With the O’Grady group absorbed, the race fell to climbers like Cunego, Piepoli and Menchov
With the O'Grady group absorbed, the race fell to climbers like Cunego, Piepoli and Menchov
With the O'Grady group absorbed, the race fell to climbers like Cunego, Piepoli and Menchov
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And Menchov was on time, on target
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Menchov countered a late-race move by Gonzales and Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) to win the stage
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The Canadians celebrate.
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Team Canada.
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Gagne delivered the win.
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Bisaro held the line.
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Botero calls it quits
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. . . which devolved into the smaller O'Grady break
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Beltran is the latest in a series of Postals to wear the golden jersey
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The main break of the day fought to a three-minute lead in the wind
A second break late in the race never got out of eyeshot
Joachim got to play both star and water-carrier today
Lea races to gold in the men's individual pursuit
... as does Hanson in the women's pursuit
Nothstein collects a keirin crown
... and Mirabella collects an overdue Olympic bronze and laurel wreath, woven personally by the mayor of Frisco, Texas
Petacchi takes a narrow win at the line
Tyler found it hard going in today's stage
Valverde wins a soggy sprint
Joachim leads the break
The peloton was in nap mode until the break reached nearly 10 minutes
Van Heeswijk in gold
Valverde came from fourth wheel to take the sprint
But Joachim got the jersey
After three days of suffering, Milkowski takes a dig – and wins
Moore, meanwhile, wrapped up the overall
Dionne and McCormack duel in Burlington
Fi'zi:k's Arione: a carbon fiber base, a tubular titanium rail and an aluminum core
Storck's Scenario C 0.9 can be hoisted with a pinky
Selle San Marco's Rever has air scoops to cool the booty
The Time RXS is an all-new design . . .
Selle San Marco Aspide Composite A: a bare-bones saddle
. . . and there's an all-new RXS shoe to go with it
ITM's K-Sword does away with bolts and plates for clamping
The VXRS can be had with the full Paolo Bettini effect
Petacchi finds his legs
The Uniko White Super Over, meanwhile, does away with the color black
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Landis and the team weren't playing defense today
3T's Biomorphe is shaped for a better grip
Tamkink and Serrano built a big lead only to lose it to the pursuit
The 2X2 stem teams up with the Biomorphe
Then Van Goolen had a go
Cinelli's limited-edition Ram Shining
But no one could hop the Fassa freight train except Petacchi
The Cinelli Bat is built to fly
'Mad Max' in gold
Selcof's high-gloss Zen . . .
The peloton ambles along on the Vuelta's longest day
. . . and Karbon post
Old enough to know better, Miller did it anyway
Deda has branched out into cranksets . . .
McCormack repeats at App' Gap
. . . and clinchers
Iban Mayo's lightweight climber
Stella Azzurra is stretching itself, too, with the four-spoke Maris wheel . . .
Mayo had his mechanic drill out the Dura-Ace levers . . .
. . . and the low-profile Compasso
. . . and rear derailleur
Just when you thought you'd seen every carbon-fiber application imaginable comes a carbon trainer from Elite
Tony Cruz makes last-minute adjustments
Dave Zabriskie looks a little spent
Papp picked his spot just right
Moore, like Papp, was outnumbered . . . but won anyway