It appears that Mark Cavendish has figured out the tempo of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana as the HTC-Columbia sprinter won his second stage in a row on Friday.
Once again, Cavendish was able to position himself behind teammate Matt Goff, who led his man charging through a wide corner on the way to the finish line in Burgos at …
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Mark Cavendish celebrated his first ever individual stage win at the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday when he followed his lead-out man's back wheel to the finish line.
Despite the chaos in the peloton as the cyclists entered Lleida, HTC-Columbia teammate Matt Goss sorted things out and exploded to the front with Cavendish on his wheel.
Red jersey leader Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) retained his 45-second overall lead in the Vuelta ….
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Spain's Igor Anton reclaimed the red leader's jersey at the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday with an explosive attack on the summit finish that also earned him a second stage win.
Having just lost the red jersey on Tuesday after leading the race for two days, it looked like Anton had run out of gas at the bottom on the 6-mile climb to the finish of Stage 11.
He survived with the overall leaders such as the red jersey Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), however, then found his legs by attacking ….
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Spain's Joaquin Rodriguez finally broke the tie with Igor Anton on Tuesday to take the overall lead of the Vuelta a Espana.
The Katusha cyclist won 2 seconds in an intermediate sprint on the 108-mile race to Vilanova i la Geltru. He had been ranked second place to red jersey wearer Anton for the past two stages even though they shared the same overall time.
Meanwhile, the Caisse d'Epargne cycling team marked a repeat stage victory when Imanol Erviti attacked the all-day breakaway about 12 miles from the finish and survived by more than 30 seconds …..
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Takes red jersey at Vuelta a Espana
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For the second stage in a row, a cyclist in an all-day breakaway survived for a solo victory on Stage 9 at the Vuelta a Espana.
The stage winner, David Lopez (Caisse d'Epargne), attacked the other cyclists in the breakaway about 2 miles from the finish in Alcoi, ending a 116-mile day with seven category 2 and 3 climbs.
Meanwhile, there was no change among the top contenders for the overall lead, as Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) failed in his bid to drop Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) …
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Many of the pre-race contenders for the Vuelta a Espana showed their cards on Saturday, battling for the lead on the final climb of Stage 8.
As France's David Moncoutie (left, Cofidis) survived a day-long breakaway to take a solo victory, the General Classification contenders attacked each other on the 22% final lick of the Xorret de Catì.
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) was the first of this group …
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Going for 3rd King of the Mountains jersey at Vuelta
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Back on the podium at Vuelta in 2010
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Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi dug deep to stay ahead of Mark Cavendish and other challengers in the final sprint to win Stage 7 on Friday at the Vuelta a Espana.
Petacchi's Lampre teammates controlled the front of the peloton over the last few miles into Orihuela, and 36-year-old sprinter paid off their efforts by winning by a bike-length over Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) …
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