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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 place at a massive 33secs behind Germany's Stefan Schumacher, who took the race lead after … [Read more...]
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 the pre-race favorites to win the 29.5km race against the clock in a time of 35min … [Read more...]
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, leaving many of the specialists scratching their heads. The German leads Kirchen and … [Read more...]
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 biggest rival, that honour going to Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who happily gave up the … [Read more...]
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 himself in a group that had been left trailing by some furious accelerations at the front of the peloton as … [Read more...]
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 jersey contender once the peloton heads steadily up into the mountains in the … [Read more...]
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 part of the stage," he said of his Caisse d'Epargne team, who eventually dropped off the front of the peloton … [Read more...]