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Margarita Fullana, Christoph Sauser win 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships cross-country titles
Christoph Sauser finally has his rainbow stripes. After four years of riding in the shadow of Frenchman Julien Absalon, Sauser took an emotional cross-country win at Val di Sole, Italy. The rail-thin Swiss star crushed the men’s field, soloing to a 2:54 margin of victory over compatriot Florian Vogel. Ralph Naf’s third-place ride capped of a day of Swiss dominance. For Sauser, the win dispatched a weight that had been on his back for 14 years. [nid:78805]
Live Coverage – Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, 2008
- 01:58 PM: Good day and welcome
to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the ninth stage of the Tour de Suisse, a 168-kilometer race from Altdorf to Bern.
Today's features rolling terrain, with two Category 4 climbs, the first above the village of Hueb at 142.8km and a climb to Aargauerstalden, at 159.9km. The peloton rolled out of Altdorf - the start of yesterday's hillclimb - about an hour ago.
CSC’s Fabian Cancellara wins another Tour de Suisse stage, as Kreuziger cruises to the overall victory.
CSC's Fabian Cancellara chased down a last-kilometer attack by FdJ's Phillipe Gilbert, passed him and soloed to his second stage win in this year's Tour de Suisse on Sunday. The stage finished near Cancellara's hometown of Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Liquigas's Roman Kreuziger finished in the main pack on the final day to retain the overall lead he took in Saturday's time trial.
Borrajo wins in Austin
Colavita-Sutter Home speedster Alejandro Borrajo won the 2008 AT&T Downtown Austin Criterium, the fourth installment of the 2008 USA CRITS Series. Borrajo fought off a well-stocked field of top-shelf criterium racers to take the fifth edition of the NRC race. Despite the Toyota-United train controlling the final five laps of the race, Borrajo found his way past Henk Vogels (Toyota-United) and Cuban teammate Ivan Dominguez (who came in second and third respectively.
Olson, Bamberger wrap up the Tour de Nez
Stage five of the 2008 Tour de Nez, a 45-mile up and down affair in and around the Village at Northstar resort, gave onlookers one last chance to see the main protagonists of the stage race fight it out on the tough technical course. The 1.75-mile loop took riders over stretches of the cobblestones that run through the village, lending an old-school feel to the race.
NC State Games 08
NC State Games 08
Martin poised to win Route du Sud
Team Garmin-Chipotle is poised to win its first European stage-race victory thanks to a stunning performance Saturday by its young Irish neo-pro, Dan Martin, up the summit finish to Super Bagneres in the four-climb stage across the heart of the Pyrénées. Martin, 21, attacked on the day’s final climb to finish fourth in the stage and surge into the overall lead. Entering Sunday’s 207km finale from Saint Gaudens to Castres over three category-three climbs, Martin holds a 1:42 lead over French powerhouse Christophe Moreau (Agritubel).
Rule Britannia: Athertons own Downhill worlds
“God Save the Queen” received plenty of airtime on Saturday at the 2008 UCI world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy, as British riders took three of the four downhill races. Brother-sister duo Gee and Rachel Atherton (Animal-Commençal) dethroned the once teammates Sam Hill (Monster-Ironhorse) and Sabrina Jonnier (Maxxis) to take the elite crowns. Youngster Josh Bryceland (Monster-Ironhorse) also took the junior men’s title.
Buhl earns U.S. Gold in Four Cross
Exhausted, sunburned but smiling in her new rainbow jersey — that’s how Melissa Buhl spent her Saturday evening. The Arizona native had a jam-packed schedule on the sun-baked penultimate day of the 2008 UCI world mountain bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy. First Buhl tackled the pro women’s downhill, speeding down the steep 1.40-mile track with the 10th fastest time of the day.
Buhl earns U.S. Gold in Four Cross
Exhausted, sunburned but smiling in her new rainbow jersey — that’s how Melissa Buhl spent her Saturday evening. The Arizona native had a jam-packed schedule on the sun-baked penultimate day of the 2008 UCI world mountain-bike championships in Val di Sole, Italy. First Buhl tackled the pro women’s downhill, speeding down the steep 1.40-mile track with the 10th fastest time of the day.