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Olson, Bamberger wrap up the Tour de Nez

Stage five of the 2008 Tour de Nez, a 45-mile up and down affair in and around the Village at Northstar resort, gave onlookers one last chance to see the main protagonists of the stage race fight it out on the tough technical course. The 1.75-mile loop took riders over stretches of the cobblestones that run through the village, lending an old-school feel to the race.

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Martin poised to win Route du Sud

Team Garmin-Chipotle is poised to win its first European stage-race victory thanks to a stunning performance Saturday by its young Irish neo-pro, Dan Martin, up the summit finish to Super Bagneres in the four-climb stage across the heart of the Pyrénées. Martin, 21, attacked on the day’s final climb to finish fourth in the stage and surge into the overall lead. Entering Sunday’s 207km finale from Saint Gaudens to Castres over three category-three climbs, Martin holds a 1:42 lead over French powerhouse Christophe Moreau (Agritubel).

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Rule Britannia: Athertons own Downhill worlds

“God Save the Queen” received plenty of airtime on Saturday at the 2008 UCI world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy, as British riders took three of the four downhill races. Brother-sister duo Gee and Rachel Atherton (Animal-Commençal) dethroned the once teammates Sam Hill (Monster-Ironhorse) and Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis) to take the elite crowns. Youngster Josh Bryceland (Monster-Ironhorse) also took the junior men’s title.

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Buhl earns U.S. Gold in Four Cross

Exhausted, sunburned but smiling in her new rainbow jersey — that’s how Melissa Buhl spent her Saturday evening. The Arizona native had a jam-packed schedule on the sun-baked penultimate day of the 2008 UCI world mountain bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy. First Buhl tackled the pro women’s downhill, speeding down the steep 1.40-mile track with the 10th fastest time of the day.

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Buhl earns U.S. Gold in Four Cross

Exhausted, sunburned but smiling in her new rainbow jersey — that’s how Melissa Buhl spent her Saturday evening. The Arizona native had a jam-packed schedule on the sun-baked penultimate day of the 2008 UCI world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy. First Buhl tackled the pro women’s downhill, speeding down the steep 1.40-mile track with the 10th fastest time of the day.

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Barry, Hesjedal hoping to end Canadian drought at Tour

It’s been more than 10 years since a Canadian has lined up for the Tour de France. That’s likely to change in 2008 as it’s expected that not one, but two Canadians could be lining up in Brest to end Canada’s Tour drought that dates back to 1997 with Gordon Fraser. Ryder Hesjedal and Michael Barry are both hoping to earn Tour berths on Garmin-Chipotle and Team Columbia, respectively.

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Live Coverage – Stage 8 Tour de Suisse, 2008

  • 12:46 PM: Good day and welcome

    to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the eighth stage of the 2008 Tour de Suisse, a 25-kilometer individual time trial, from Altdorf to the top of the Klausenpass.

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Kreuziger takes stage and jersey at Swiss Tour

Liquigas’s Roman Kreuziger, a former world junior road champion, turned in a spectacular performance Saturday, winning the eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse, a 25-kilometer uphill time, and vaulting into the overall lead with just one stage remaining.

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Bajadali leads at Tour de Nez, as Wohlberg wins a tough stage

As expected, the fourth stage of the 2008 Tour de Nez stage race provided a big shake up in the general classification, as Kelly Benefit’s Andy Bajadali took the leader’s jersey away from BMC’s Ian McKissick. Eric Wohlberg of the Symmetrics team was able to come away with a hard earned victory on the 6.5 mile mountain circuit, while putting himself back into contention for the overall title.

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USA Crits Series comes to Austin

Many of the country's best criterium racers — from Tina Pic to Ivan Dominguez, Rahsaan Bahati to Rebecca Larson — line up Saturday in Austin, Texas, for the fourth leg of the 2008 USA CRITS series. The second annual AT&T Downtown Austin Criterium presented by AMLI has a $30,000 prize list.

USA CRITS standings after three events:

Men's

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Tour de Nez: BMC’s Ian McKissick takes the lead.

BMC and Health Net-Maxxis made their mark at the Tour de Nez on Thursday, placing riders at the front of the morning uphill 2.75-mile time trial at Northstar at Tahoe and the evening Truckee Criterium. BMC's Ian McKissick won the time trial and his team helped him protect the lead in the crit, where Health Net's Roman Kilun won after outsprinting a three-man breakaway.

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Nino Schurter wins his third cross-country U23 world medal

In his final year of espoir eligibility, Swiss phenom Nino Schurter stormed to his second world U23 cross-country title in three years. The 2006 U23 champ, who took silver last year, rode on the heels of South Africa’s Burry Stander for the first five or six laps in Val di Sole, Italy, before attacking on the penultimate loop for the win. “I attacked twice on the backside [of the course] and [Stander] could not close the gap,” said a triumphant Schurter. “It was in my advantage to have a mate riding behind us.”[nid:78672]

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Boonen wins in comeback race

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) returned to the spotlight for the right reasons Friday after blazing to victory in the 170km fourth stage at the Ster Elektrotoer in Holland. The Belgian classics star made headlines earlier this month after he tested positive for cocaine in an out-of-competition test that forced him out of next month’s Tour de France, but he decided to keep racing rather than retreat from increasing media pressure.

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