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Toulouse pips Craig at Windham Mountain
A thrilling two-up sprint, contested by 2008 Olympian Adam Craig (Giant) and Mathieu Toulouse (Maxxis), ushered in what will likely be the first of many NMBS races at Windham Mountain. After racing four laps of the newly constructed course at this first-time venue in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Toulouse took the win by a wheel over Craig. Both finished within a second of each other, stopping the clock at 1:35:10.7 and 1:35:11, respectively. Jeremiah Bishop (Trek-VW) was third.
Doctor charged in one road-rage case, linked to another
A California physician alleged to have braked suddenly in front of two cyclists has been charged with four felony counts and could face more than seven years in prison if convicted, according to The Los Angeles Times. Christopher Thomas Thompson, 59, was charged Friday with two felony counts each of reckless driving causing injury and battery with serious bodily injury in connection with a July 4 incident that sent one cyclist flying through his car’s rear window and the other to the asphalt.
Will Frischkorn’s Tour de France diary, stage 9
After yesterday's stressful stage in the rain I woke up this morning feeling a bit groggy for the first time so far. Looking around at breakfast I wasn't the only one; I think there really is something about a day in the rain that wears on the body. As I walked upstairs from breakfast I got a call from a friend, quickly plural, still going strong on the town in Boulder. There was nothing better than some seriously entertaining drunken jibberish to lighten the mood and put a smile on my face — just in time to get kitted up and head down to the bus.
Aldape, Armstrong take Cascade road race
Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) and Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo-Lifeforce) proved victorious in their respective races in Saturday’s fifth stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic, the Pacific Power-Cascade Lakes road race, which ended in the parking lot of the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort. After being in a break almost the entire day, Aldape outsprinted second placed Chad Beyer (unattached) and Bradley White (Successful Living) at the line.
Tom Boonen wins the last stage of the Tour of Austria
Quick Step's Tom Boonen won the seventh and last stage of the Tour of Austria on Sunday, while Thomas Rohregger (Elk Haus) won the overall title of his home country's national tour. Boonen won the stage, which finished in Vienna, ahead of Roberto Ferrari (LPR), René Weissinger (Team Volksbank) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre). Peter Wrolich was placed at 10th place and was best austrian rider of the stage and it was his third top-ten ranking in this tour. "I wanted to win this stage in Vienna, because I already won in several capitals like Paris, London, Brussels and Madrid."
Live Coverage – Stage 9 Tour de France, 2008
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Phinney wins (another) world junior title
American Taylor Phinney won a world junior championship title Saturday in the 3,000m individual pursuit in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition to collecting another world junior title to go with the world junior time trial mantle he picked up last year, the 18-year-old also received confirmation that his preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games is on track. Another American, Colleen Hayduk from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, scored a bronze medal in the scratch race in the first day of competition.
Inside the Tour, with John Wilcockson – Cavendish on top of the world
Sprinters who are capable of winning stages of the Tour de France rarely keep winning for long. They either burn themselves out (either mentally or physically) or soon lose the leg-speed that’s so essential for winning a highly charged field sprint at 40 mph. In view of the astounding finishing speed and dominant margins of victory shown by Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish in his stage wins at Toulouse on Saturday (and in Châteauroux on Wednesday), I thought it was worth seeing where the 22-year-old Brit stacks up again great sprinters in recent Tour history.
Will Frischkorn’s Tour de France diary, stage 8
Today was a stressful day out on the roads of France for one and all. We woke up to beautiful sunny skies and what looked like it would be a warm day. An hour later the rain socked in and didn’t let up all day long. When the entire field is jockeying for position on the start line, that’s still followed by 10 minutes of neutral before the official gun goes off, you know it’s going to be a rough one.
Mark Cavendish takes a second stage win while teammate Kim Kirchen retains the overall.
You might call it greed or an addiction to victory. Team Columbia — simultaneously eager to protect Kim Kirchen's overall lead and set up sprinter Mark Cavendish for a stage win — controlled the peloton for most of Saturday's eighth stage of the Tour de France. The U.S.-based team kept an early break's lead to a manageable gap and then put the hammer down in the last 10k to reel it in and deliver its young British fast man to his second Tour stage victory.
Stage 8 – By the numbers
Stage 8, Figeac to Toulouse, 172.5km
Weather: Light rain in morning, turning to heavier showers in afternoon, temperatures in the 60s Stage winner: Mark Cavendish (Columbia) won his second stage of this Tour with a brilliant finishing kick to fend off such experienced sprinters as Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Jimmy Casper (Agritubel). The “Cannonball” finished off great work by Columbia, with teammate Gerard Ciolek coming across the line second ahead of third-place Casper.Live Coverage – Stage 8 Tour de France, 2008
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and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the eighth stage of the 95th edition of the Tour de France, a 172.5-kilometer race from Figeac to Toulouse.
Andrew Hood’s Tour de France Notebook, stage 8
WHAT MAKES CAV SO FAST?
It looks like Mark Cavendish was born to win.
Despite losing the wheel of his lead-out man Gerard Ciolek after riding cautiously through the final bend with just over one kilometer to go to avoid crashing on wet roads, Great Britain’s “Cannonball” was still able to blast across the line with apparent ease to win for the second time in a week.
At 23, Cavendish is using his raw finishing speed and tenacious personality to make up for any lack of experience he might have in what is his third grand tour start.
Saunier Duval’s Ricco was seen on the new wheel in the first stages of the Tour.
Saunier Duval’s Ricco was seen on the new wheel in the first stages of the Tour. Nonetheless, he used a pair of Carbon Ultimates on his way to both of his stage wins this year.