≡ Astana team help Contador hold off Valverde (Reuters)
The Astana
team worked hard to keep Paris-Nice leader Alberto Contador safe
from rival Alejandro Valverde in a tense penultimate stage on
Saturday.
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≡ Tondo takes stage after long breakaway (Reuters)
* Spaniard Tondo wins stage after 180-km breakaway
≡ Scarponi wins hilly 4th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (AP)
Defending champion Michele Scarponi won the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday and took the overall lead. Scarponi broke away from a small group of riders on a steep climb about 2.5 miles from the finish and completed the hilly 151-mile route from San Gemini to Chieti in 6 hours, 23 minutes, 47 seconds.
≡ Tondo wins 6th stage of Paris-Nice (AP)
Xavier Tondo of Spain won the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice race after a long solo breakaway on Saturday, while Alberto Contador of Spain kept the overall lead. Tondo broke away after 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) of a hilly 220-kilometer (136.4-mile) trek from Peynie to Tourrettes-sur-Loup and beat Alejandro Valverde of Spain by five seconds.
≡ Champion Scarponi takes charge in Tirreno Adriatico (Reuters)
Defending champion Michele
Scarponi broke away late on to win the fourth stage of the
Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday and seize the overall lead.
≡ Bennati wins third stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (AP)
Daniele Bennati won the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race to overtake Linus Gerdemann for the overall lead. The Italian, who rides for Liquigas, broke from the pack in a sprint finish to cross the line first on Friday. Compatriot Alessandro Petacchi was second and Austria’s Bernhard Eisel finished third.
≡ Sagan wins 5th stage of Paris-Nice (AP)
Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race and Alberto Contador of Spain finished close behind to keep the overall lead. Sagan, who won the third stage, forged ahead about 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) from the line and held on to beat Italian rider Mirco Lorenzetto by two seconds over the [...]
≡ Rookie Sagan does it again with second Nice win (Reuters)
* Sagan wins second stage in the race with audacious move
≡ Baby face Sagan matures on big stage (Reuters)
Cycling’s new
phenomenon Peter Sagan has already dropped seven-times Tour de
France champion Lance Armstrong on a climb and bagged a couple
of stage wins in Paris-Nice.
≡ Italy’s Bennati holds nerve to seize Tirreno lead (Reuters)
Italy’s Daniele Bennati produced
the perfect race to win the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico
and take the overall lead on Friday.
