Dave Zabriskie in Solvang TT 08-Tour of California
Dave Zabriskie in Solvang TT 08-Tour of California
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Froze Toes RR – Cat 3-4
Froze Toes RR - Cat 3-4
Sierra Road: Come on Camaño, you’re halfway there!
Sierra Road: Come on Camaño, you're halfway there!
Quick Step’s Stijn Devolder wins the overall title at Portugal’s Algarve tour.
Belgian Stijn Devolder (QuickStep) won the 34th edition of Portugal's Tour of the Algarve Sunday, on a day when Team High Road's Bernhard Eisel won his fourth career Algarve stage, this time by solo'ing away from a breakaway in the final kilometers. The Austrian was followed at 3 seconds by Benfica's Rui Costa and Celestino Pinho of Barbot-Siper in the 194-kilometer stage finishing in Portimão. Devolder was joined on the GC podium by Cofidis's Sylvain Chavanel and Astana's Tomas Vaitkus of Lithuania.
Soigneur: Leogrande confessed to me last summer
A former team soigneur says Rock Racing’s Kayle Leogrande told her last July that he used performance-enhancing drugs at Wisconsin's International Cycling Classic, also known as Superweek.
Amgen Tour of California 2008: Full Overall Results
Overall Results
1. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Astana, 29:24:322. David Millar (GB), Slipstream-Chipotle, 0:49
3. Christian Vandevelde (USA), Slipstream-Chipotle, 1:08
4. Fabian Cancellara (Swi), CSC, 1:18
5. Gustav Larsson (Swe), CSC, 1:19
6. David Zabriskie (USA), Slipstream-Chipotle, 1:36
7. Christopher Horner (USA), Astana, 2:07
8. Jurgen Vandewalle (B), Quickstep, 2:11
9. Robert Gesink* (Nl), Rabobank, 2:18
10. Alexandre Moos (Swi), BMC, 2:27
11. Thomas Peterson* (USA), Slipstream-Chipotle, 2:58
Tour of California Stage 7 Live Updates
- 11:49 AM: Good day...and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the seventh and final stage of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California. The stage will begin at 12:00 PST, so it should just be a few minutes before the peloton rolls into the neutral zone.
Leipheimer wins his second consecutive Tour of California
Adding a ray of sunshine to an otherwise cloudy week of racing for Team High Road, American George Hincapie won the final stage of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, the 93.4-mile journey from Santa Clarita to Pasadena. The American took the victory in downtown Pasadena ahead of breakaway companions Michael Creed, Jason McCartney, Rory Sutherland and Tom Zirbel. [nid:72801]
Leipheimer breathes easier in California
Levi Leipheimer has proven immune to all the pressures, dangers, fatigue and sickness of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California. With one final stage left, it seems all but certain that Astana will defend Leipheimer’s overall lead into Pasadena and the record books. Only 91 of the original starting 132 riders made it to the finish line in Santa Clarita. A stomach virus has taken out more than a dozen riders, while crashes, fatigue, hypothermia and other factors have removed players from what has been the toughest-ever Tour of California.
American Mattis takes World Cup opener
American Katheryn Mattis (Webcor Builders) outsprinted Australia's Emma Rickards (Cervelo Lifeforce) to claim victory in the opening round of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup series Sunday in Geelong, Australia. The pace was high from the gun with 12 riders breaking away early. But Team High Road powered the chase on the front of the peloton and the break were reeled in on the fourth lap. Cervelo Lifeforce riders then launched a series of attacks with Rickards finally breaking clear followed close behind by Mattis.
Amgen Tour Stage 6 Fred Rodriguez Team Rock CRASH
Amgen Tour Stage 6 Fred Rodriguez Team Rock CRASH
Tour of California Stage 6 Live Updates
- 10:49 AM: Good day ...and welcome to our live coverage of stage 6 of the 2008 Tour of California. Today's stage covers 105 miles from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita.
Keep in mind this was one of the toughest stages in the 2007 Tour, with CSC launching attacks, forcing race leader Levi Leipheimer and his Discovery team to chase.