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Columbia-HTC's Andre Greipel takes 20th win of the season in Paris-Bourges. The 85th win of the Columbia-HTC team in 2009.

Quick Step's Tom Boonen won the third stage of the Franco-Belge stage race on Saturday in a sprint finish ahead of England's Roger Hammond and American Tyler Farrar .

Cadel Evans became Australia's first ever world road race champion thanks to a stunning late assault in Switzerland.

232km - Wilman of Norway and Garrido of Argentina are stuck in no-man's land, trying to bridge the gap to the leaders, while the peloton are at 1'10". 233km - So, the big names are all here.

Alejandro Valverde has won his first grand tour after he secured victory of the Tour of Spain in Madrid.

Mark Cavendish has withdrawn from the Road Cycling World Championships road race with a respiratory infection.

Damiano Cunego Stage 13 climbs to stage win. D.S. Brent Copeland Satisfied... "We're satisfied for what we showed and obtained in Vuelta - Brent Copeland, who directed Lampre-NGC with Vicino - Our targets have been reached: Cunego won two stages, Tiralongo's position in the classification in better than what we could think and the condition of ...

I knew that I had the ability to win such a race; but many other elements were important to to achieve it.

Stage 15 & 16 Rider & Team Reactions Alejandro Valverde Countdown to Madrid, Ballan & Cunego to Worlds, The Teams and Riders weigh in on Stage 15 and 16... Updated with Photos Stage 16 Cordoba - Puertollano 170.3 km Race Leader Alejandro Valverde 'Madrid is nearer every day' 'When I looked at the road book this morning it seemed that the stage of ...

Stage 13 & 14 Rider & Team Reactions Damiano Cunego, Alejandro Valverde, Roger Hammond, Angel Gomez Marchante Stage 14 Granada - La Pandera 157 km Lampre/NGC Damiano Cunego On his win... "Today everything went perfectly and the result is this beautiful victory.

Denmark's Martin Pedersen won the first stage of the 2006 Tour of Britain - just reward for a day-long breakaway over the 162.6 kilometres from Glasgow to Castle Douglas near the border with England.

Stage 2 Assen - Emmen 203.7 km Stage Winner Gerald Ciolek On his win: "It was a surprise because it was really close on the line so I wasn't sure who the winner was." On the coming stages: "I think it will be a pretty hard three weeks.

Germany s Gerald Ciolek sprinted to his first stage win in a major tour on Sunday s second day of the Tour of Spain.

The Columbia-HTC rider, 32, became the second rider in successive days to win his first Grand Tour stage following a largely uneventful day of racing.

Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP Gerald Ciolek edged a sprint finish to claim victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a EspaA a, while Fabian Cancellara retained the gold jersey.

August 26, 2009 - The Cervelo TestTeam announced the final roster selection for the Vuelta a Espana and Canada's Dominique Rollin Cervelo TestTeam is among the nine riders chosen for the last of the three 2009 grand tours.

With a strong and balanced team that includes three home favorites, Cervelo TestTeam is primed to tackle the challenges of the 21-stage Vuelta a Espana.

Jos Angel Gomez Marchante will lead Cervlo TestTeam in Vuelta a Espaa, the team has announced today.

Mark Cavendish and David Millar are amongst thirteen British cyclists taking part in a two-day training camp in Mendrisio, Switzerland, this week as the nation prepares for next month's World championships.

Stuart O'Grady will lead a strong Saxo Bank team for this year's Tour of Ireland, which commences on August 21.