Erik Zabel News

Without slipping into a full-on tribute to the eternal awesomeness of the classics, let me just briefly tick off a little of what makes them so great, and what it means about the riders who contest them, in the hopes that we can crown a Best Classician of the Aughts.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi is confident Lampre's manager Giuseppe Saronni will resolve the team's ProTour licence problem.

Twenty years ago, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall opened, and for the first time in decades, citizens of East Germany were able to enter West Berlin legally and easily.

Belgian Tom Boonen made an important step towards his first green jersey with victory in the 178.5-km 12th stage of the Tour de France on Friday.

Canyon Bicycles Continues Young Heroes Program German manufacturer of high-end bikes supports young racing cyclists.

If they were not wearing the Dannebrog, their national flag, the Danes were waving it as Bjarne Riis returned in triumph to France after taking over the yellow jersey on the Italian leg of the Tour de France.

Now that the dust has settled, here's a quick look back on the three eventful weeks of the Grande Boucle in July.

Mark Cavendish brought the curtain down on a remarkable three weeks of cycling, by racing away from the field in a manner rarely seen on the Champs Elysees to claim his sixth stage win of the 2009 Tour de France .

THE mood in the team, with just one day to go at the Tour, is good and remains upbeat for a couple of very good reasons.

Mark Cavendish says he owes his stage wins on the Tour de France to the Columbia TGV, the eight team mates working to help him succeed.

Look, he's just 24. In all honesty, we shouldn't even be talking about this now.

MARK Cavendish today won his fourth stage of this year's Tour de France and now has a total of eight Tour wins to match Barry Hoban's record for a British rider.

's getting closer! The young sprinter from Garmin-Slipstream finished second today to Mark Cavendish as the man from Manx won his fourth stage of the 2009 Tour de France, and I think Tyler is learning quickly and will soon find a way to get past Cavendish for a stage win.

Alejandro Valverde will return to competition at the three-stage Vuelta a la Comunidad De Madrid from July 17 to19.

No yellow jersey Wednesday. No race Thursday. It didn't take Lance Armstrong long to make up his mind.

AT HIS BEST: Team Columbia rider Mark Cavendish of Great Britain gestures ahead of Cervelo Test Team rider Thor Hushovd of Norway as he wins the third stage of the 96th Tour de France cycling race between Marseille and La Grande-Motte. Cipollini and Darrigade," Zabel, an adviser to Cavendish's Team Columbia, said at the start of the third stage in ...

Stage 3 Monday, July 6th Marseillea 'La Grande-Motte Q&A with Bob Stapleton: Cav' has home at Columbia By Andrew Hood 2009 TdF, stage 3: Bob Stapleton says Mark Cavendish is more than a British rider a ' he's an international star.

On a day fit only for mad dogs and Englishmen, a cocky young bloke from Britain who pedals like a mad man willed his way to a fifth stage victory in just his third Tour de France.

Mark Cavendish snatched his first Tour de France green jersey thanks to his stage win in Brignoles on Sunday and made it clear he could thank team adviser Erik Zabel for it.

At one end of the scale we have the fastest man in the world Mark Cavendish whom no one can seem to beat.