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Thomas, Downing to join Team Sky for 2010

Team Sky, the pending British road cycling team, announced six of its riders for the 2010 season, including Olympic gold medal winner Geraint Thomas and 2009 Tour of Ireland winner Russell Downing. More riders are set to be announced on Thursday, with speculation that British star Bradley Wiggins could be among them. Thomas, 23, was the youngest rider in the 2007 Tour de France and won team pursuit gold in Beijing alongside Wiggins, who finished fourth in July's Tour.

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Road Racing

Hushovd hustles to Missouri lead

Thor Hushovd took advantage of a difficult final 2km and a tired Columbia-HTC team on Wednesday's third stage of the Tour of Missouri to take his first stage win and the overall lead.

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Vuelta a Espana

Farrar: ‘It finally came together’

Tyler Farrar got the monkey off Garmin-Slipstream’s back. After a string of close calls, with no less than nine second places in grand tours in 2009, including second by Ryder Hesjedal in Tuesday’s 10th stage, Farrar was first across the line in a major three-week race in Wednesday 11th stage at the Vuelta a España. It’s an important milestone for both Farrar and Garmin.

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Castroviejo wins, Bérard leads at Avenir

America’s Tejay van Garderen slotted into the top 10 on Wednesday at the Tour de l’Avenir after sneaking into the day’s winning breakaway. Van Garderen was among 13 riders to attack early in the hilly, four-climb stage across the French Ardennes in the 166.5km fifth stage. Spanish rider Jonathan Castroviejo won out of the break and Van Garderen came across the line seventh with the same time. Overnight leader Julién Bérard retained his leader’s jersey he’s worn since stage 1 after finishing safely in the main pack, which crossed the line nine seconds in arrears.

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Farrar wins stage 11; Valverde leads

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) finally got his stage win on Wednesday at the 2009 Vuelta a Espana. It was a desperately long sprint for the American, racing in his third grand tour of the year. And he had to fight his way back to the lead group to do it, having been dropped on the final climb of the day, the Cat. 2 Alto Campo de San Juan. But Farrar gutted it out to take his first victory in a grand tour, crossing just ahead of Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil).

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Cav’ keeps streak alive

Mark Cavendish has not left a stage race since March of last year without at least one win to his name. The Columbia-HTC sprinter handily kept that streak alive in Missouri, grabbing the first and second stages. This year Cavendish has won stages at nine stage races, including the Tours of Qatar, California, Switzerland, France, Ireland and Missouri, plus the Giro d’Italia, Three Days of De Panne and Tirreno-Adriatico. Last year he won stages at eight stage races.

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Zirbel, Powers claim NRC crowns

Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling) and Alison Powers (Team Type I) have been crowned as USA Cycling National Racing Calendar champions for 2009. It was the first NRC title for both. Zirbel unseated two-time defending champ Rory Sutherland (OUCH-Maxxis), taking the title with 1,127 points, just seven ahead of Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home). Sutherland finished third with 952 points.

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Road Racing

Cav’ doubles down in Missouri

Race leader Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) rocketed past Cervélo's Thor Hushovd on Tuesday to win stage 2 of the 2009 Tour of Missouri. It was another chaotic finale as ProTour and domestic teams butted heads in Cape Girardeau, battling to set up their sprinters in the final miles of the 112.3-mile ride from St. Genevieve. No matter. Cav' simply attached himself to Hushovd's wheel when the Cervélo man made his dash for the line, then shot past for his second consecutive win in this year's tour. The Norwegian hung on for second with Saxo Bank's J.J. Haedo third.

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Vuelta a Espana

Vuelta Notebook: Stage 10

Garmin-Slipstream is still waiting for that elusive individual grand tour stage victory, but no one can criticize the U.S.-registered team for a lack of trying. With second to Simon Gerrans in Tuesday’s 10th stage, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal once again put the argyle jersey at the sharp end of the action at the Vuelta a España. The squad won the team time trial at the 2008 Giro d’Italia in its grand tour debut, but has since come enticingly close to a major stage win at the grand tours in two seasons at the elite level of the sport.

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