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Silence-Lotto’s Robbie McEwen wins stage 3 of the Tour du Suisse.

Silence-Lotto's Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen won Monday's third stage of the tour of Switzerland, outsprinting Rabobank's Oscar Freire and High Road's Gerald Ciolek. "Leif Hoste and Greg Van Avermaet did well for me on the sprint," said McEwen. "It's exactly the tactic that we discussed this morning. "It's one of the first times that I've sprinted with the two of them and it worked well." This win, he said, "was good for confidence ahead of the Tour de France."

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Live Coverage – Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, 2008

  • 01:44 PM: Our Live Coverage begins at 8:40 a.m. EDT (U.S.)

    Good day and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the third stage of the 2008 Tour de Suisse, a 155-kilometer race from Flums to Gossau.

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Time’s Eric Barlevav wins the 35th annual Harlem Classic in a photo finish — then crashes.

[nid:77758][nid:77759][nid:77754][nid:77755] Erik Barlevav of the Time Pro Cycling team scored the biggest win of his young career with a narrow advantage win over Rock Racing's Rahsaan Bahati on Sunday at the Harlem Cycling Classic. Barlevav's final effort was so intense that he lost control of his bicycle and crashed just after the finish line. The first-year professional managed to get up unassisted and take a victory lap with a bouquet of flowers.

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High Road to become Team Columbia

Team High Road will start the Tour de France in a new uniform featuring the U.S.-based team's new title sponsor: Columbia Sportswear Company. High Road Sports, Inc., the team’s owner, announced the deal Monday. The team will don its new kit at the start of the Tour on July 5. “We’re very pleased to welcome Columbia to Team High Road and to cycling,” said Bob Stapleton, High Road’s owner. “This is a positive sign for the sport itself.”

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Live Coverage – Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, 2008

  • 04:13 PM: Good day and welcome

    to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the second stage of the 2008 Tour de Suisse, a mountainous 197-kilometer stage from Langnau im Emmental to Flumserberg.

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Tuft locks up Tour de Beauce, Wilson scores win in final stage

The 23rd Tour de Beauce ended on Sunday with Symmetrics' Svein Tuft recording the first Canadian victory since 1995. Tuft and his team held off repeated attacks by both the Tecos Trek and Team Type 1 squads to take the overall victory. Matt Wilson gave Team Type 1 a victory in the final stage, and that team also wrapped up the Points and Climber's Jerseys, plus the top overall team on general classification.

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Armstrong, Sutherland wrap up NVGP titles

Chilkoot Hill is just an eighth of a mile long, but with its 24-percent grade, it practically reaches up to bite you on the nose. It’s a hill with which Rory Sutherland (Health Net), the GC leader going into the final stage in Stillwater, is quite familiar. “It suits me down to the ground,” he said. But under sunny skies and mild breezes and among several thousand enthusiastic fans, one thing got between Sutherland and the finish line. His name was David Veilleux, and he’s just 20 years old.

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TdF, Amgen Tour partner on promotions

Don’t be surprised to see some cross-pollination between the Tour de France and the Amgen Tour of California during the French grand tour this July. Amgen Tour organizers AEG Sports have signed a marketing partnership with Amaury Sports Organization (ASO), the French owners and promoters of events such as the Tour, Paris-Nice, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the two organizers will announce Monday.

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