Kristian House took his first win of the season in Sunday’s British national championships. For House and Rapha-Condor team manager, John Herety, the win closes a chapter on what has been a difficult season so far.
Mid-way through America’s 2009 National Racing Calendar (NRC) Colavita-Sutter Home professional men’s team and Team Type 1 professional women’s team lead the overall team standings while Sebastian Haedo and Alison Powers lead their respective teams in the individual rankings. Haedo leads the men’s individual standings with a total of 830 points over Rory Sutherland (OUCH p/b Maxxis) on 785 points and third-placed Tom Zirbel with 757 points.
Spain’s Caisse d’Epargne confirmed today all nine of its men who will start in the Tour de France Saturday in Monaco. Its roster includes 2007 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro.
Luca Paolini capped off a run of good form with third at the Italian national championships Saturday in Imola. He made the main escape group and sprinted to third place behind Filippo Pozzato and Damiano Cunego.
The association of directeurs sportif has declared its opposition to the banning race radios due to safety concerns surrounding riders.
The Spanish ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi named its selection on Monday for the Tour de France, July 4 to 26. Euskaltel-Euskadi is focusing its effort on stage wins rather than general classification ambitions and will look to Tour veterans Mikel Astarloza and Igor Ant
New Luxembourger champion Andy Schleck has prepared for his second Tour de France, July 4 to 26, by previewing all of the mountain stages. He warned of danger in the third week when the stage race travels through the Alps. “Stage number 17 does not look hard but for me it is the hardest day in this year’s Tour de France.
Bbox Bouygues Telecom confirmed Monday the final three riders in their team selection for the Tour de France, July 4 to 26.
Alberto Contador will be joining his Astana teammates in France on Tuesday for one last test run of the stage four team time trial in Montpellier, before arriving in Monaco for the start of the 2009 Tour de France set to begin next Saturday, July 4. Following his recent victory at the Spanish national time trial championships the 2007 Tour winner says he will arrive to this year’s edition well-prepared and highly motivated. “I have done the preparation that I believed is well-suited, always ..
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