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Gerald Ciolek wins the opening stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt
Gerald Ciolek blasted past the opposition in the opening stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt on Wednesday for victory in a tough uphill sprint. “It was my first win of the season, and it’s come on home soil so that makes it all the more special.” Ciolek said. “I jumped away with 300 meters to go, just after Christian Knees of Milram attacked and I got it by a bike length. I didn’t have a lead-out, it was more a case of every man for himself, but I was doing ok and with 150 meters to go I knew I’d got it.”
USA Cycling names partial MTB world’s squad
USA Cycling has announced the 12 junior and U23 cross-country athletes that have been nominated to represent the United States at the upcoming 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy, June 17-22. Four men and two women have been nominated to the U23 cross-country squad, while four men and two women were also nominated to the junior crosscountry team.
Murphy wins Tour of Atlanta
For a team to defend a race lead over seven stages takes a tremendous amount of effort on everyone's part to ensure the win. For one rider to do it on his own start to finish is almost unimaginable. But John Murphy of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis pulled it off during the five-day, seven-stage Tour of Atlanta this past weekend, despite having to contend with full squads form a number of teams, including UCI continental team Toshiba. Murphy won the opening-stage time trial by a solid 0:31 margin, but had five members of Toshiba within 0:55 of him after the stage.