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• Schumacher Powers To Second TT Win
  July 26th, 2008
  

  SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) - Germany’s Stefan Schumacher claimed his second time trial victory from this year’s Tour de France when he dominated the 20th penultimate stage here on Saturday. Proving that he is a rider to be reckoned with when it comes to the art of the time trial. [...]

• Evans Has The Skills, But Sastre Has The Jersey
  July 26th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Rabobank team manager Erik
  Breukink is not alone in hoping for Australia’s Cadel Evans to have on off-day
  when the Tour de France’s 20th stage decides who wins the yellow jersey on
  Saturday.
  Carlos Sastre of the CSC team will go into the 53km [...]

• Sastre Primed For Yellow Jersey Challenge
  July 25th, 2008
  

  MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - With the emergence of a new generation of potential champions, Carlos Sastre is well aware his chance to secure the Tour de France yellow jersey may be his last.
  The 33-year-old Spaniard goes into the penultimate stage time trial on Saturday with a [...]

• Tour de France Stage 20 Time Trial Preview Video
  July 25th, 2008
  

  This final individual time trial along rolling roads in the Allier and the Cher will fine-tune the individual and team overall placings. A last battle between the top riders could still take place here.

• Scott Sunderland Satisfied As Cadel Evans Fights To Beat Carlos Sastre
  July 25th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France.
  Now Sunderland, a co-team manager with CSC, is preparing for the distinct possibility that Evans will upset his race [...]

• Cadel Evans Tipped For Yellow Jersey Ahead Of TT Decider
  July 25th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their duel for the Tour de France yellow jersey in the final time trial on Saturday.
  Sastre, who rides [...]

• CSC Aims To Rip Cadel Evans Apart Leading Up To The Time Trial
  July 21st, 2008
  

  CUNEO, Italy, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis doesn’t need to dig too deeply into his memory to know that the next two stages of the race will be crucial for his CSC team’s yellow jersey chances.
  For the man who ended the five-year [...]

• Tour de France Through Stage 4 — All You Really Need To Know
  July 8th, 2008
  

  There’s little exciting about a time trial unless you’re the guy on the bike. For fans, it’s just “there goes one, there goes another.” 
  But we all know the Tour actually started today.  Everything before has been about pageantry and trying not to fall off the bike or otherwise embarrass yourself with stinkin’ thinkin’ (ahem, Menchov). 
  Not to [...]

• Timing Goes Awry For Swiss Time Trial Specialist Cancellara
  July 8th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara admitted to suffering an off day after he failed to deliver an anticipated stage victory on the Tour de France’s fourth stage time trial.
  CSC’s reigning world time trial champion could only finish in fifth [...]

• 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 yellow jersey rival trailing on the fourth stage time trial.
  Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned [...]

• Stefan Schumacher In Yellow After Fourth Stage Win
  July 8th, 2008
  

  CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Germany’s Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team stunned the big time trial favourites to win the Tour de France fourth stage and pull on the leader’s yellow jersey Tuesday.
  Schumacher clocked a winning time of 35min 44sec over the windy, rolling 29.5km course, [...]

• Menchov Mishap Gives Evans A Nasty Reminder
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans was reminded of just what
  it takes to win, and lose, the Tour de France after a hectic third stage here
  Tuesday which saw one of his potential rivals lose 38 seconds.
  On paper, Denis Menchov isn’t the Australian race favorite’s [...]

• Rabobank’s Dennis Menchov Yellow Jersey Dreams Get Serious Setback
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got caught napping in a hectic finish to the 208km stage.
  Menchov, a two-time Tour of Spain winner, found [...]

• Team CSC Saxo Bank Defiant As Carlos Sastre Fears Time Trial Test
  July 7th, 2008
  

  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - The first big test of the Tour de
  France for the yellow jersey contenders may be putting the fear of God into
  Carlos Sastre.
  But his manager at the CSC team, Denmark’s 1996 Tour winner Bjarne Riis,
  believes they will make up any time shortfall for their yellow [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Gives Up The Lead For Today, But Keeps Yellow At Hand
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde gave up the Tour de France lead willingly on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced the hectic third stage with one eye on the crucial fourth stage.
  “We controlled things in the first [...]