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By rss@youtube.com (1966hoplite) These are the riders in the breakaway group of Stage 8, Tour of California. Location is on South Grade Road, on the ascent up Palomar Mountain. The location is approximately at 3700 feet of elevation, about halfway up on the climb. Leading the breakaway group is Andy Schleck. Andy won the best y...

By rss@youtube.com (Craptastik) Stage 5 Race day of the Amgen Tour of California bike race from Visalia to Paso Robles,CA. February 19, 2009. A 134.3 miles course through the California central valley farmlands. Mark Cavendish, winner of stage 5, Levi Leipheimer wears the yellow jersey. Taken with Canon HV-20, WD-H43 wide a...

By rss@youtube.com (roguealien) The 2009 Amgen Tour of California crosses the Golden Gate Bridge in a driving rainstorm with 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in the front of the pack. They actually stopped traffic briefly as the Peloton crossed the Bridge to continue on to Santa Cruz

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By rss@youtube.com (CesRulesVideo) TV spot that spanish channel TVE1 broadcast during the Tour of 2005 Author: CesRulesVideo Keywords: Lance Armstrong Tour de France Cycling ciclismo tv spot commercial anuncio Added: October 27, 2008

By editor “In 2008 he took overall victory and this year started with a stage win in the 2009 Tour Down Under, and continued winning form all season, with four stage wins at the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) and a total of 20 victories.” Team Columbia won more races than any other team in professional c...

By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) No not the return of Lance Armstrong to cycling in the United States, but instead the theft and eventual recovery of his one-of-a-kind time trial bike. Do you recall the big news from the Tour of California? No not the return of Lance Armstrong to cycling in the United States, but instead the...

By editor LOS ANGELES, Oct 22, 2009 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will compete in the 2010 Tour of California, which will boast a new route and new dates to avoid the West Coast’s wet winter weather. Leipheimer will be joining Armstrong in the newly formed Team RadioShack.

By editor The Danish rider has had an international breakthrough in 2009 with victories in the Tour of Denmark, Tour of Slovenia, second in the Giro dell’Emila and constant top rankings in the Vuelta a Espana, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya and the Vuelta Ciclista al Pai...

By Richard Moore Sutton, a 25-year old who won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain, told Cyclingnews: "I've had a lot of second placings this year, and they've looked at that fact. But with the stage win at the Tour of Britain, the second on general classification there, and then what I did at the Herald Su...

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By editor With the timing of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California moved to later in the year, giving the cyclists even more time to train, the competition will be even tougher. In previous years, the race has drawn some of the world’s most renowned and respected riders, such as top Tour de France competit...

The season-long series includes one-day classics such as the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands and Belgium's Tour of Flanders, plus stage races including the Dauphiné Libéré in France and Switzerland's Tour de Romandie. It will feature 16 races in 2010. The team still needs an invitati...

By cpelkey Behind every great cycling event are its race director and management company. At the Tour de France, it’s Christian Prudhomme and ASO; the Amgen Tour of California has Jim Birrell and Medalist Sports; at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour it’s Michael Hands and TL Sports, a Victoria-based event m...

The disqualified Tour de France winner, American cyclist Floyd Landis is to ride in this year's Tour of Southland. Landis won the 2006 Tour de France but was stripped of ...

By editor As well as the three-week Tour of Spain, known popularly as the Vuelta, Valverde also won the Tour of Catalunya and Dauphine Libere stage races earlier this season. However Valverde failed to live up to expectations and win a medal at the world road race championships last week when Austra...

By editor Following the 2008 Tour of Missouri, the International Cycling Union, the sanctioning body for professional cycling, raised the ranking of the Tour of Missouri to a prestigious 2.HC ranking, making the event one of the top five races outside of Europe. The increased international appea...

By sfrothingham Lance Armstrong said he still hasn’t decided whether he’ll race at the Tour of California or the Giro d’Italia next season as he prepares for the 2010 Tour de France. That’s according to an interview in the newest issue of Vélo Magazine in France. Armstrong provided the first glimpse of what...

By editor Farrar had a promising, but win less Tour de France campaign in July but bounced back to win the Hamburg Cyclassics one-day race in August. He continued his good form by winning three stages at the Eneco Tour, and also won a stage at the three-week Tour of Spain which finished last Sunday.

By editor “Over the years we’ve seen stage winners of Tour de France, yellow jersey wearers in the Tour de France, Pro Tour winners. Evans, a runner-up in the Tour de France in 2007 and 2008, hit back at his critics after a disastrous Tour de France campaign this year by finishing third on the Tour of Spa...

By editor Cofidis includes French rider David Moncoutie, winner of the climber’s jersey in the Tour of Spain, Remi Pauriol and up-and-coming Estonian Rein Taaramae in its ranks. Bougyues Telecom has Pierrick Fedrigo and Thomas Voeckler, both stage winners on the last Tour de France, as well as Fr...

By editor Frenchman Geoffroy Lequatre, the 2008 Tour of Britain champion, has signed for Radio Shack cycling team that will be spearheaded by Lance Armstrong in 2010, the team said Sunday. Armstrong raced in the same Astana team as Contador in 2009, the American finishing third on the Tour de Franc...

By editor And the Australian, who made up for a disastrous Tour de France campaign by finishing third on the Tour of Spain last week, took everyone by surprise with his well-timed burst. Known widely in the sport as a ‘clean’ rider, Evans experienced his worst ever Tour de France in July, a race in whic...

By editor Evans, who finished runner-up in the Tour de France in 2007 and 2008, is among a handful of contenders looking to end Spain and Italy’s domination of the competition’s road race here on Sunday. Evans, who finished third in the Tour of Spain which finished last Sunday, believes that could le...

By editor Cancellara says one of his cycling idols remains five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurain. Coincidentally, the Swiss is now following in the Spanish great’s footsteps. “I dream of doing the double,” he said Thursday. “I said during the Vuelta (Tour of Spain) that I think I can do it....

By editor That sanction ruled Valverde out of competing at this year’s Tour de France because the race passed through Italy. Basso, the 2006 Tour of Italy champion, was the biggest, and one of the only, names in cycling to be sanctioned for his involvement in the affair and served a two-year ban from 2...

By Cynthia Lou Third overall was Australia’s two-time Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans, who had been an outside favorite until Valverde took the golden jersey from him at the end of the 9th stage and who then lost a lot of time due to a puncture in the 13th stage.

By Cynthia Lou TOLEDO, Spain, Sept 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde was on course to win the Tour of Spain after keeping his overall lead in Saturday’s 20th and penultimate stage, a time-trial won by Britain’s David Millar. The Caisse d’Epargne rider finished in seventh position in the 2...

By editor “In such a context you cannot negotiate and personally I don’t want to sign up blindly with a team,” said the winner of the 2009 and 2007 Tour of France. Astana were created by and for disgraced Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov, who was thrown out of the 2007 Tour de France for blood doping.

Cycling:Ireland's Philip Deignan out-sprinted Czech Roman Kreuziger to win Stage 18 of the Tour of Spain to become the first Irish rider to win a stage on a major tour since Stephen Roche at the 1992 Tour de France.

By strbuk Kansas City, MO - Andrew Pinfold of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis took a very close 2nd in the final sprint of the final stage of the Tour of Missouri To Martin Gilbert (Planet Energy). Coming into the final kilometer, Cervelo Test Team took over the front to bring back Rogers a...

By Gene Bisbee The Garmin-Slipstream individual time trial specialist can add that accomplishment to his many others. Those include stage wins in all three Grands Tours, a yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and four-straight National Time Trial championships.

Australian Chris Sutton won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in York on Saturday, taking the line in a bunch sprint thanks to sterling efforts from Garmin team-mate and Tour de France hero Bradley Wiggins.

David Zabriskie rides in the Tour de France. American David Zabriskie won the time trial in the fifth stage of the Tour of Missouri and took the overall lead.

By strbuk Rolla, MO — In the chaotic sprint that marked the end of Stage 3 of the Tour of Missouri, John Murphy and Andrew Pinfold of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis changed up their tactics a bit and both wound up in the top 10 on the stage. Murphy took 6th behind stage winner Thor Hushovd (Ce...

By strbuk Remember to watch the final three hours of the stage, go to either the official Tour of Missouri website Tour Tracker, or Universalsports.com to watch streaming live coverage. The camera work is not up to Tour de France standards, but Paul Sherwen makes up for it!

By romanmica@gmail.com (Roman Mica) The British rider who won six stages of the Tour de France this year took the first stage of the Tour of Missouri. Vande Velde injured his hand when he collided with other riders and a fire hydrant, according to the National Cycling Examiner.

By Associated Press Mark Cavendish, a sprint specialist who took six stages of the Tour de France in July, won the first stage of the Tour of Missouri.

By Gene Bisbee He'll be joined at the third Tour of Missouri bike race by teammates David Zabriskie, a time trial specialist, and Steven Cozza, judged the "best young rider" at the inaugural Tour of Missouri in 2007. Vande Velde was looking for another amazing year in 2009 to follow up with his break-out y...

By Gene Bisbee Many came out to see the 7-time Tour de France winner for the final of the 3-stage Tour of Ireland in Cork on Sunday. CyclingNews said large crowds were at the finish, but were disappointed when Armstrong pulled out on the first circuit, never facing St. Patrick's Hill. ...

The Cervelo Test Team is resting their hopes on Thor Hushovd for next week's Tour of Catalonia. The race is an important part of his preparation for the Tour de France. 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong and USA Cycling announced today the ... Giro Day 4 News and Notes Bike World News

According to the most recent updates, Cadel Evans is losing close to a minute to Toni Colom after twenty kilometers. His time gap to Alberto Contador will definitely be wider. Damiano Cunego clocked 33'25" too, but finished in sixth, ending his "race ...

According to the most recent updates, Cadel Evans is losing close to a minute to Toni Colom after twenty kilometers. His time gap to Alberto Contador will definitely be wider. Damiano Cunego clocked 33'25" too, but finished in sixth, ending his "race ...

Inspired by the example set by Henri Desgrange and the Tour de France, Van Wynendaele instigated the Ronde de Vlandeeren and used the paper as the vehicle to publicise it, hoping that, in turn, the race would help sell the paper – the very same model ... VeloNews - Bicycling

By editor Astana is the team of top Americans Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer. Their roster also includes 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Cantador of Spain, who raced in the inaugural Tour of Missouri, and Tour de France podium finisher Andres Kloden of Germany.

Lance Armstrong is enjoying his new role as a domestique. The seven-time Tour de France champion, who has returned to cycling three years after retiring, yesterday helped an Astana team-mate, Levi Leipheimer, complete a Tour of California hat-trick.

By editor The newly unveiled, Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer™ Most Courageous Rider Jersey was awarded to Lance Armstrong (USA) of Astana, with the Herbalife Sprint Jersey went to two-time overall defending champion Leipheimer. The Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey was claimed by Mark Cavendis...

By Boulderblog Looking past the overall, the sprinters' battles should be ferocious. Columbia's Mark Cavendish is already in top shape, while Quick Step's Tom Boonen won two stages of the Tour of Qatar. Cervelo offers up Thor Hushovd; Saxo Bank has Juan Jose Haedo; Oscar Freire is here for Rabobank; and R...

 PA - gave many of racing's top teams - including Tour de France participants Garmin/Chipotle — a chance to pit their best young riders against one another. ...

By Boulderblog Six of these outfits were at the 2008 edition, so their inclusion is no surprise. Garmin and Columbia are US-registered; Astana is home to the race's defending champion. And with Rabobank now on Giant bicycles, an American appearance is probably important to the equipment sponsor, much a...

By Boulderblog Everyone knows all about Lance. But there's another top American cyclist (some even say Tour de France winner) on the move again, too, and they'll meet at the Tour of California for what will probably be their first race together since their respective times away from the sport. So far, Floy...

 PA - These aren't the cyclists you'll see at the Tour de France or the Olympics this summer, but just give them a few years. In this race, the first of its kind ... Tour of Pennsylvania visits midstate this week The Patriot-News - PennLive.com all 3 news articles

Cycling: Tour of Pa. will be tough 450-mile test for young racers The race is called an "espoir," a Tour de France-style race featuring the world's top cyclists -- national champions, Olympians and future professionals ... Local cycling team to compete in major race Pittsburgh Tribune-Rev...

By maddog Boonen has no reason to lose any sleep. The rest was all Boonen and Co. Many of the top sprinters, like Alessandro Petacchi, Oscar Freire or Robbie McEwen, steer clear of the Qatar race, either because it’s too early in their season or simply because it’s too dangerous.

Listen to a report from the finish. Prodir-Saunier Duval's Luciano Pagliarini won the stage, but Discovery's George Hincapie, escorted by Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and teammate Levi Leipheimer, continued his ride in yellow and maintained his stranglehold on the overall...

By Adam Tow The Death Ride was an utterly exhausting physical experience. I can’t imagine how Tour de France riders do this day in, day out for three weeks. One is enough for me, as I proclaimed to everyone who would hear that I was officially retiring from long-distance bike races for good. Dean, who had c...

By Gene Bisbee Last year's winner of the Tour of California, Tour de Georgia and Tour de France has pretty much ruled out professional cycling this year, Floyd Landis said in an interview at ESPN.com. I'm glad Landis has stayed motivated the past few months and held onto the prospect of cycling this year,...