Bernhard Eisel ranked #174 in today's stage of the Tour de France.  He completed the ride in 03:35:47.  The stage ended in a hotly contested sprint and was won by Alessandro Petacchi.    After Stage 4, Bernhard Eisel is now ranked #123 in the overall general classification.  His current GC time is 18:40:47 and he has a total gap of 00:11:52 from the yellow jersey.    Bernhard Eisel is competing for Team HTC-Columbia.  Tomorrow's stage 5 takes the tour from Epernay to Montargis and covers 187...Read Full Story

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HTC-Highroad fields a strong team of seasoned riders for the 2011 Tour de Suisse on Saturday. After a three-week break from racing, HTC-Highroad’s Matt Goss will be back in the hunt for stage wins in the Tour de Suisse, which starts this Saturday with a short 7.3 kilometer prologue in the city of Lugano.“I’m going really well and I’m looking forward to seeing what I can do in the Tour de Suisse, which is a race I’ve never done before,” Goss said, “After the Tour of California, my last race, I...Read Full Story

Rookie professional John Degenkolb secured his third and biggest win of the 2011 season on Sunday, when he outsprinted the pack at the Rund um den Finanzplatz-Frankfurt. After his HTC-Highroad team-mates had kept the race under control in the closing kilometers of one of Germany’s top Classics, Degenkolb powered across the line comfortably ahead of Belgium’s Jerome Baugnies and Australian Michael Matthews.Twice a podium finisher in the U-23 World Championships road-race, Degenkolb said, “I...Read Full Story

HTC-Columbia’s Bernhard Eisel has blasted to victory in the Ghent-Wevelgem Classic on Sunday, outpowering five riders in a small group sprint. For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.comRead Full Story