-old Isle of Man sprinter made cycling [...] - Cavendish Looks To History-Making Tour Stage
July 16th, 2008by 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 [...] - Teutenberg Finishes The Giro With Four Stage Wins and The Points Jersy
July 13th, 2008TEAM COLUMBIA’S TEUTENBERG FINISHES THE GIRO WITH FOUR STAGE WINS AND THE POINTS JERSEY
Desio, Italy, 13 July 2008 – Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the final stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today finishing the ten day tour with four stage wins and the Points Jersey.
“I think this week was something that happens once in a [...] - Riccardo Ricco Rocks The Favorites As Evans Falls To A Crash
July 13th, 2008by Justin Davis
BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco recovered from a heavy crash on the race’s eighth stage to win the Tour de France ninth stage in spectacular fashion here on Sunday.
Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen overcame a difficult first day in the Pyrenees [...] - Tour de France Stage 8 Finish Video by Versus
July 12th, 2008This Bicycle.net video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
The Isle of Man
By Paul Sherwen
Fifty years after the first British rider won a stage in the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man has just won two. His team did a phenomenal job getting him into an ideal position to win the [...] - Can Cadel Evans Pull Off A Feat Lance Never Faced? or, “Why Cadel Can’t Win This Year’s Tour”
July 12th, 2008Watching the Tour thus far, it’s hard not to be impressed by Cadel Evans’ steady performance. That’s what people say when they think of him — steady, consistent, and strong. He can climb with anyone, he can time trial with the best, and his head is always in the game.
Clever like [...] - Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 8, Kim Kirchen Still In Yellow
July 12th, 2008TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – British sprint specialist Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team won the Tour de France eighth stage, a 172.5km ride from Figeac to here on Saturday to record his second win of this year’s edition.
The 23-year-old from the Isle of Man’s victory – [...] - Mark Cavendish Wins His Second Stage At The Tour de France
July 12th, 2008by Justin Davis
TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish wrote a notable page in the history of British cycling at the Tour de France when he won his second stage of this year’s edition here on Saturday.
Cavendish, a 23-year-old from the Isle of [...] - Cadel Evans Keeps A Cool Head As Peloton Explodes
July 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – There’s a golden rule in cycling which is usually respected. When the yellow jersey wearer needs a loo stop, the peloton usually slows down considerably to let him catch up.
On Friday’s second day of climbing, that rule [...] - Luxemburgers Go To War Over Tour’s Yellow Jersey
July 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – The first skirmishes in the battle for the Tour de France yellow jersey left damage in their wake during the tumultuous seventh stage to here on Friday.
But the biggest souvenir from the second day of climbing in [...] - Sanchez Wins Tour de France Seventh Stage, Kirchen Keeps Yellow Jersey
July 11th, 2008by Justin Davis
AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez stepped out of the shadow of Caisse d’Epargne team-mate Alejandro Valverde to win a dramatic 7th stage of the Tour de France here on Friday.
Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen, of Team Columbia, survived an audacious [...] - Cadel Evans Sits In Second As Kirchen Takes The Yellow
July 10th, 2008by Justin Davis
SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans kept his powder dry for the Tour de France’s first big Pyrenean battle this weekend with a solid sixth stage performance which moved him up to second place on Thursday.
Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his [...] - Kirchen of Team Columbia In Yellow, As Ricco Wins Tour de France Stage 6
July 10th, 2008SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his own piece of Tour de France history by becoming the first Luxemburger in nearly 50 years to pull on the race’s yellow jersey on Thursday.
Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the sixth stage, [...] - Cavendish Takes The Wind Out Of McEwen Sails
July 9th, 2008by 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 [...] - Tour de France Stage 5 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
July 9th, 2008American Teams Asserting Themselves
By Phil Liggett
After you lead a stage of the Tour de France for virtually the entire length – and the longest one this year, at that – then you deserve to win. But it does not work that way and French champion Nicolas Vogondy was swept up with about 50 yards to [...] - Tour de France Stage 5 Recap by Versus
July 9th, 2008This video on Bicycle.net is supplied by our friends at Versus.com
Surprises Continue in Tour’s “New Era”
By Bob Roll
As the French were finally treated to a day of bright sunshine after a few days of cold and miserable conditions, the surprises continued on today’s stage of the Tour de France.
The winner, no surprise, was Mark Cavendish, [...] - Team Garmin-Chipotle and Team Columbia Heading To The Tour of Ireland
July 9th, 2008Team Garmin-Chipotle heading for the Tour of Ireland
and Team Columbia confirm team line up
Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 is the latest top cycling team to sign up to race in the Tour of Ireland 27th to 31st August 2008. Founded as a development squad in 2003 by Jonathan Vaughters the team has evolved from a group [...] - Cavendish Hits The Jackpot In Tour de France
July 9th, 2008Chateauroux, France, 9 July 2008 – Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish blasted to a first stage win in the Tour de France on Wednesday’s stage from Cholet to Chateauroux. The 23-year-old Briton finished over a bike length ahead of three-times World Champion Oscar Freire of Spain, with German Erik Zabel in third.
It was Cavendish eighth [...] - Gert Steegmans Misses The Stage Win And The Boonen Touch
July 9th, 2008by Justin Davis
CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Quick Step sprinter Gert Steegmans admitted the absence of teammate Tom Boonen is adding to his woes on what he labeled a “strange” Tour de France.
Steegmans’ plan to battle to his second career win on the race [...] - Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 5, Schumacher Retains Yellow Jersey
July 9th, 2008CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race’s fifth stage over 232km here Wednesday.
Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of Gerolsteiner finished with the bunch to retain the yellow jersey with a 12-sec [...] - Kim Kirchen Has Thrown His Hat Into The Yellow Jersey Hunt
July 9th, 2008by Justin Davis
CHOLET, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde would normally be happy to wait for the Pyrenees stages this weekend before launching part two of their expected fight for the Tour de France yellow jersey.
However, the outcome of Tuesday’s first [...] - Cadel Evans Ahead Of Valverde, But Schmacher Takes The Yellow Jersey
July 8th, 2008by Justin Davis
CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans struck a first blow to Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France here Tuesday after leaving his yellow jersey rival trailing on the fourth stage time trial.
Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned [...] - Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Wins Another Stage At The Giro d’Italia Femminile
July 7th, 2008TEUTENBERG WINS ANOTHER STAGE AT THE GIRO
Rosolina Mare, Italy, 7 July 2008 – Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took her second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today, defending the Maglia Rosa going into Stage Four.
“I’m psyched to win the the pink jersey and be able to ride with it another day,” said Teutenberg. “We couldn’t have [...] - Kim Kirchen Was Beaten But Were Not, Says Bob Stapleton of Team Columbia
July 5th, 2008by 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 [...] - Manxman and Cavendish Sets Their Sights On Some Sprinters Glory
July 5th, 2008BREST, 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, 2008BREST, 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 [...] - Columbia Sportswear Company and High Road Sports Announce New “Team Columbia” to Debut at 2008 Tour de France
June 16th, 2008Team High Road Will Ride in the 2008 Tour de France as “Team Columbia” Under New Sponsorship Agreement Supporting Columbia Sportswear Company’s Outdoor Brand Leadership
GENEVA, Switzerland and SAN LUIS OBISPO, California – June 16, 2008 – Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM), a global leader in the active outdoor apparel and footwear industries, and California-based High [...]
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