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Will Team Skil-Shimano do well in the 2009 Tour de France?
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How will Lance Armstrong do in the 2009 Tour de France?
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Will Levi Leipheimer beat Lance Armstrong in the 2009 Tour?
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10 Americans in Tour de France, matching record

By dcx on  From washingtonexaminer.com
JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press REDON, France A record-tying 10 U.S. cyclists spent the Fourth of July on the roads of the Tour de France. American fans had even more to celebrate Monday when Tyler Farrar raced to his first individual Tour stage victory, becoming the first U.S. rider to win a stage on July 4. "I certainly would have taken it on any day," said Farrar, a sprint specialist from Wenatchee, Wash., who...Read Full Story

Hushovd paves way for Farrar win at Tour de France

By dcx on  From washingtonexaminer.com
SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer REDON, France Thor Hushovd is the world champion, wears the race leader's yellow jersey and has 10 Tour de France stage victories. With such an impressive record, he wasn't exactly expected to play the role of the perfect teammate to help road companion Tyler Farrar race to his first stage victory Monday in cycling's biggest event. Hushovd's devotion to Farrar, who dedicated his win to late...Read Full Story

Vaughters gets another email from John Kerry

By dcx on  From washingtonexaminer.com
JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer REDON, France Jonathan Vaughters received another email from his good friend Sen. John Kerry, who was congratulating the manager of the Garmin-Cervelo team for a stage win at the Tour de France. "Kerry's a massive cycling fan," Vaughters told The Associated Press on Monday. "He's got a (Garmin-Cervelo) jersey and shorts, he always rides in it." Vaughters showed the AP an email he had received from the...Read Full Story

2011 Tour of California: Stage 5 Results

By ucallrt on  From bikeworldnews.com
Thursday’s Stage 5 marked the longest stage of this year’s Amgen Tour of California , running 217.4kms from Seaside to Paso Robles.  Right from the start, Stefan Denifl (Leopard Trek) launched a solo attack, but it was quickly caught.  With four KOM point possibilities on the road, and that classification being so close, the peloton was hesitant to allow breaks to form, keeping the group together until shortly before the first KOM.  At this point, Oscar Freire Gomez ( Rabobank Cycling Team...Read Full Story

Cadel Evans pays tribute to Thor Hushovd's stage three performance

By suranicocc1 on  From 1st-experience.blogspot.com
CADEL Evans has hailed fellow world champion Thor Hushovd after the crack Norwegian sprinter piloted American Tyler Farrar to a rare victory over Mark Cavendish to help deliver a maiden Tour de France victory on the third stage. Hushovd retained the race leader's yellow jersey as Garmin-Cervelo revelled in its second victory in succession, having won the 23km team time trial at Les Essarts. But it was the powerful fast man's decision to act as Farrar's lead-out man - on American Independence...Read Full Story
Cyril Dessel of Ag2r (BBC)
Ag2r-La Mondiale
    Manager: Vincent Lavenu
    Cyril Dessel (France)
    Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (ESP)
    Lloyd Mondory (France)
    Stephane Goubert (France)
    Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)

Agritubel

    Manager: David Fornes
    Brice Feillu (France)
    Christophe Moreau (France)
    David La Lay (France)
    Eduardo Gonzálo (Spa)
    Geoffroy Lequatre (France)
    Maxime Bouet (France)
    Nicolas Vogondy (France)
    Romain Feillu (France)
    Sylvain Calzati (France)

Alberto Contador of Astana (Epoch Times)
Astana
    Manager: Johan Bruyneel
    Alberto Contador (Spa)
    Andreas Kloden (Ger)
    Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
    Gregory Rast (Swi)
    Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
    Lance Armstrong (USA)
    Levi Leipheimer (USA)
    Sergio Paulinho (Por)
    Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)

Bbox Bouygues Telecom

    Manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau
    Pierre Rolland (France)
    Pierrick Fedrigo (France)
    Thomas Voeckler (France)
    William Bonnet (France)
    Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)
    Yuri Trofimov (RUS)

Caisse D’Epargne

    Manager: José-Miguel Echavarri
    David Arroyo Duran (ESP)
    Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (ESP)
    Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (ESP)
    Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (ESP)
    Oscar Pereiro Sio (ESP)
    Xabier Zandio Echaide (ESP)

Carlos Sastre of Cervelo (Telegraph)
Cervelo TestTeam
    Manager: Theo Maucher
    Andreas Klier (GER)
    Brett Lancaster (AUS)
    Carlos Sastre (ESP)
    Hayden Roulston (NZL)
    Heinrich Haussler (GER)
    Inigo Cuesta (ESP)
    Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP)
    Thor Hushovd (NOR)
    Volodymyr Gustov (UKR)

Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne

    Manager: Éric Boyer
    Amael Moinard (France)
    Bingen Fernandez (ESP)
    Christophe Kern (France)
    David Moncoutie (France)
    Leonardo Duque (COL)
    Remi Pauriol (France)
    Samuel Dumoulin (France)
    Sebastien Minard (France)
    Stephane Auge (France)

Koldo Fernandez (Daylife)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
    Manager: Miguel Madariaga
    Alan Pérez (Spain)
    Amets Txurruka (Spain)
    Egoi Martínez (Spain)
    Gorka Verdugo (Spain)
    Igor Antón (Spain)
    Juanio Oroz (Spain)
    Koldo Fernández (Spain)
    Mikel Astarloza (Spain)
    Rubén Pérez (Spain)

Francaise Des Jeux

    Manager: Marc Madiot
    Anthony Geslin (F)
    Benoit Vaugrenard (F)
    Christophe LeMevel (F)
    Jerome Coppel (F)
    Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
    Sandy Casar (F)
    Yahueni Hutarovich (Blr)

Garmin - Slipstream

    Manager: Jonathan Vaughters
    Bradley Wiggins (GBr)
    Christian Vande Velde (USA)
    Dan Martin (Irl)
    Danny Pate (USA)
    David Millar (GBr)
    David Zabriskie (USA)
    Julian Dean (NZl)
    Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
    Tyler Farrar (USA)

Alessandro Ballan (SDamy)
Lampre - N.G.C.
    Manager: Giuseppe Saronni
    Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
    Angelo Furlan (ITA)
    Daniele Righi (ITA)
    Marco Bandiera (ITA)
    Marco Marzano (ITA)
    Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)
    Massimiliano Mori (ITA)
    Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)
    Simon Spilak (SLO)

Liquigas

    Manager: Roberto Amadio
    Alessandro Vanoti (Italy)
    Alexandr Kuschynski (Rus)
    Brian Vandborg (Den)
    Daniele Bennati (Italy)
    Fabio Sabatini (Italy)
    Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
    Frederik Willems (Bel)
    Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
    Vicenzo Nibali (Ita)

Jerome Pineau (Cycling Fans)
Quick Step
    Manager: Patrick Lefevere
    Carlos Barredo Llamazales (ESP)
    Jerome Pineau (France)
    Stijn Devolder (BEL)
    Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)

Rabobank

    Manager: Harold Knebel
    Denis Menchov (Russia)
    Grischa Niermann (Germany)
    Joost Posthuma (Dutch)
    Juan Antonio Flecha (Argentina/Spain)
    Juan Manuel Garate (Spain)
    Laurens Ten Dam (Dutch)
    Oscar Freire (Spain)
    Robert Gesink (Dutch)
    Stef Clement (Dutch)

Silence-Lotto

    Manager: Marc Sergeant
    Cadel Evans (AUS)
    Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
    Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
    Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
    Matthew Lloyd (AUS)
    Mickael Delage (France)
    Sebastian Lang (GER)
    Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL)
    Thomas Dekker (NED)

Simon Geschke of Skil Shimano (Skil Fan)
Skil-Shimano
    Manager: Iwan Spekenbrink
    Albert Timmer (NED)
    Cyril Lemoine (France)
    Jonathan Hivert (France)
    Kenny Robert Van Hummel (NED)
    Piet Rooijakkers (NED)
    Simon Geschke (GER)

Team Columbia - Highroad

    Manager: Bob Stapleton
    Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
    George Hincapie (USA)
    Kim Kirchen (LUX)
    Marcus Burghardt (GER)
    Mark Cavendish (GBR)
    Mark Renshaw (AUS)
    Maxime Monfort (ITALY)
    Michael Rogers (AUS)
    Tony Martin (GER)

Team Katusha

    Manager: Stefano Feltrin
    Alexandre Botcharov (RUS)
    Danilo Napolitano (ITA)
    Filippo Pozzato (ITA)
    Joan Horrach Rippoll (ESP)
    Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS)
    Nikolay Trusov (RUS)
    Serguei Ivanov (RUS)
    Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)
    Vladimir Karpets (RUS)

Fabian Wegmann of Milrom (BBC)
Team Milram
    Manager: Gerry Van Gerwen
    Christian Knees (Ger)
    Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
    Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
    Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)
    Linus Gerdemann (Ger)
    Markus Fothen (Ger)
    Niki Terpstra (Ned)
    Peter Velits (Svk)
    Peter Wrolich (Aut)

Team Saxo Bank

    Manager: Bjarne Riis
    Andy Schleck (Lux)
    Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
    Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
    Fränk Schleck (Lux)
    Gustav Larsson (Swe)
    Jens Voigt (Germany)
    Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor)
    Nicki Sørensen (Den)
    Stuart O’Grady (Aus)
SPANISH cyclist Alberto Contador's fate was a long time coming, but the response wasn't. The sports bookies immediately installed Cadel Evans as hot favourite for this year's Tour de France. Sportsbet.com.au was first off the mark with a quote of $2.50 ...  
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Astana teammates Andreas Kloden of Germany, American Levi Leipheimer, American seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and Alberto Contador of Spain. AP Photo/Christophe Ena This has been an epochal week for cycling – a sport which ...  
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The 2011 Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans, said he was not certain that Alberto Contador's absence from this year's race would be an advantage when the Australian bids to defend his title in June. Spain's three-times Tour champion is not allowed to ...  
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Reigning Tour de France champion Cadel Evans says the two-year doping ban for Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador shows the sport is at the forefront in the battle against drugs. Alberto Contador Contador received the sanction on Monday after testing positive ...  
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News had filtered through from Switzerland that the UCI had moved switfly to expunge Contador's name from the record books with both Cadel Evans and Richie Porte just two of a host of riders to have benefited from Contador's two-year ban for doping ...  
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A visibly indignant two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador said yesterday he “totally disagreed” with his two-year doping ban but vowed to pursue his career. Speaking for ... fans and his sponsor for their support, after Saxo Bank chief ...  
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Saxo Bank team manager Bjarne Riis has annulled the contract between his team and Alberto Contador following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to hand him a two-year ban and strip him of the 2010 Tour de France title.  
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Spain's Alberto Contador (R) listening to his national anthem next to Luxembourg's Andy Schleck (L) in Bagn㨲s-de-Luchon, France, at the end of the 2010 Tour de France. Contador was on Tuesday braced to piece together his future as a professional cyclist ...  
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• Spaniard banned until August after positive test in 2010• Tour de France organiser welcomes decisionBradley Wiggins's chances at the Tour de France and in the Olympic time trial have been improved by the banning of Alberto Contador, who will contest neither after being banned for his clenbuterol positive test in 2010. The odds on Wiggins winning the Tour were shortened after the ruling by the court of arbitration for sport to ban Contador...  
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WADA: Financial crisis hurting anti-doping efforts Cavendish wins stage in rainbow jersey Schleck upset over Contador ban Contador banned for two years Bet on Cycling The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency added that politicians should steer clear of ...  
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