Cycling

Alonzo Greaves
Alonzo Greaves

Cycling team departs today for Suriname

A Guyana Cycling Federation team under manager Brian Allen and coach Wayne De Abreu will depart Guyana today for Suriname to participate in the Annual Bigi Bergi Four-Stage Road Race.

Cavendish wins green thanks to Champs Elysees hat-trick

PARIS, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish polished his  reputation as one of cycling’s best ever sprinters when he  became the first Briton to win the Tour de France green jersey  and the first man to win the classic finish on the  Champs-Elysees three times yesterday.

Andy Schleck

Schleck takes Tour lead before time-trial showdown

L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France, (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Andy  Schleck seized the Tour de France yellow jersey with two days  remaining as 2010 champion Alberto Contador restored his pride  with a relentless day of attacks on the mountainous 19th stage  to l’Alpe d’Huez yesterday.

Evans puzzled by time lost on Schleck

COL DU GALIBIER, France, (Reuters) – Australian  Cadel Evans was both puzzled by the time lost by most Tour de  France favourites during the 18th stage yesterday and annoyed  that he had to lead a lone chase of Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck.

Edvald Boasson-Hagen

Boasson-Hagen gives Norway fourth Tour stage win

PINEROLO, Italy, (Reuters) – Edvald Boasson-Hagen is  one of only two Norwegians in the Tour de France and the Team  Sky all rounder kept up his nation’s remarkable run in this  year’s race when he snatched victory in yesterday’s 179-km 17th  stage from Gap.

Altitude the key to today’s “queen stage”

PINEROLO, Italy, (Reuters) – – With three climbs of  more than 2,000 metres and the highest ever Tour de France  finish at 2,645 metres on the classic Galibier pass, altitude  will be a deciding factor in today’s 18th stage.

Saxo Bank rider Alberto Contador of Spain (R) cycles ahead of Europcar rider and race leader Thomas Voeckler of France (2nd R) and Leopard rider Andy Schleck of Luxembourg (C), BMC rider Cadel Evans of Australia (2L) and Leopard rider Frank Schleck of Luxembourg (L) during the 16th stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Gap at the Tour de France 2011 cycling race yesterday.REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Contador’s surprise attack revives Tour hopes

GAP, France, (Reuters) – Just as the Tour de France  seemed to be cruising peacefully towards the Alps, Alberto Contador rocked the peloton yesterday with an unexpected attack that revived his hopes of a fourth victory in the race.

Mark Cavendish

Joy for Cavendish but fellow Briton Wiggins crashes out

CHATEAUROUX, France,  (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish  powered to his second stage victory in the Tour de France in a  crash-marred seventh stage from Le Mans which saw fellow Briton  Bradley Wiggins forced out of the race with a broken collarbone  yesterday.

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