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Sorensen conquers La Toussuire
Saturday’s monster, four-climb 233km stage to La Toussuire delivered Tour de France sparks and controversy as the battle for the Dauphiné Libéré reached a breaking point. Overall leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) withstood attacks but ended up padding his lead by two seconds as Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) tried to attack his way into the leader’s jersey.
Freire takes Tour de Suisse opener
Three-time world champion Oscar Freire sprinted to victory in the first stage of the Tour de Suisse, out-charging the field at the end of 146-kilometer race that started and finished in Langnau im Emmental. Freire pulled on the race leader's jersey at the end of the stage after beating Switzerland's Martin Elmiger at the finish line. In the general classification Freire has a four-second lead on Elmiger (Ag2r)and another local, Lampre’s David Loosli.
Start List – 2008 Tour de Suisse
CAISSE. D’Epargne
1. Francisco Perez,
2. Jose Gutierrez,
3. Mathieu Perget,
4. Pablo Lastras,
5. Jose Rojas,
6. Jose Rujano,
7. Xabier Zandio,
8. Daniel Moreno,
LIQUIGAS.
11. Michael Albasini,
12. Claudio Corioni,
13. Murilo Fischer,
14. Enrico Franzoi,
15. Roman Kreuziger,
16. Filippo Pozzato,
17. Ivan Santaromita,
18. Alessandro Vanotti,
CREDIT. Agricole,
21. Laszio Brodrogi,
22. Alexandre Botcharov,
23. Pietro Caucchioli,
24. Sebastien Hinault,
25. Gabriel Rasch,
26.
Scott 2009 – Scott will have an Addict cyclocross bike in 2009.
Scott will have an Addict cyclocross bike in 2009; the RC model pictured will cost $6500. It’s decked with SRAM Red, integrated mast and Ritchey’s 38mm carbon tubular wheel and Continental’s brand new tubular cyclocross tire.
Scott 2009 – The main chamber has a pressure chart on it for set-up.
The main chamber has a pressure chart on it for set-up. The Equalizer 2 is a high-pressure shock; therefore needs a high pressure pump.
Scott rolls out a new line for ’09
Until now, an ongoing patent dispute over Specialized’s FSR design kept Scott USA’s Genius trailbike from the U.S. market, leaving one of the world’s most lucrative markets uncontested by Scott. With a major redesign of the Genius platform it will enter the U.S. with a bike that pushes past conventional constraints of the trail category.
Armstrong, Jacques-Maynes tops at Nature Valley Grand Prix
The sun set and a crowd of thousands screamed at the moment Kirk O’Bee (Health Net-Maxxis) charged across the line in the final sprint of Friday’s downtown Minneapolis criterium to win his second stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Close on his wing, Ivan Stevic (Toyota-United) threw his bike across the line, but came up half a wheel short. Ricardo Escuela (Successful Living) captured third.
Saris to release Garmin-compatible PowerTaps
American manufacturer Saris will soon be selling wireless PowerTap power meter wheels that work with Garmin 705 GPS units. The move represents an important intersection of a GPS player and a major power meter company. Also, French wheel giant Mavic has joined the growing list of companies like Bontrager and Zipp in selling a PowerTap-hub version of its wheels.
Tuft takes over at Beauce
To almost no one's surprise, Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) won the fourth stage time trial at the Tour de Beauce on Friday, and grabbed the overall lead in the process. What did raise eyebrows was the unexpectedly strong showing of Bernardo Cole Tepoz (Tecos Trek UAG), who had held the leader's jersey since winning the opening stage. The 24 year old Colex finished fourth, 58 seconds down on Tuft, and is only seven seconds behind in the general classification.
BMX Olympic Trials this Saturday
Eight riders will compete in this weekend’s USA Cycling BMX Olympic Trials event, on Saturday at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. With the overall winner of the event earning an automatic nomination to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, the competitors include: Tyler Brown (San Clemente, Calif.), Danny Calaug (Chino, Calif.), Steven Cisar (Altadena, Calif.), Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.), Kristopher Fox (Phelan, Calif.), Bubba Harris (Goodyear, Ariz.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) and Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.).
A conversation with Levi Leipheimer: “I just had a bad moment’
Levi Leipheimer (Astana) couldn’t quite stay with the elite group of GC riders on the upper reaches of the Joux-Plane and saw his chances of winning the Dauphiné Libéré for the second time and three years take a big hit. Leipheimer hopes to bounce back in Saturday’s summit finish up La Toussuire to cap what’s been a wild spring for the veteran American. Instead of preparing for the Tour de France as he’s done every season since 2002, his spring campaign was turned upside when he got the call to race the Giro d’Italia just a week before it started.