BESANCON, France — Lance Armstrong dropped one spot to fourth place Saturday at the Tour de France during a stage shadowed by the roadside death of a woman hit by a police motorcycle.
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Haussler wins 13th stage of Tour
July 17th, 2009 |
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• Cervelo rider grabs maiden stage with audacious descending
• Cavendish concedes green jersey after suffering on climbs
Germany’s Heinrich Haussler won the 200km 13th stage of the Tour de France from Vittel to Colmar today. The Cervelo team rider who trains in the Alps and loves the wind and rain broke away to win his first Tour stage, more than four minutes ahead of Spain’s Amets Txurruka and France’s Brice Feillu, who came home third. The Italian Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey.
Haussler had led for the majority of the stage along with Rubén Pérez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and the Quick Step captain, Sylvain Chavanel, and at one point the trio were nearly 10 minutes ahead of the peloton.
However, their lead was slowly eaten up on the most difficult climb of the day, the category one Col du Platzerwasel, and Pérez Moreno was caught on the descent.
Haussler started to pull away from Chavanel with some audacious descending and extended his lead on the small Col du Bannstein.
And the 25-year-old kept up the pace on the second-category Col du Firstplan to storm to victory in his maiden Tour.
Mark Cavendish suffered on the climbs and conceded his green jersey back to Thor Huschovd, who finished sixth.
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Haussler wins 13th stage of Tour
July 17th, 2009 |
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• Cervelo rider grabs maiden stage with audacious descending
• Cavendish concedes green jersey after suffering on climbs
Germany’s Heinrich Haussler won the 200km 13th stage of the Tour de France from Vittel to Colmar today. The Cervelo team rider who trains in the Alps and loves the wind and rain broke away to win his first Tour stage, more than four minutes ahead of Spain’s Amets Txurruka and France’s Brice Feillu, who came home third. The Italian Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey.
Haussler had led for the majority of the stage along with Rubén Pérez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and the Quick Step captain, Sylvain Chavanel, and at one point the trio were nearly 10 minutes ahead of the peloton.
However, their lead was slowly eaten up on the most difficult climb of the day, the category one Col du Platzerwasel, and Pérez Moreno was caught on the descent.
Haussler started to pull away from Chavanel with some audacious descending and extended his lead on the small Col du Bannstein.
And the 25-year-old kept up the pace on the second-category Col du Firstplan to storm to victory in his maiden Tour.
Mark Cavendish suffered on the climbs and conceded his green jersey back to Thor Huschovd, who finished sixth.
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Jersey City Shootout: 5 Cops Wounded, 2 Suspects Slain
July 16th, 2009 |
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A self-styled Rambo and his accomplice were killed and five Jersey City cops wounded Thursday after a simple pre-dawn arrest exploded into a bloody gunfight, police said.
The suspect – wearing a strap of ammunition and carrying a pump-action …
Team Columbia-HTC on Tour’s first week
July 16th, 2009 |
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With two stage wins, plus the green jersey for Mark Cavendish and the white jersey for Tony Martin in his first Tour, Team Columbia-HTC look back at a memorable first week
John R. Bohrer: Greetings from New Jersey: A Punditry Travel Guide to Obama’s Visit
July 16th, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama will arrive in New Jersey to campaign for Governor Jon Corzine on Thursday, and he’s bringing the chattering classes along with him….
Tour de france stage 10
July 14th, 2009 |
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ISSOUDUN, France (AP) — Teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong remained second and third in the Tour de France after a technology-free day of riding in which Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage.
Organizers banned rider earpieces for Tuesday’s 121-mile route, forcing cyclists to devise tactics without radio instructions from team cars.
Rinaldo Nocentini of Italy [...]
Contador blitzes clear of Armstrong
July 10th, 2009 |
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• Contador attack takes him above team-mate Lance Armstrong
• Fabian Cancellara loses yellow jersey to Rinaldo Nocentini
Alberto Contador’s stunning charge took him to within six seconds of the overall lead, as France’s Brice Feillu won the seventh stage of the Tour de France in a solo breakaway.
Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, who trailed far behind the main pack, lost the yellow jersey he had held since the opening time trial to Italy’s Rinaldo Nocentini, who was fourth, but it was Contador who laid down a marker, finishing 21 seconds ahead of his Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong.
Armstrong lies third overall, eight seconds behind Nocentini – the first Italian to wear the yellow jersey since 2000 – after the 224km trek from Barcelona to the Andorran ski resort of Arcalis, the longest stage of the Tour.
Competitors scaled the “hors catégorie” Serra-Seca pass, before the climb into Arcalis that is one of the toughest ascents in professional cycling. Riders embark on two more days in the Pyrenees before a rest day Monday.
“It’s a nice victory,” said Feillu, a 23-year-old riding in his first Tour.
Stage seven standings
1. Brice Feillu, 6h 11′ 31″
2. Christophe Kern, 6h 11′ 36″ + 00′ 05″
3. Johannes Fröhlinger, 6h 11′ 56″ + 00′ 25″
4. Rinaldo Nocentini, 6h 11′ 57″ + 00′ 26″
5. Egoi Martinez, 6h 12′ 16″ + 00′ 45″
6. Christophe Riblon, 6h 12′ 36″ + 01′ 05″
7. Jérôme Pineau, 6h 14′ 03″ + 02′ 32″
8. José Ivan Gutierrez, 6h 14′ 45″ + 03′ 14″
9. Alberto Contador, 6h 14′ 57″ + 03′ 26″
10. Cadel Evans, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
11. Andy Schleck, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
12. Bradley Wiggins, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
13. Frank Schleck, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
14. Levi Leipheimer, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
15. Lance Armstrong, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
16. Tony Martin, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
17. Denis Menchov, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
18. Carlos Sastre, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
19. Vladimir Karpers, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
20. Christian Vande Velde, 6h 15′ 18″ + 03′ 47″
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