Tour Rookie Tops Mountain Stage
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Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez, a 24-year-old Colombian, became the second Tour de France rookie to win a stage in three days of racing, winning the difficult mountain route by 38 seconds.
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TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.
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Cycling Tyler Hamilton returned to his first stage race yesterday after a two-year doping ban. The Olympic gold medalist and Marblehead, Mass., native was 66th in the first stage of the Etoile de Bessages race between Pezenas and Palavas-les-Flots in southern France, 11 seconds behind stage winner Angelo Furlan of Italy. Hamilton, 34, has signed a one-year contract with a ...
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Alexandre Vinokourov wins the first individual time-trial of this year's Tour by more than a minute.
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American Floyd Landis took the race leader&#039;s yellow jersey on Thursday on the Tour de France&#039;s hardest stage in the Pyrenees, which was won by Russian Denis Menchov.
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They played "Born to be Wild" over the loudspeakers when Bode Miller began his first run of the World Cup season Sunday, a tune that captured the daredevil racing that made him a superstar in the Alps and a ...
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The Tour de France switched into a higher gear on Saturday with the start of the first individual time trial that is expected to give an indication of the overall race favorites.
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Michael Rasmussen put in a stellar ride today in the first of two time trials in the Tour de France and maintained his grip on the yellow jersey by one minute over Cadel Evans.
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Hunter Mahan watched Jay Williamson hit two great approach shots from the 18th fairway on Sunday. Mahan stepped up both times and hit his just a little better. Mahan earned his first PGA Tour victory Sunday by winning the Travelers Championship over Williamson with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
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JOIGNY, France  - Norway's Thor Hushovd claimed his first victory of the year when he clinched the fourth stage of the Tour de France, a 193-km trek from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny on Wednesday.
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Call it a race for recognition. After Monday's rest day, the Tour de France heads into its last ride through the Alps in the ninth stage Tuesday with the race finally starting to take shape &#151; and a new crop of contenders emerging.
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Fabian Cancellara, a Swiss rider who as the world time-trial champion holds the title of the worldâs fastest cyclist, won the opening prologue of the Tour de France on Saturday.
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Riding in his first Tour de France, Germany's Linus Gerdemann earns his first stage victory and takes the overall lead on Saturday.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland  - Rookie Na On Min, boosted by four birdies in five holes, charged one shot clear in the LPGA Championship third round on Saturday.
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Race leader Oscar Pereiro and rival Floyd Landis set off on Tuesday&#039;s 15th stage of the Tour de France, the first of three straight grueling Alpine treks.
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The colder the weather, the more rookie Al Jefferson seems to heat up on the court.
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Mark Cavendish may have appeared a little out of his depth at this year's Tour de France but since his early retirement from cycling's showpiece, the young Briton has shown why he is considered one of the sport's rising stars.