Andreas Kloden

Andreas Kloeden won the six-day Tour de Romandie. He finished in the main group to maintain his 35-second advantage over runner-up Roman Kreuziger of the Czech Republic. “We have had no time to discuss who will lead the team at the Giro. For the moment we will start at the same level and see how the race develops,” he said. Read Full Story

Some quick facts from the world of professional cycling... Astana's Andreas Kloden won the Tour de Romandie today. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) won today's final state in a sprint. This race closes a great early season for Astana and showed ASO how big of a mistake they made by excluding this team for this year's Tour de France. In light of the recent successes, the Giro d'Italia has now invited to team to compete in the race, which starts this weekend. Astana will bring it's A-list team with... Read Full Story

Kloden looks good.  He's taking very few risks out there but is consistently in the front of the pack.  He's currently 33 seconds behind Cancellara. Here are the overall standings after Stage 3: Rank   Name   Country   Team   Gap 1 Fabian Cancellara  SUI  CSC  00.000'' 2 Andréas Klöden  GER  AST  33.000'' 3 David Millar  GBR  SDV  41.000'' 4 George Hincapie  USA  DSC  43.000'' 5 Bradley Wiggins  GBR  COF... Read Full Story

Andreas Kloden is in second place overall, with only 13 seconds seperating him from the lead. Overall standings: 1. Fabian Cancellara in 4 hours 47 minutes and 51 seconds 2. Andreas Kloden at 13 secs 3. David Millar at 21 secs 4. George Hincapie at 23 secs 5. Bradley Wiggins at 23 secs 6. Vladimir Gusev at 25 secs 7. Vladimir Karpets at 26 secs 8. Thor Hushovd at 29 secs 9. Alexander Vinokourov at 30 secs 10. Thomas Dekker at 31 secs Read Full Story

Stage 13 Results 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1.06.35 (48.661 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.14 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.39 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 1.44 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.13 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.15 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.18... Read Full Story