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• German Greipel Wins Tour of Spain Fourth Stage
  September 1st, 2009
  

  LIEGE, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Take Aim At More Stage Success in Spain
  August 28th, 2009
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Boasson Hagen Wins Eneco Tour
  August 25th, 2009
  

  Norway’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 [...]

• Cavendish Makes It A Record Nine Wins At Tour de France
  July 24th, 2009
  

  AUBENAS, 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 [...]

• Columbia’s Breakaway Surprised Us All, Admits Boonen
  July 6th, 2009
  

  LA 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 [...]

• Triumphant Cavendish In Green, Cancellara Still In Yellow
  July 5th, 2009
  

  by 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’ [...]

• Team Columbia High Road Takes Top 2 Spots In Philadelphia
  June 7th, 2009
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins A Protested Stage 9 Of The Giro
  May 17th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Boassen Hagen Wins Giro Stage 7, While Di Luca Still In Pink Jersey
  May 15th, 2009
  

  CHIAVENNA, 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 Wins Giro’s Stage 4, While Lovkvist Is Wearing Pink
  May 12th, 2009
  

  Italy’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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Already In Pink As Team Columbia Takes Opening Stage
  May 9th, 2009
  

  Britain’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 [...]

• Cavendish To Spearhead Team Columbia’s Giro Aspirations
  May 4th, 2009
  

  PARIS, 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 [...]

• Rabon of Team Columbia Wins Tour de Romandie Prologue
  April 28th, 2009
  

  LAUSANNE, 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 [...]

• Hincapie Has High Hopes In Hell For The 14th Time In Roubaix
  April 11th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Boasson Hagen Shines Through The Drizzle At Gent-Wevelgem
  April 8th, 2009
  

  WEVELGEM, 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 [...]

• Cavendish Wins ‘La Panne’ Stage 2
  April 1st, 2009
  

  Britain’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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins A Thriller At Milan San-Remo
  March 21st, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• Columbia Coy, But Cavendish Can Dream of Milan-SanRemo
  March 20th, 2009
  

  Britain’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 [...]

• Scarponi Wins Tirreno-Adriatico, Final Stage Is All Cavendish
  March 17th, 2009
  

  ROME, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia-Highroad’s Judith Arndt Broken Her Collarbone
  March 5th, 2009
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Greg Henderson of Team Columbia Wins Shortened Stage of Tour of Murcia
  March 5th, 2009
  

  New 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 [...]

• In Car View – Mark Renshaw – Solvang Time Trial
  February 20th, 2009
  

  Bicycle.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 [...]

• Team Columbia Successfull At Tour of Qatar, Now Heads To California
  February 6th, 2009
  

  Report 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 [...]

• The Three Legged Power Station
  January 17th, 2009
  

  The 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 [...]

• Team Columbia High Road Announce 2009 Roster
  January 13th, 2009
  

  On 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. [...]

• High Road Sports and Team Columbia Participate In Comprehensive New ANTI-DOPING Program
  December 8th, 2008
  

  New 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 [...]

• First Team Announced For 2009 Tour Down Under Is Columbia
  November 22nd, 2008
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Linus Gerdemann Trades Team Columbia For Team Milram, And Columbia Signs Monfort
  October 29th, 2008
  

  HIGH 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 [...]

• COLUMBIA STAYS FOCUSSED FOR WIDE-OPEN TOUR OF LOMBARDY
  October 17th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columba Gunning For Breaks In Paris-Tours
  October 11th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• EISEL HITS TOP SPEED TO TAKE PARIS-BOURGES
  October 10th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Greipel Rounds Off Season With Victory
  October 4th, 2008
  

  German 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 [...]

• Maxime Monfort Quits Cofidis For Team Columbia
  October 2nd, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• GREIPEL GRABS FOURTEENTH VICTORY OF SEASON WITH BUNCH SPRINT
  September 19th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• DINNER WITH MR. HINCAPIE
  September 18th, 2008
  

  What 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 [...]

• ARNDT LEADS IN TOSCANA AND TEUTENBERG TAKES STAGE WIN
  September 17th, 2008
  

  Altopascio, 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 [...]

• Arndt Blasts To Third World Cup Of Season And Wins Series Overall
  September 14th, 2008
  

  Nürnberg, 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 [...]

• Make That Three Wins For Cavendish In Missouri
  September 13th, 2008
  

  St. 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 [...]

• Boasson Hagen Takes Third Win At The Tour of Britain
  September 13th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Hagen Wins The Seventh Stage As Lequatre Holds Tour of Britain Lead
  September 13th, 2008
  

  LONDON, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Announces Their 2009 Preliminary Roster
  September 13th, 2008
  

  HIGH 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Stays Foucussed For Final World Cup Round
  September 12th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Michael Barry Solo’s To Take Tour of Missouri Stage Four Win
  September 11th, 2008
  

  Rolla, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Wins 2nd Straight Stage At Tour of Britain
  September 11th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Scott Bicycles To Become The Equipment Sponsor of Team Columbia
  September 10th, 2008
  

  Givisiez, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Edvald Boasson Takes Tour of Britain Stage 4 Victory
  September 10th, 2008
  

  BOASSON 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Takes The Yellow Jersey In Missouri
  September 8th, 2008
  

  Kansas 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, [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Takes 3rd Stage Win and Second Overall In Holland
  September 8th, 2008
  

  Columbia’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 [...]

• Team Columbia Takes Top Two Spots On Stage And Overall In Germany
  September 6th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Linus Gerdemann of Team Columbia Wins The Tour of Germany
  September 6th, 2008
  

  BREMEN, 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 [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Takes Her 20th Win Of The Season at Ladies Tour of Holland
  September 5th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Auge Takes Stage Win In Germany, But Gerdemann Eyes The Overall
  September 5th, 2008
  

  BERLIN, 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 [...]

• Columbia’s Anke Wichmann Sprints For The Win In Holland
  September 4th, 2008
  

  WICHMANN 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 [...]

• Finland’s Veikkanen wins sixth stage of Tour of Germany
  September 4th, 2008
  

  NEUSS, 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 [...]

• Gerald Ciolek Sprints For Third Team Columbia Win At Tour of Germany
  September 3rd, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Gerald Ciolek Wins Fifth Stage Of The Tour of Germany
  September 3rd, 2008
  

  Gerald 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 [...]

• Gerdemann Wins First Stage of Tour of Germany
  August 30th, 2008
  

  HOCHFUGEN, 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 [...]

• Tour of Ireland Stage 3 – Our Man On The Street Report
  August 29th, 2008
  

  Written 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia Makes It Three Out Of Three
  August 29th, 2008
  

  Mark 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Cavendish Wins Opening Stage Of Tour of Ireland
  August 27th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Edvald Boasson of Team Columbia Wins Stage Six At The Eneco Tour
  August 26th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Carlo Westphal of Gerolsteiner Wins Eneco Tour Fifth Stage
  August 25th, 2008
  

  OSTEND, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Takes Control Of The Eneco Tour
  August 24th, 2008
  

  San 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. [...]

• Team Columbia Looking For Double Success In GP Plouay Races
  August 23rd, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Andre Grepiel Wins Stage 2 Of The Eneco Tour
  August 22nd, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Linus Gerdemann Wins The Coppa Agostoni In Italy
  August 20th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Luise Keller Wins Route de France
  August 17th, 2008
  

  Rouen, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Gerdemann Seals The Overall Victory At The Tour de l’Ain
  August 14th, 2008
  

  France, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Luise Keller Takes Her First Career Yellow Jersey
  August 14th, 2008
  

  Les 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 [...]

• Team Columbia’s Linus Gerdemann Wins Tour de l’Ain
  August 13th, 2008
  

  BELLEY, 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Dominates At The Tour de L’Ain
  August 12th, 2008
  

  France, 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 [...]

• Gerdemann Takes Control Of The Tour de l’Ain With Third Stage Win (Results)
  August 12th, 2008
  

  LELEX, 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 [...]

• Teutenberg Wins Her Second Stage Of Route de France
  August 11th, 2008
  

  Louhans 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Sends 18 Riders To The Beijing Olympic Games
  August 9th, 2008
  

  San 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 [...]

• Team Columbia Gamble On Finale For San Sebastian
  August 1st, 2008
  

  San 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. [...]

• Team Columbia Sweeps Podium In The Sachsen Tour
  July 26th, 2008
  

  GRABSCH 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 [...]

• Stage 18 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
  July 24th, 2008
  

  This 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 [...]

• Sastre Still Wearing Yellow As Burghardt Wins 18th Tour Stage
  July 24th, 2008
  

  ST 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia Pulls Out Of Tour With Four, Count Them Four Stage Wins
  July 20th, 2008
  

  EMBRUN, 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 [...]

• No Joking For Cavendish, The Manx Express
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by 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” [...]

• Video: Mark Cavendish Does It Again by Versus
  July 18th, 2008
  

  This 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 [...]

• Cavendish Riding For Team Columbia Wins His Fourth Stage, Evans Still In Yellow
  July 18th, 2008
  

  Britain’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 [...]

• Three More Top Teams Heading To The Emerald Isle
  July 17th, 2008
  

  CSF 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 [...]

• The Dopers and Cheats Won’t Stop Cavendish From Winning Stages
  July 17th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Teutenberg Finishes The Giro With Four Stage Wins and The Points Jersy
  July 13th, 2008
  

  TEAM 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 [...]

• Riccardo Ricco Rocks The Favorites As Evans Falls To A Crash
  July 13th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Tour de France Stage 8 Finish Video by Versus
  July 12th, 2008
  

  This 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 [...]

• Can Cadel Evans Pull Off A Feat Lance Never Faced? or, “Why Cadel Can’t Win This Year’s Tour”
  July 12th, 2008
  

  Watching 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. [...]

• Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 8, Kim Kirchen Still In Yellow
  July 12th, 2008
  

  TOULOUSE, 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins His Second Stage At The Tour de France
  July 12th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Cadel Evans Keeps A Cool Head As Peloton Explodes
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Luxemburgers Go To War Over Tour’s Yellow Jersey
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Sanchez Wins Tour de France Seventh Stage, Kirchen Keeps Yellow Jersey
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Cadel Evans Sits In Second As Kirchen Takes The Yellow
  July 10th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Kirchen of Team Columbia In Yellow, As Ricco Wins Tour de France Stage 6
  July 10th, 2008
  

  SUPER-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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tour de France Stage 5 Finishing Sprint Video by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

  American 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 [...]

• Tour de France Stage 5 Recap by Versus
  July 9th, 2008
  

  This 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 [...]

• Team Garmin-Chipotle and Team Columbia Heading To The Tour of Ireland
  July 9th, 2008
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Cavendish Hits The Jackpot In Tour de France
  July 9th, 2008
  

  Chateauroux, 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 [...]

• Gert Steegmans Misses The Stage Win And The Boonen Touch
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Mark Cavendish Wins Tour de France Stage 5, Schumacher Retains Yellow Jersey
  July 9th, 2008
  

  CHATEAUROUX, 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 [...]

• Kim Kirchen Has Thrown His Hat Into The Yellow Jersey Hunt
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Cadel Evans Ahead Of Valverde, But Schmacher Takes The Yellow Jersey
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by 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 [...]

• Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Wins Another Stage At The Giro d’Italia Femminile
  July 7th, 2008
  

  TEUTENBERG 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 [...]

• Kim Kirchen Was Beaten But Were Not, Says Bob Stapleton of Team Columbia
  July 5th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Columbia Sportswear Company and High Road Sports Announce New “Team Columbia” to Debut at 2008 Tour de France
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Team 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 [...]