Cycling: Petacchi wins second stage in Spain
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MADRID : Alessandro Petacchi showed why he is considered one of the world&#39;s top sprinters when coming out on top in a mass dash to the line in the second stage of the Tour of Spain.
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Roberto Heras of Spain won his second straight Spanish Vuelta, one of cycling&#39;s top races. Heras, who also captured this event in 2000, finished fourth in Sunday&#39;s final leg, an 18-mile time trial in Madrid.
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Spain&#39;s Constantino Zaballa broke away early and finished more than a minute ahead of his closest competitors in winning the 19th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday.
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MADRID, Spain -- Roberto Heras became only the second rider to claim three Tour of Spain titles when he held off a charging Santiago Perez in the final stage Sunday.
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GRENADA, Spain : Spain&#39;s Santiago Perez, of the Phonak team, won his second consecutive stage on the Tour of Spain here following a two-year victory drought after the death of his fiancee.
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MORELLA, Spain : Russia&#39;s Denis Menchov won the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 186.5km run between Zaragoza and here. The overall race lead was claimed by Spaniard Manuel Beltran from his US Postal teammate Benoit Joachim.
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Bradley Wiggins has given Britain their second Olympic cycling gold medal in two days, winning the men&#39;s 4-km individual pursuit.
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Spain&#39;s Jose Julia of the CV-Kelme team won the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain from Olivenza to Caceres on Tuesday. Slovenia&#39;s Tadej Valjavec, of the Phonak squad was 12 seconds behind with Italy&#39;s Danilo
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In Burgos, Spain, Alessandro Petacchi sprinted to victory Sunday in the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Max van Heeswijk of the US Postal Service team took the overall lead in the year&#39;s last major European cycling race.
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Eladio Jimenez clinched the 10th stage victory of the Tour of Spain on home soil Monday while American Floyd Landis retained the overall lead.
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Quick Step rider Cedric Vasseur wins the 10th stage of the Tour de France.
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Tour leader Fabian Cancellara takes an amazing sprint victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.
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Ãscar Freire of Spain, a three-time world champion, won the second stage of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a in a sprint finish yesterday and took the overall lead. Freire, who rides for Rabobank, captured the 92-mile leg in 3 hours 31 minute 3 seconds. Erik Zabel of Team Milram trails Freire for the overall lead with the same time.
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Top seed Marion Bartoli beat Japanese wildcard Aiko Nakamura 2-6 6-2 6-2 to win her second career title at the Japan Open on Sunday.
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SIERRA NEVADA, SPAIN - A second consecutive stage win for Spaniard Santiago Perez in the Tour of Spain cycling race propelled him into third place overall today.
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World champion Valentino Rossi ended his brilliant season in style with victory in the Spanish MotoGP. The Italian took his ninth win of the year after holding off a late charge from arch-rival Max Biaggi&#39;s Honda.
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TOP sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, of the Fassa Bortolo team, won the fourth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 167.5km ride from Soria to Zaragoza in the north of the country today.