Tadej Valjavec is a Tour de France cyclist riding for Team Lampre-Fondital under manager Guido Bontempi. LeTour is one of the Grand Tours in road bicycle racing and is part of the Triple Crown of Cycling.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd finally ended his frustrating wait for victory on this year's Tour de France by winning a treacherous, rain-hit sixth stage from Gerona to Barcelona Thursday. Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara retained the race leader's yellow jersey with a 0.22sec lead on American Lance Armstrong after the 181.5km stage ahead of the first day of climbing in the Pyrenees on Friday. Despite attempts by Armstrong's Astana team to distance their yellow jersey rivals further with accelerations... Read Full Story
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) - Home rider Fabian Cancellara is the favorite to win the Tour of Switzerland after a strong performance on the final mountain stage on Saturday. German Tony Martin won the eighth and penultimate stage, a 181-km journey from Le Sentier to Crans-Montana, with a late attack but Cancellara finished third to move within four seconds of overall leader Tadej Valjavec of Slovenia (AG2R). Last year's race winner Roman Kreuziger of Czech Republic is third, 28... Read Full Story
Mark Cavendish of Great Britain. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) more pics » Mark Cavendish of Great Britain dominated another sprint finish to win the sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Thursday, while Tadej Valjavec of Slovenia retained the overall lead. Cavendish finished the 111-mile ride from Oberriet to Bad Zurzach in 4 hours, 18 minute, 26 seconds. Three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain was second and Italy's Francesco Gavazzi was third. Valjavec finished safely... Read Full Story
Swiss time-trial Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday after winning the ninth and final stage of the race here, a 38.5 kilometres time-trial. Cancellara beat Germany's Tony Martin - winner of Saturday's penultimate stage and second in the final stage - by 2minutes 2seconds in the overall standings while Roman Kreuziger of the Czech Republic was third 2min 24sec adrift. It was Cancellara's first major stage race win since the Tirreno-Adriatico on 2008. Long... Read Full Story
BRIGNOLES, France, July 5 (UPI) --
Britain's Mark Cavendish rode to victory Sunday in Stage 2 of the Tour de France.
Cavendish covered the 187-kilometer (116-mile) run from Monaco to Brignoles, France, in 4 hours, 30 minutes and 2 seconds.
American Tyler Farrar placed second, finishing just behind Cavendish, and France's Romain Feillu took third.
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, who won the opening leg of the 21-stage race Saturday, ended up 7 seconds behind Cavendish in 38th place... Read Full Story
Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia Highroad. Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg won the 7th stage of the Tour of Switzerland, a 204 kilometer ride from Bad Zurzach to Vallorbe. Roman Kreuziger and Linus Gerdemann took second and third place respectively. Tadej Valjavec is still the overall race leader and was only a short distance behind Kirchen. Fabian Cancellara also remains high in the overall standings. Many are watching the Tour of Switzerland as a sneak peak into what's to come with the Tour de... Read Full Story
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