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2011 Vuelta a España results, stage 8

Stage 8

  • 1. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, 4:49:01
  • 2. Michele Scarponi, Lampre-ISD, at 0:09
  • 3. Bauke Mollema, Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:09
  • 4. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:09
  • 5. Jakob Fuglsang, Leopard-Trek, at 0:12

GC

  • 1. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, 32:18:16
  • 2. Daniel Moreno, Team Katusha, at 0:32
  • 3. Jakob Fuglsang, Leopard-Trek, at 0:34
  • 4. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:45
  • 5. Michele Scarponi, Lampre-ISD, at 0:51

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Ben King Diary: A Utah recovery into a Colorado taper …

" I suffered in fifth position on Gesink's wheel. Then Levi said, "go, Ben." Way above my limit, brain oxygen-deprived, my vision narrowed. I emptied myself pulling back the attack in three minutes. The world spun, as I regained my breath and settled into a comfortable pace, leaving Rovny and Deignan to fend for Levi. "

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2011 Vuelta a España results, stage 7

Stage 7

  • 1. Marcel Kittel, Skil-Shimano, 4:47:59
  • 2. Peter Sagan, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time
  • 3. Óscar Freire, Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.
  • 4. Daniele Bennati, Leopard-Trek, s.t.
  • 5. Lloyd Mondory, Ag2r La Mondiale, s.t.

GC

  • 1. Sylvain Chavanel, Quick Step, 27:29:12
  • 2. Daniel Moreno, Team Katusha, at 0:15
  • 3. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:16
  • 4. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 0:23
  • 5. Jakob Fuglsang, Leopard-Trek, at 0:25

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The Livestream Diaries: Astana pulls a “Bewitched”

In 1969 the producers of the now-classic sitcom, Bewitched, faced a difficult choice. When Dick York, (who co-starred as Elizabeth Montgomery’s husband, Darrin Stephens) suffered a debilitating back injury, executives took the unusual step of replacing him mid-series. Without explanation, the show’s sixth season debuted with a new leading man: actor Dick Sargent. The casting change — in which York was quietly replaced by a lookalike — has become the stuff of pop culture legend and may just be providing the blueprint for a situation comedy now playing out in Kazakhstan.

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Two different men, two different bikes, same time in Vail

VAIL, Colo. (VN) – Ten miles. A vertical gain of 1,100 feet. Two completely different riders and two completely different equipment choices ended with a .58-second difference between Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervélo). The two Americans sit atop the GC after the third stage on Vail Pass, but how exactly did such different circumstances lead to such a narrow stage win for the former?

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Danielson goes down to food poisoning, sheds little time

VAIL, Colo. (VN) — Tom Danielson met his match, or perhaps his bug, Thursday in Vail when an overnight bout with food poisoning cut into what he had hoped would be a stage win and leader’s jersey celebration. Danielson (Garmin-Cervélo) lost 33 seconds to Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervélo) in the 10-mile uphill time trial that suited each of them perfectly.

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2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge results, stage 3

Stage 3

  • 1. Levi Leipheimer, Team RadioShack, 25:47.08
  • 2. Christian Vandevelde, Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.
  • 3. Rafael Infantino Abreu, Epm-Une, at 0:04
  • 4. Tom Danielson, Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:33
  • 5. Stef Clement, Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:40

GC

  • 1. Levi Leipheimer, Team RadioShack, 10:30:29
  • 2. Christian Vandevelde, Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:11
  • 3. Tejay Van Garderen, HTC-Highroad, at 0:17
  • 4. Tom Danielson, Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:21
  • 5. George Hincapie, BMC Racing Team, at 0:53

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Andrew Talansky Vuelta Diary: Letting the form come

I always demand a lot of myself and I’m sure I expect more out of myself during this Vuelta than my team does. While the main goal is the same as when I started, to help our team leaders and make it to the finish line in Madrid, I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t like to try to do something special one of these days.

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2011 Vuelta a España results, stage 6

Stage 6

  • 1. Peter Sagan, Liquigas-Cannondale, 4:38:22
  • 2. Pablo Lastras, Movistar, same time
  • 3. Valerio Agnoli, Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.
  • 4. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.
  • 5. Eros Capecchi, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:03

GC

  • 1. Sylvain Chavanel, Quick Step, 22:41:13
  • 2. Daniel Moreno, Team Katusha, at 0:15
  • 3. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:16
  • 4. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 0:23
  • 5. Jakob Fuglsang, Leopard-Trek, at 0:25

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Five Americans atop USAPCC GC heading into Vail TT

ASPEN, Colo. (VN) — After three days of racing, five Americans stand atop the general classification standings at the inaugural 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, separated by 45 seconds with the decisive Vail time trial on the horizon.

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Trio of Americans with “balls” flip Colorado tour in the rain

ASPEN, Colo. (VN) — Twenty miles downhill in the rain turned the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge on its head Wednesday and with two climbs topping out over 12,000 feet, no one expected it. HTC-Highroad’s 23-year-old American Tejay Van Garderen was as surprised as anyone when he ended up the biggest winner, taking enough time on a dispatched Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) to pull the overall leader’s jersey in Aspen.

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2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge results, stage 2

Stage

  • 1. George HINCAPIE, BMC Racing Team, in 5:26:10
  • 2. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, HTC-Highroad, at s.t.
  • 3. Tom DANIELSON, Team Garmin-Cervelo, at s.t.
  • 4. Eduard BELTRAN SUAREZ, Une-Epm, at s.t.
  • 5. Janier ACEVEDO CALLE, Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.
GC
  • 1. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, HTC-Highroad, in 10:04:08
  • 2. George HINCAPIE, BMC Racing Team, at 00:16
  • 3. Tom DANIELSON, Team Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:22
  • 4. Levi LEIPHEIMER, Team RadioShack, at 00:34
  • 5. Christian VANDEVELDE, Team Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:45

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2011 Vuelta a España results, stage 5

  • 1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, in 4:42:54
  • 2. Wouter POELS, (NED) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 4
  • 3. Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 5
  • 4. Bauke MOLLEMA, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 7
  • 5. Michele SCARPONI, (ITA) Lampre-Isd, at 8

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Fränk Schleck ‘very surprised’ by first high-altitude effort

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (VN) — Claiming that the only other times he’d been close to 10,000 feet elevation was “in an airplane,” Leopard-Trek’s Fränk Schleck said he was “surprised — very surprised” by his third-place finish in Crested Butte Tuesday on the opening road stage of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

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2011 Aspen/Snowmass Women’s Pro Stage Race results, stage 2

Stage

  • 1. Kristin Armstrong Savola, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty 12, in 1.35'58"
  • 2. Janel Holcomb, Colavita / Forno D'asolo, at 40  
  • 3. Anne Samplonius, Now Cycling/now And Novartis For Ms, at 2:37  
  • 4. Kristin Mcgrath, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty 12, at 2:37  
  • 5. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita / Forno D'asolo, at 2:37  

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Historic gallery: The 1965 North American Bicycle Championship

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — The ongoing 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge traces its inspiration back to the Coors Classic (1980-1988), and its predecessor, the Red Zinger Classic (1975-1979). But stage racing in the Colorado Rockies dates back even earlier, at least to the 1965 North American Bicycle Championships.

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UPDATED: Highroad director: ‘Cavendish had no power’

HTC-Highroad sport director Jens Zemke said Cavendish was spent from the effort of the first four days of racing. "He had nothing left. He was totally empty," Zemke told VeloNews. "He said he was so tired he could have fallen asleep in the car. It was 40C on the road today. He had no more power and could not continue."

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