A Spaniard finally is wearing the golden leader's jersey at the Vuelta a Espana after Alejandro Valverde made up a few seconds on former overall leader Cadel Evans on Stage 9 on Monday.
Valverde is one of the favorites to win the three-week bike race; the Caisse d'Epargne finished 2nd overall in the Vuelta in 2006.
US cyclist Tom Danielson was the 10th rider …
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Australian at Vuelta a Espana
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Enough of the flatland. The 2009 Vuelta a Espana bike race entered the mountains on Sunday, and the result of the terrain change was a reorganization of contenders for the leader's golden jersey.
Australia's Cadel Evans might have shaken himself out of this year's slump as he finished in 4th place on Sunday, 44 seconds behind Stage 8 winner Damiano Cunego. Evan's effort put him in the lead by just 2 seconds.
But who also climbed in the standings? US cyclist Tom Danielson of Garmin-Slipstream bettered himself into 4th place overall, just 13 seconds behind Evans …
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Hometown hero George Hincapie, probably the most-experienced US cyclist competing today, won the National Road Race Championship on Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina.
He last earned the red, white and blue jersey in 2006, also in Greenville.
The 36-year-old cyclist for Team Columbia was part of an eight-man break that formed late in the 100-mile bike race around Greenville.
The route included four ascents of Paris Mountain, a ridge north of town that Hincapie has inserted into his local training rides for years …
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German cyclist Gerald Ciolek got some help from teams trying to put their sprinters across the finish line first as he won a mass sprint on Sunday as the Vuelta a Espana bike race entered Emmen, The Netherlands.
First it was Garmin Slipstream that drove the peloton to catch up to a five-man breakaway that survived for most of the 125-mile stage through The Netherlands. Then Team Columbia paced the peloton the final mile or so to the finish line.
But CyclingNews says that Columbia's Andre Greipel and Garmin's Tyler Farrar were surprised at the finish by the 22-year-old Ciolek on Team Milram as he powered past them, and a few other sprinters in the bunch, to win the stage. ….
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Utah's Dave Zabriskie decisively won his fourth consecutive US individual time trial championship on Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina.
The time trial specialist for Garmin-Slipstream finished 44 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher Tom Zirbel of Bissell cycling team. Zabriskie's time was 1:04 faster than what his tally on the same 20.7-mile course last year.
The US pro cycling championships continue Sunday with the road race. Current champion Tyler Hamilton will not be competing as he is suspended from professional cycling ….
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It's no surprise that Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, left, would excel at the individual time trial to open the 2009 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.
The Saxo Bank time trial specialist won a similar opening day at the Tour de France in July and ended up wearing the yellow jersey for nearly the first third of the three-week race.
The big surprise has to be Wenatchee, Washington's Tyler Farrar, who finished in third place. The Garmin Slipstream sprinter finished just 12 seconds out of first place …
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Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack will head to Australia in January to make the Tour Down Under the first race for the new team.
The Tour Down Under rolls out Jan. 17-24, 2010, and is once again based in Adelaide. Armstrong's return to professional cycling at the bike race earlier this year boosted the attendance over previous years by about 50%.
Even a year after his announced return to cycling, Armstrong is still a big draw. His bike ride around Dublin after the close of his cancer summit there drew more than 1,000 bicyclists. Although he had hinted at a ride in Dublin's Phoenix Park earlier in the week, he gave the final details only hours before he set off. ….
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Vande Velde, a member of the US-based Garmin Slipstream pro cycling team, finished 8th in the 2009 Tour de France.
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This wasn't a great day for US cyclists at two European bike races.
Lance Armstrong dropped out of a rain-drenched Tour of Ireland with a sore back, and Tyler Farrar lost his overall lead at the Eneco Tour through Belgium and The Netherlands.
Many came out to see the 7-time Tour de France winner for the final of the 3-stage Tour of Ireland in Cork on Sunday. CyclingNews said large crowds were at the finish, but were disappointed when Armstrong pulled out on the first circuit, never facing St. Patrick's Hill. …
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