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Cancellara Crushes Time Trial Rivals To Win Third Gold
by Justin Davis
MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 24, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss ace Fabian Cancellara claimed his third career gold in the men’s time trial after crushing his rivals at the world road race championships on Thursday.
Gustav Larsson of Sweden finished a distant second to take the silver [...]
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- World Road Race Results
September 24th, 2009Results from the second day of the world road race cycling championships on Thursday:
Men Time trial (49.8km)
1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 57min 55sec, 2. Gustav Larsson (SWE) at 1:27, 3. Tony Martin (GER) 2:30, 4. Tom Zirbel (USA) 2:47, 5. Marco Pinotti (ITA) 3:02, 6. Janez Brajkovic (SLO) 3:08, [...] - Zabriskie Takes TT Win and Yellow Jersey In Missouri
September 11th, 2009SEDALIA, MO ? (September 11, 2009) – The Individual Time Trial at the Missouri State Fairgrounds proved to be a playground for four-time U.S. Pro ITT champion David Zabriskie today, winning by 14 seconds over Sweden’s Gustav Larsson (Saxo Bank). Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) finished third, another 28 seconds behind Zabriskie. The Tour of [...]
- Contador Crushes Yellow Jersey Rivals In Timely Fashion
July 23rd, 2009by Justin Davis
ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador took a virtually unassailable lead in the race for the Tour de France yellow jersey after winning the race’s 18th stage time trial here Thursday.
Contador, the 2007 champion who rides for Astana, clocked a [...] - Tour’s Time Trial Riders Prepare For Stormy Ride
July 22nd, 2009Organizers have predicted testing weather conditions for the yellow jersey contenders during the 18th stage of the race Thursday, a 40.5km time trial.
Announcing periodic rain and strong winds between 30-60km per hour, a statement issued by the local weather office in Annecy said: “There will be significant changes [...] - Triple Team Saxo Bank Triumph
June 26th, 2009[25.06 20:43] Team Saxo Bank took all three places on the podium after today’s Danish championships in time trial held in Sønderborg, Denmark. The riders did 38.5 kilometres on a route that held a few surprises with a couple of hills and a single road of cobblestone.
However, it was no surprise that it was the [...] - Inside The Rabobank Team Bus At Menchov Goes Down At Giro
June 8th, 2009This video is from the inside of the Rabobank team bus, while Denis Menchov goes down during the Giro time trial. The team riders reactions are priceless.
This is a must watch video. - Cadel Evans Lands The First Punch At The Dauphine Libere
June 7th, 2009Australia’s Cadel Evans won Sunday’s first stage of the Dauphine Libere race, a 12.1km time trial around Nancy on Sunday.
The Team Silence-Lotto team leader was followed home by his Spanish arch rival for honors in this year’s Tour de France, Alberto Contador, who was eight seconds adrift.
[...] - Alberto Contador Wins Algarve Time Trial; Has GC Lead
February 21st, 2009PRESS RELEASE – TEAM ASTANA
Team Astana’s Alberto Contador took an early season-victory by winning the 4th stage in the Tour of Algarve (Portugal), a 33.7 kilometer individual time trial in Tavira. On a long and challenging route between Castro Marim and Tavira, Contador was 33 seconds faster than Sylvain Chavanel . Team Astana’s Andreas Klöden [...] - Stage 20 Recap Video by Versus
July 26th, 2008This Bicycle.net stage 20 recap video is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com
Stats Lie
By Paul Sherwen
Statistics, maths and history all pointed to Cadel Evans winning the Tour de France in the final individual time trial. However history also predicts that the man who leads the Tour at the Alpe d’Huez always runs out [...] - Schumacher Powers To Second TT Win
July 26th, 2008SAINT-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, 2008by 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, 2008MONTLUCON, 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, 2008This 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, 2008by 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, 2008by 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, 2008CUNEO, 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, 2008There’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, 2008by 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, 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 [...] - Stefan Schumacher In Yellow After Fourth Stage Win
July 8th, 2008CHOLET, 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, 2008by 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, 2008by 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, 2008NANTES, 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, 2008by 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 [...]
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