Australia's Allan Davis will have the chance to make amends for missing the Tour de France in July after he was named in Quick Step's squad for the upcoming Tour of Spain. Davis, a sprinter, was Quick Step's 'tenth man' for the Tour in July but missed out on a place after teammate Tom Boonen was given 11th hour clearance to race despite having tested positive for cocaine, for the second time in his career, two months previously. The three-week 'Vuelta', or Tour of Spain, begins Saturday with a short time trial in Assen, Netherlands and ends on September 20 in Madrid. As the ... Read Full Story

Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland has won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, a 3-mile time trial on the Assen Moto GP circuit in Netherlands. The Olympic time trial champion clocked 5 minutes, 20 seconds on Saturday to edge Tom Boonen of Belgium by 9 seconds. American Tyler Farrar was third in 5:32. Alexandre Vinokourov, back after serving a ban for blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France, finished seventh, 18 seconds behind Cancellara. Defending champion Alberto Contador skipped the race after winning this year's Tour. Rival Lance Armstrong, third in the Tour, also withdrew. After three stages in Belgium, the heads to ... Read Full Story

Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team won the Tour of Spain opening prologue on Saturday which took place hundreds of miles away from Spain at Assen's motorcycling circuit in northern Holland. Cancellara, who also won the first stage of the Tour de France this year, covered the 4.8km stage in 5min 20sec, nine seconds ahead of Belgian star Tom Boonen, and 12sec in front of third-placed Tyler Farrar. Controversial Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov, making his big race return after a two-year suspension, was seventh on the day, 18sec behind the winner. He clocked the same time as Italy's Ivan Basso. Race favourite ... Read Full Story

Cycle Sports Blog への訪問有難うございます。 今日は Air Race WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPの動画特集をお届けします。 素晴らしい競技の実況中継です。 Porto Track, Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2008 powered by DrinkA.C.T. http://drinkact-jp.com/ The race track in Porto is one of the fastest tracks of the whole Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2008. The track consists of 17 Gates - 13 blue Air Gates including start/finish Gate and a chicane which is flown four times per run. The pilots also have to fly 3 half cuban eights. All in all, it´sa very straight track resulting in high average speeds. Highest G-forces: first half cuban eight. Peter Besenyei pulled 12.0 g during first Training ... Read Full Story