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• It's sprinters vs. punchers for Tour de France second stage

  - 2008-07-05

  BREST, France AFP — The Tour de France sprinters are hoping to officially announce their race entry with a bunch finish on Sunday, but there are plenty of 'punchers' who will look to kick that plan into touch. At just 164.5km long, the second stage takes the peloton north...

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• McEwen sees Evans rival striking first Tour blow

  - 2008-07-04

  BREST, France AFP — In terms of team bonding, Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen has done little to curry favour with team-mate Cadel Evans ahead of the Tour de France opener here Saturday. But given the bigger prize on offer at the end of the three-week race, Evans is likely...

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• Kirchen leads Tour of Switzerland with cool stage win

  - 2008-06-19

  VERBIER, Switzerland AFP — Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen, riding for the High Road team, surged into the overall lead of the Tour of Switzerland after keeping his cool to win the sixth stage here on Thursday. Kirchen showed his strength and composure in the tough Verbier climb, taking control of...

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• French 'Spider Man' charged in latest New York stunt

  - 2008-06-06

  NEW YORK AFP — Alain Robert, best known as the "French Spider Man" for climbing buildings and monuments around the world, was charged in a Manhattan court Friday and released on parole for scaling the New York Times skyscraper, court officials said. Robert, 45, was charged with reckless endangerment...

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• Cyclists Valverde outfoxes rivals to win in Liege again

  - 2008-04-27

  ANS, Belgium AFP — Spaniard Alejandro Valverde held his nerve in a thrilling finish to Liege-Bastogne-Liege to claim his second career victory in cycling's oldest one-day classic here on Sunday. Valverde, runner-up last year to Italian Danilo Di Luca and winner in 2006, capped a tactically astute 261 km...

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• Bettini plays down Liege chances

  - 2008-04-26

  LIEGE, Belgium AFP — Former two-time winner Paolo Bettini has played down his chances of a third victory in the prestigious one-day classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday. The reigning world and Olympic champion will saddle up as the Quick Step team's biggest hope of winning the 261km race but the...

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• Kim Kirchen sees off Evans to land Fleche Wallonne

  - 2008-04-23

  HUY, Belgium AFP — Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen of the High Road team won the Fleche Wallonne classic race Wednesday, seeing off Australian Cadel Evans and Italian Damiano Cunego. Kirchen, 29 and the first man from the Grand Duchy to win the event in this its 72nd edition, just edged...

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• Evans wins Paris-Nice fourth cycling stage

  - 2008-03-13

  MONT SEREIN, France AFP — Australian Cadel Evans, riding for the Silence team, won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race on Thursday at Mont Serein ahead of Dutch rider Robert Gesink. Gesink, 21, of Rabobank takes the overall leader's yellow jersey after the 176km stage which finished...

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• Ex-pool champs Wu, Ortmann knocked out of Worlds

  - 2007-11-08

  MANILA AFP — Taiwan's Wu Chia-ching and Oliver Ortmann of Germany became the latest big names to be defeated here Friday, leaving 16 players to contest the World Pool Championships. Rookie Joven Bustamante of the Philippines stunned former champion Wu 10-8 while Kuo Po-cheng salvaged Taiwanese pride by ousting...

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• Spain's Rodriguez wins Vuelta's 18th stage

  - 2007-09-20

  TALAVERA DE LA REINA, Spain AFP — Spaniard Luis Perez Rodriguez, riding for Caja Sur, won Thursday's 153.5km 18th stage of the Tour of Spain between Talavera de la Reina and Avila. However Russia's Denis Menchov fought off continued attacks by the third-placed Spaniard Carlos Sastre to retain the...

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