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Jul. 6, 2009Cagey Cancellara keeps hold on jersey
Fabian Cancellara saved his yellow jersey Monday by slipping into the stage-breaking attack powered by the entire Columbia-HTC team. The Saxo Bank rider was the only one from his favored team to be in the decisive, 28-man breakaway featuring Lance Armstrong (Astana) but not ...
Jul. 6, 2009Ullrich faces inquiry, paper reports
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is to be the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the Swiss anti-doping commission, according to Tuesday's edition of the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Gerhard Walter, president of the Swiss Olympic Committee's ...
Jul. 6, 20092009 Tour de France Standings
Current Standings after Stage 3 Complete Results by Stage Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage ...
Jul. 6, 2009Columbia-HTC's stage 3 throw down presages great TTT battle on Tuesday.
George Hincapie should know. He called Monday’s amazing collective performance by his Columbia-HTC team as the greatest he’d been associated with. And that’s saying something when you consider that the American veteran was on all seven of Lance Armstrong’s winning Tour ...
Jul. 6, 2009Was Armstrong just riding smart, or looking for an edge on Contador?
Naysayers will be quick to point out that Lance Armstrong’s presence in and Alberto Contador’s absence from Monday’s decisive 28-man breakaway is all the proof they need that the Texan is riding against the Spaniard in the 2009 Tour de France. Calmer heads might ...
Jul. 6, 2009Astana fined for late sign-in before stage 3
Lance Armstrong's Astana team was fined on Monday after failing to sign on within the specified time at the start of the third stage of the Tour de France. Heavy traffic in Marseille city centre meant Astana broke the organizers' rule that teams must register for the stage at ...
Jul. 6, 2009Cav' crushes in stage 3 as late break astonishes field
Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) won his second consecutive stage of the Tour de France on Monday as a late break of two dozen riders — Astana’s Lance Armstrong among them — stole a march on the dozing peloton in a crosswind through the Camargue. Armstrong, race leader ...
Jul. 6, 2009Kelly's Bell and Evelyn Stevens grab overall titles at Fitchburg
Zach Bell (Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Evelyn Stevens (Team Lip Smacker) won the men’s and women’s final general classification at the 50th Annual Fitchburg Longsjo Classic NRC stage race on Sunday. Stevens, a 26-year old New York City rider who only started racing ...
Jul. 6, 2009Napolitano and Lancaster trade accusations over stage 2 finish
Katusha's Danilo Napolitano hit back Monday at allegations that his race tactics prevented team Cervelo from pulling off a sprint coup on the second stage of the Tour de France. Cervelo's Brett Lancaster, the main lead-out man for the team's Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd, ...
Jul. 6, 2009Jurgen Van der Walle is first rider to drop out of the 2009 Tour
Quick Step rider Jurgen van de Walle on Monday became the first cyclist to withdraw from the 2009 Tour de France after suffering a broken collarbone on the second stage. The 32-year-old was involved in a crash just under two kilometers from the finish of Sunday's second, ...
Jul. 5, 2009Boonen did not contest the stage 2 sprint. Where was he?
Belgium's Tom Boonen said Sunday he was more concerned about staying on his bike than sprinting for victory after a crash just before the finish of the second stage of the Tour de France. A right-hand bend just under 2km before the end of the 187km stage between Monaco and ...
Jul. 5, 2009Farrar impresses with his second place
Tyler Farrar stuck another feather in his sprint cap on Sunday by finishing an impressive second on his first real Tour de France debut. The Tour de France clicked into action on Saturday when Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara grabbed the race's yellow jersey when he won the ...