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TDF Stage 10 results

July 12, 2011, 2:31pm

Stage 10

1 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:31:21
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
11 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
13 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
16 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
21 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
22 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
25 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
26 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
27 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
29 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
31 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
32 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
34 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
35 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
37 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
38 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
40 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
41 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
42 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
43 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
45 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
46 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
47 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team
48 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
51 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
52 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
53 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
55 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
57 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
58 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
59 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
62 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
63 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
64 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
65 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
66 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ
69 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
70 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
72 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
73 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
74 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
75 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
77 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
78 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
79 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
80 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
81 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
82 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:22
83 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:30
84 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:48
85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:03:02
86 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:05:33
88 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
89 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
91 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
94 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
95 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
96 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
98 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
99 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
100 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
101 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
102 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
103 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
104 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
105 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
106 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
107 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
108 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:59
110 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
111 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
112 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
113 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
114 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
115 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
116 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
117 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
118 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
119 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
120 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
121 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
122 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
123 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD
125 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
126 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD
128 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
129 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
130 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
131 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
132 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
133 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
134 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
135 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
136 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
137 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
138 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
139 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
140 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
141 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
142 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
143 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
145 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
146 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
147 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
148 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
149 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
150 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
151 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
152 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
153 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
154 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
155 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
156 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:07:00
158 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
159 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
160 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
161 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
162 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
163 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
164 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
165 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
166 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
167 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
168 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
169 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
170 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
171 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
172 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
173 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
174 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
175 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
176 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
177 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
178 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
DNS Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
DNS Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack

Sprint 1 - Maurs, 37.5km

1 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 20 pts
2 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 17
3 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
4 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 13
5 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 11
6 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 9
8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 8
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 7
10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 6
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5
12 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 4
13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3
14 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
15 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1

Sprint 2 - Carmaux, 158km

1 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 45 pts
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 35
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 30
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 26
5 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 22
6 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 20
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18
8 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 14
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 12
11 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 10
12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 8
13 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 6
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
15 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 2

Mountain 1 - Côte de Figeac, 62.5km

1 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 pts
2 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1

Mountain 2 - Côte de Loupiac, 70.5km

1 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1

Mountain 3 - Côte de Villefranche-de-Rouergue, 99.5km

1 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 pts
2 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1

Mountain 4 - Côte de Mirandol-Bourgnounac, 143km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1

Most combative rider

1 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team

Best young rider

1 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3:31:21
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
4 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
5 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
11 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
12 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
13 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
14 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
15 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
17 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
18 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
19 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:48
20 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:03:02
21 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:33
22 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
23 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:59
24 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
25 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
26 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
27 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
29 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
30 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
31 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
32 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling

Teams

1 Omega Pharma - Lotto 10:34:03
2 Vacansoleil-DCm
3 AG2R La Mondiale
4 Lampre - ISD
5 FDJ
6 HTC - Highroad
7 Team Garmin - Cervelo
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Sky Procycling
10 Team Leopard-Trek
11 Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne
12 Liquigas-Cannondale
13 Pro Team Astana
14 Team Europcar
15 Rabobank Cycling Team
16 Katusha Team
17 Quick Step Cycling Team
18 Team Radioshack
19 Bmc Racing Team 0:03:02
20 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:05:33
21 Saur-Sojasun
22 Movistar Team 0:05:59

Tags: TDF stage 10 results, 2011
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on July 12, 2011, 3:04pm

Cavendish strikes again for a sentimental victory

July 8, 2011, 3:46pm

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Britain's Mark Cavendish has claimed his seventeenth Tour de France stage today in a bunch sprint at Chateauroux. Cavendish clinched the win on the same finish that he took his first ever Tour de France stage back in 2008. Second was Italy's Alessandro Petacchi and third, Andre Greipel of Germany.

"It's a very special day for me, it was here where I won my first stage and so it's a very sentimental moment," Cavendish said, "I have to thank the guys for all their work today, it was a hard windy day, and the guys rode hard for me all the way through. They were marvellous."

"The Tour is the biggest race, I love it more than any other, and I really wanted to do the same today as I did three years ago."

"It was an amazing leadout, I didn't have to do anything and I'm really proud of them all."

Cavendish has now taken twenty-seven Grand Tour stage wins, including two stages of the Giro d'Italia in 2011, as well as sixty-eight wins on the road since turning pro in 2007. Cavendish has taken a total of four Tour stage wins in 2008, six in 2009, five in 2010 and two in 2011. The HTC-Highroad men's squad has now racked up 42 victories this season alone.

Courtesy of HTC High Road Media Team

Tags: mark cavendish, stage 7, tour de france 2011
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on July 8, 2011, 3:51pm

Evans avoids trouble on dangerous day

July 6, 2011, 3:46pm

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Cap Fréhel, France

Tour de France Stage 5: Dangerous Day

Cadel Evans avoided a number of crashes that took down several overall contenders at the Tour de France Wednesday as the BMC Racing Team's leader held onto his second place overall.

Stayed In Front

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard), Bradley Wiggins (Sky Pro Cycling) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) each crashed, but all were able to get up and continue. Evans finished 11th as Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) won the uphill bunch sprint finish on the 164.5-kilometer stage. "It was really windy, with narrow, winding roads," Evans said. "We worked hard to stay in front all day. I just kept hearing on the radio over and over again, 'crash, crash, crash' and sort of kept going, and then I saw Gesink all covered in dirt. It was a dangerous day."

Good Guidance

Evans remains one second behind yellow jersey wearer Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) heading into the longest stage (226.5 km) of this year's race. The two-time Tour de France runner-up said he's appreciating the fine teamwork he has received, particularly from Manuel Quinziato and Marcus Burghardt. "They're used to riding the classics and riding in the front all day, and dodging traffic islands is their speciality," Evans said. "I'm very grateful to have them here for that as well as their role in the team."

Tags: france, cadel evans, tour de farnce, stage 5, 2011, dangerous day, BMC racing team, alberto contador, Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on July 6, 2011, 5:40pm

Giro Stage 12: Cavendish stomps home for win

May 19, 2011, 8:22pm

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Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia was taken out in exemplary style yesterday, with Mark Cavendish stomping home for the win – almost a bike length ahead of closest rival, Davide Apollonio from Team Sky. The 184km stage from Castelfirdado to Ravenna was hotly contested by an aggressive peloton, but HTC Highroad kept their cool for the entire stage, with the end result placing Cavendish over the line first.

The manxman’s team entered the final 2km on the front of the peloton, as they had been for the majority of the stage – but a small crash almost took down the entire HTC Highroad team, as they entered one of the first corners of the township of Ravenna. A rider from Androni Cycling Team misjudged a sharp left hand turn, and cut in front of the Cavendish leadout, and into the barriers. This set off a chain reaction, with several big names including Robbie Hunter hitting the tarmac.

The peloton continued in to the village, with the familiar colours of HTC Highroad stringing out off the front of the field, which had now been reduced to less than 30 riders after the aforementioned pile-up. This still did not reduce the risk of HTC losing their stage win, with “every team coming to the front to fight for the finale”.

Hitting the final kilometre, and it was Lars Bak who continued the ruthless pace of the HTC Highroad leadout – followed directly behind by Mark Renshaw, who took over the controls with 500m to go. Renshaw again increased the pace until the 200m indicator, where Cavendish began to make his move. Anticipating a response by Italian stallion Pettachi, Mark Cavendish hit the gas early, leaving his biggest concern behind…

However, it was Sky Pro Team rider, Davide Apollonio who stealthily charged across from Pettachi’s wheel, and up behind Cavendish who was 80m from the line. Apollonio had tried to run up the right hand side of the stage winner, but faded against the raw power of Cavendish who at this point already had his hands aloft. The tally of wins for Cavendish is at two for now, but he has hopes of bettering that in the coming stages…

By Joey A. Esterhuyzen

http://www.joeysracing.com

Tags: Mark Cavendish, Giro
Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on May 19, 2011, 8:36pm

TDU - 72 hours to go to Stage 1......What’s happening

January 15, 2011, 1:52am

Santos Tour Down Under Adelaide 2011

72 hours to go to Stage 1......What’s happening

By Simon Cadzow

“...It’s Lances last race, possibly Stuey’s last race, Robbies last race...”

“If I get one more question about Andre Greipel this will be my last race.”

Mark Cavendish Santos Tour Down Under 2011

mark cavendish Blunt. Thank God his racing isn’t. Although truth be told I’m fully supportive of Cav’s comment. He and Andre haven’t even raced against each other so to state there is a rivalry at this year’s Tour Down Under is just absurd!

That said he’s here to race.

...So are a lot of other people; a lot of very, very good people.

One look at the start lists for the teams assembled tells quite a story.

The veterans: Stuey, Alby, Brownie, Eisel, Rogers, Gerrans, Robbie, some guy called Lance, and the list goes on and on.

The new guys on the block: Cav, Renshaw, Goss – and these guys are all on the same team, Bobridge, Farrar, Meyer, Parker, Roe, and Matthews and yep the list goes on and on.

Teams began rolling in over a week ago. Everyone coming from different parts of the world, different temperatures, different conditions ranging from -6 degrees in Belgium for the HTC mechanics to Lance’s 25% incline climbs(OMG my car won’t make it up that) in Hawaii.

lance armstrong They’re all here for the first race on the UCI Pro Tour calendar. And everyone wants to do something.

“We’ve never had sprinters before on our teams so this is a real thing for us. Obviously we want to win a stage.” Lance Armstrong Radioshack Domestique

“Teams objectives are simple: win stages and go for the overall” Mark Cavendish HTC Sprinter

“UCI points are the focus. I don’t think anyone else thinks of that but this is so important for so many reasons. One is simply to ensure that we get the team car into the right position in the convoy for the year ahead.” Mike Sayers BMC manager

Teams have sent strong riders to the Tour Down Under. There are no less than 10 teams with top sprinters capable of winning stages.

“I’d love to win again at the Tour Down Under,” said Simon Gerrans of a very impressive Team Sky, “But it’s so much harder now. Teams are preparing earlier, sending strong units of guys. The season starts now and everyone is gunning for it.”

Everyone is saying it. Just like in years before, it’s a sprinters race.

2011 sees the best sprinters in the world all here and yes, Cav’s presence seals it.

The lead out trains are on the roads practising and everyone is looking forward to the business of racing.

Twitter rides are bringing things even closer to the public courtesy of you-know-who. And Adelaide is the place for things to happen. You can walk out onto the street and someone will ride past.

Lance sums it up.

“Why here? Well the race is safe. The weather is great. The organisation is fantastic. You’re in one hotel. Riders are respected.” Notice he didn’t mention that it’s the first Pro Tour race for the year....”Races in Europe with great cycling history are disappearing and here things are thriving. That says a lot.”

Riders want to be here...and they are. Get ready. 72 hours to go. And by the way, Cav says the girls here are friendly.

Tags: lance armstrong, mark cavendish, tour down under
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Pegasus Sports loses financial backing

December 12, 2010, 9:28pm

13-Dec-2010 - Brisbane: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, Pegasus Sports was notified by its principal financial backer that financial support for the Pegasus Sports Professional Cycling project had been retracted. As a result of these changed circumstances, Pegasus Sports was not issued a Professional Continental license by the UCI Licensing Commission as expected on Friday, December 10, 2010. The UCI Licensing Commission has granted the Pegasus Sports' licence application an extension until Wednesday, December 15, 2010.

Pegasus Sports is currently working with a number of parties to secure the necessary funding to guarantee the project's future and ensure the UCI's requirements for a Professional Continental license are met in accordance with the UCI's revised timeline.

"The current reports by some media outlets that the Team has folded are not correct. Pegasus Sports CEO Chris White said. "I have not spoken to any of these media outlets and what is being currently reported is false and most detrimental to a very exciting project. All people associated with the Team are aware of the true circumstances and we continue to work towards meeting the UCI deadline."

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