Tour of Luxembourg

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Olympic champion Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) continued his powerful run of early season form Sunday clinching the Tour of Luxembourg.

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Jurgen Roelandts solos to rainy win in final stage at Luxembourg

Jumping clear in a three-man break, Wout Poels wins stage 3 at Luxembourg tour, while Fuglsang takes GC lead

Greipel wins second straight Tour of Luxembourg stage, with a sprint victory on stage 2 Friday; Jimmy Engoulvent keeps overall lead

Quick Results

• 1. Romain Feillu (FRA), Vacansoleil-DCM , 3:42:06
• 2. Frank Schleck (LUX), Leopard-Trek, s.t.
• 3. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL), Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
• 4. Tony Gallopin (FRA), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, s.t.
• 5. Davide Appollonio (ITA), Team Sky, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Linus Gerdemann (Germany), Leopard-Trek , 18:35:32
• 2. Alexandre Geniez (France), Skil-Shimano, at 0:02
• 3. Tony Gallopin (France), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:03
• 4. Maxime Monfort (Belgium), Leopard-Trek, at 0:05
• 5. Mickael Delage (France), Française des Jeux, at 0:08

Quick Results

• 1. Davide Appollonio (ITA), Team Sky, 4:44:31
• 2. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS), Team Katusha, s.t.
• 3. Mickael Delage (FRA), Française des Jeux, s.t.
• 4. Romain Feillu (FRA), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.
• 5. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL), Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.

GC

• 1. Linus Gerdemann (Germany), Leopard-Trek, 14:53:26
• 2. Alexandre Geniez (France), Skil-Shimano, at 0:02
• 3. Tony Gallopin (France), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:03
• 4. Maxime Monfort (Belgium), Leopard-Trek, at 0:05
• 5. Mickael Delage (France), Française des Jeux, at 0:08

Quick Results

• 1. Linus Gerdemann (GER), Leopard-Trek, 5:16:19
• 2. Arthur Vichot (FRA), Française des Jeux, at 0:09
• 3. Jérémie Galland (FRA), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:09
• 4. Mickael Delage (FRA), Française des Jeux, at 0:09
• 5. Tony Gallopin (FRA), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:09

GC

• 1. Linus Gerdemann (Germany), Leopard-Trek , 10:08:55
• 2. Alexandre Geniez (France), Skil-Shimano, at 0:02
• 3. Tony Gallopin (France), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:03
• 4. Maxime Monfort (Belgium), Leopard-Trek, at 0:05
• 5. Mickael Delage (France), Française des Jeux, at 0:08

• 1. Denis GALIMZYANOV , (RUS) Team Katusha
• 2. Greg HENDERSON , (NZL) Team Sky
• 3. Davide APPOLLONIO , (ITA) Team Sky
• 4. Mathew HAYMAN , (AUS) Team Sky
• 5. Jacopo GUARNIERI , (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondale

It should come as no surprise that Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) powered to victory in Wednesday's opening prologue at the Tour of Luxembourg.

• 1. Fabian CANCELLARA, (SUI) Leopard-Trek, in 3:42
• 2. Damien GAUDIN, (FRA) Europcar, at 5
• 3. Jimmy ENGOULVENT, (FRA) Saur-Sojasun, at 8
• 4. Romain FEILLU, (FRA) Vacansoleil-DCM, at 11
• 5. Mathew HAYMAN, (AUS) Team Sky, at 11

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Matteo Carrara takes the Tour du Luxembourg as Gorka Izaguirre wins the final stage.

Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) wins the third and penultimate stage of the Tour du Luxembourg as Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) retains the leader's golden jersey.

Saxo Bank's home-town hero Frank Schleck won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg on Friday but it was second place finisher Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) who grabbed the overall lead from previous incumbent Cyril Lemoine.

Cyril Lemoine of Saur-Sojasun took the overall lead in the Tour of Luxembourg on Thursday after Giovanni Visconti (ISD) won stage 1, from Luxembourg to Hesperange.

2010 Tour of Luxembourg results

Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun), won Wednesday's Tour of Luxembourg prologue, repeating his win in the same event in 2007.

With the Giro d’Italia in the rearview mirror, European racing shifts gears into a series of transition races as anticipation grows for July’s Tour de France.

Tour of Luxembourg

It was double delight for Saxo Bank on Sunday in the final stage of the Tour of Luxembourg as Matti Breschel dashed to a stage victory and Fränk Schleck wrapped up the overall. Breschel’s win made it three straight stage victories and the top prize as Saxo Bank dominated the five-day Luxembourg tour and held off a challenge from Andreas Klöden (Astana). Andy Schleck won Friday’s attack-riddled stage, winning an eight-up sprint that put Kazakh rider Assan Bazayev (Astana) into the leader’s jersey.

Native son Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) scored a stage victory in the Tour de Luxembourg Sunday, while Astana's Assan Bazayev took over the leader's jersey. The younger of Saxo's Schleck brothers took the sprint ahead of his teammate Matti Breschel and Aitor Galdos of Euskaltel-Euskadi. The three were part of a 15-rider break that formed about 12 kilometers before the finish. The break included Bazayev, who was sixth on the stage, at the same time as Schleck.

Katusha's Danilo Napolitano won the first stage of the Tour de Luxembourg on Thursday, winning a field sprint at the end of the 157km race from Luxembourg to Mondorf-les-Bains. Switzerland's Gregory Rast of Astana, the winner of Wednesday's prologue, retained the overall leader's jersey, two seconds ahead of Jonathan Hivert (Skil-Shimano).

Grégory Rast (Astana) carved out his first victory on the 2009 season in Wednesday’s prologue at the 69th Tour of Luxembourg on a technical, 2.7km course in the streets of the capital. Rast – a winner of the Luxembourg tour in 2007 – covered the course in 3 minutes, 48 seconds to claim the opener of the five-day race. Stopping the clock for second was Jonathan Hivert (Skil-Shimano) at two seconds slower with Romain Feillu (Agritubel) third at four seconds adrift.

Christian Vande Velde (CSC) enjoyed a nice chilled bottle of Spanish cava Sunday night after his overall victory at the five-day Tour of Luxembourg. The win marked his first in Europe and signals a rebirth for the 30-year-old’s racing career. With new freedom to attack and hunt for victories at Team CSC, Vande Velde said he’s having more fun than ever racing a bike. The Luxembourg tour perfectly reflected this new attitude and Vande Velde’s aggression in Friday’s stage paid off when he attacked for a stage-win that put him in position to win the overall. “I was thinking about it.

Christian Vande Velde (CSC) secured the biggest victory of his European career Sunday after locking up the overall title at the five-day Tour of Luxembourg. Vande Velde grabbed the lead in Saturday’s difficult climbing stage and finished with the favorites Sunday to secure the first European stage-race victory of his career. Team CSC put four teammates to support Vande Velde in the winning 15-man break to ensure victory for the American. "I was a bit nervous before the stage, but as soon as we started, I was okay," Vande Velde said. "Right from the beginning of this race I've been

Based solely on his performances thus far this season - winning every week-long stage race he’s started - Floyd Landis (Phonak) would have to be the favorite for victory in the 58th Dauphiné Libéré when it kicks off on Sunday. A flat, 4.1km prologue marks the start of an impressive route that hits some of cycling’s established giants, serving up the perfect backdrop as the Tour de France favorites go through a final dress rehearsal before July’s big show. In all, 168 riders from 21 teams will be in Annecy for the start. Joining the 20 ProTour teams will be Agritubel, which lines up with

Fassa Bortolo dominated the five-stage Tour of Luxembourg, but it’s Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) who’s sneaking away with the trophy Sunday. Fassa Bortolo won three stages in four days, but Bodrogi was just fast enough in the deciding time trial to secure the overall victory by just 0.13 seconds. The deciding stage was Saturday's 10.8km time trial when Fassa’s young gun Fabian Cancellara won, but couldn't quite make up enough time to Bodrogi. Despite winning the stage, the difference remained less than a half-second in the overall. An early breakaway Sunday ruined