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Shimano’s carbon Dura-Ace crank is coming back

Gear combinations: 53/39; 52/39 [nid:79403] Lengths: 170, 172.5, 175 Weight: 715g including bottom bracket Available: December 2008 Web site: www.shimano.com Originally shown at Eurobike 2007, Shimano's carbon Dura-Ace crank, model FC-7800-C, is being revised before its release at the end of this year. The new crank will feature improved chainrings to offer better shifting without the need to trim the shifter. The rings also will be available for aftermarket purchase.

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Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

Cheerwine's Robin Farina outsprinted her breakaway companion to take a win Saturday in the third stage of the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic stage race in Massachusetts. Her teammate Catherine Cheatley maintains her overall lead in the race. In the men's race, Colavita's Kyle Wamsley won the stage and widened his overall lead. KBS/Medifast's Justin Spinelli sits second and Bissell's Ted King is third. The men rode 75 miles around a 3.1 mile loop through the hilly streets of Fitchburg. The women rode 34 miles.

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Mountain

Paulissen, Dahle-Flesja take Marathon world titles

Belgium’s Roel Paulissen and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway have won the 2008 UCI marathon mountain biking world championships, in Villabassa, Italy on Saturday. The 119 km course wound a long lap through the Südtirol Dolomiti area of northern Italy.

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Road

Look for more hills, more fans and another frenetic finish

It’s not a coincidence that the front-page photo chosen for Saturday’s edition of L’Équipe, the top-selling French sports newspaper, was a shot from the rear of the Tour de France peloton climbing the Mur de Bretagne, a 10-percent-grade, wall-like climb that marks the midpoint of stage 2. The shot is from the 2004 Tour de France, the last time the race came this way, but it will look much the same on Sunday.

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Tour de France

Andrew Hood’s Tour de France Notebook, stage 1

BANG-BAM-BOOM: Tour brass will surely preen with pride at the huge crowds lining the route across the heart of Brittany, but not everyone was happy that the opening prologue was ditched in favor of a hectic, nervous road stage. Since 1967, the Tour started with some form of a time trial. This year, Christian Prudhomme wanted to shake things up and simply decided to let them sprint for the yellow jersey.

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Road Racing

Svein Tuft and Anne Samplonius win more maple-leaf jerseys

The 2008 Canadian National Road Cycling Championships began on Friday with the individual time trial events for Elite and Under-23 men and women in Saint-Georges, Quebec. Svein Tuft (Symmetrics) took his fourth title in the men's 40 kilometer event, while Anne Samplonius (Équipe du Québec) won her second title in the women's 20 kilometer race. David Veilleux of (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast) won the Under-23 men's category and Julie Beveridge (Aaron's) the women's Under-23 race.

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Tour de France

Stapleton: Kirchen beaten but we’re not

Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain's Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his team missed out on an historic first stage win here Saturday. Stapleton's team have come to the Tour looking to fight on several fronts, but at the start of the 2008 race - being held without a prologue for the first time in 41 years — he was reminded that they'll get nothing for free.

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Tour de France

Stage 1 – By the numbers

Stage 1, Brest to Plumelec, 197.5km

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, strong southwest winds up to 65kph, temperatures in low 80s Stage winner: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won his second career Tour stage with a blistering acceleration in the final right-hander with about 350m to go. “Balaverde” roared past the stalling Kim Kirchen (Team Columbia) to win one second ahead of Philip Gilbert (FDJeux) and Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).

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Robbie McEwen forgoes an 11-speed bike on the Tour’s first stage

Robbie McEwen’s bike was lined up unassumingly, mid-pack, among his teammates' rigs in front of a roped off and guarded Silence-Lotto bus. All of the extra protection was meant to protect the race favorite — McEwen's teammate Cadel Evans — but McEwen’s bike benefited. He was suppose to start the race on Campagnolo’s new 11-speed group, but instead he unassumingly rode away from the team bus on a 10-speed bike. [nid:79347]

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Road Culture

Will Frischkorn’s Tour de France diary, stage 1

Garmin-Chipotle rider Will Frischkorn is riding his first Tour de France. He will share his journal entries with VeloNews.com readers after each stage. People. That's the word of the day. I'm always amazed by how many people swarm the climbs in races like the Tour of Flanders and the Pave of Roubaix ... that's nothing. I'd seen the videos and the pictures, heard the stories about the crowds on the epic climbs of the Tour, but had no idea how many people would be EVERYWHERE! Crazy.

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Tour de France

Live Coverage – Stage 1 Tour de France, 2008

  • 06:48 PM: Good day and welcome

    To VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the 1st stage of the 95th Tour de France, 197.5km race from Brest to Plumec.

    180 riders rolled out of Brest this afternoon, exiting the neutral zone at 12:31 and begining a long day in the saddle, an unusual way to start the Tour. This is only the first time since 1966 that the Tour de France has not started with some form of time trial, usually a short sub-8km prologue.

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Road Racing

Oakley unveils a new sunglass design at the Tour de France

Last year Oakley revamped its most popular sport sunglass the M-Frame into a new sunglass. Though the M-Frame is still available its predecessor, the Radar, has become as instantly popular as the decade old staple of Oakley’s line. Using the opening stage of the Tour as a springboard, Oakley introduced a complement to the new Radar in the form of a newly styled Racing Jacket. Columbia’s George Hincapie and Credit Agricole’s Thor Hushovd are the two riders charged with introducing the new shade, and the only two riders who currently have it. [nid:79335]

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