MARK CAVENDISH KEMBALI MERAJAI TOUR DE SUISSE STAGE 6

Zona sepeda - Pembalap sepeda dari Team Columbia Highroad dengan Scott Addict R1 mampu menunjukan bahwa dia adalah sprinter handal di Tour de Suisse 2009, setelah merajai stage 3 Tour de suisse 2009 Mark Cavendish kembali membuktikan bahwa dia layak diperhitungkan di event ini. Event Tour de Suisse yang juga merupakan pemanasan The Biggest Tour de France menjukan bahwa Mark Cavendish merupakan salah satu kandidat juara Tour de France 2009. for more info clik zonasepeda

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STAGE 5 TOUR DE SUISSE

Kembali Pemabalap sepeda dari Team Columbia Highroad merajai Tour de Suisse 2009, kali ini melalui salah satu pembalap andalan mereka Michael Albasini.
Michael Albasini pantas di juluki sprinter tanjakan, Tour de Suisse etape/stage ke-5 ini berlangsung Stäfa -> Serfaus dengan menempuh jarak 202km. Pembalap Columbia Highroad ini mampu menyelesaikannya dengan catatan waktu 5:24:04.
Kemenanagan Michael Albasini tidak diperoleh dengan mudah, juara stage 1 dari team specialized Saxo Bank Fabian Cancellara terus membayanginya hingga garis finish di tanjakan Serfaus. for more info click here

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MARK CAVENDISH COLUMBIA HIGHROAD JUARA STAGE 3 TOUR DE SUISSE

Kembali Team Columbia-Highroad dengan sepeda Scott Addict CX terbukti handal melakukan sprint di Tour de Suisse 2009, melalui salah satu pembalap andalanya Mark Cavendish. Mark Cavendish berhasil leading di stage 3 di Lumino, pembalap ingris ini sprint dengan mengalahkan Oscar Freire (Rabobank) dan Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam).
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TOUR DE SUISSE STAGE 2

Pembalap sepeda dari Team Columbia High Road Bernhard Eisel menjuari Stage ke-2 Tour de Suisse melalui pertarungan yang dramtis, race yang menempuh jarak 150 km dari davos dan finish kembali di Davos di warnai sprint yang menakjubkan menjelang garis finish. Perlawanan sengit Bernhard Eisel di jawab oleh Gerald Ciolek (Team Milram) dan Oscar Frire (Rabobank). Pimpinan klasemen dari Saxo bank Fabian Cancellara berhasil finish di urutan 11, dengan hasil tersebut Fabian Cancellara masih unggul dari pembalap Liquigas Roman Kreziger dengan jeda waktu 22detik di ikuti oleh pembalap Team astana Andreas Kloden dengan jeda waktu 25detik. for more info click here

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Greg Henderson Winner 89th Volta a Catalunya - Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, 110.8km

Final Result Volta a Catalunya 2009
1 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.26.51 (45.271 km/h)
2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
5 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank
7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto
8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
9 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto

Columbia-Highroad's Greg Henderson took home the sprint victory on Barcelona's famed Formula One circuit to claim the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya Sunday.

Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) and Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas) rounded out the stage podium, while Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) completed the stage in the main bunch to take the overall victory ahead of Garmin's Dan Martin and Haimar Zubeldia (Astana).

"I didn't know what the last kilometre was like but it turned out the finish was perfect for me, a downhill and then a flat sprint, just like I would do on the track," said Henderson. "Yesterday I had the power but hit the front way too early, and today I finally hit it perfectly, and was lucky enough to hold everybody off. Today I started out with about 250 metres to go, because I was so far back, about fifth or sixth wheel when the sprint started."

Valverde contested the race despite receiving a ban from the Italian federation for alleged involvement in the Operation Puerto doping scandal. The Spaniard said he hoped "this injustice will soon stop".

"The Caisse d’Epargne team worked to control the race and obtain a victory that is very important for me in the difficult context which everybody is familiar with. What motivated me most of all is the support I received, from the people who are at my side every day, my team, the public, the press which is supporting me more than ever.

"I hope that the injustice will stop very soon and that I can start again concentrating only on the races and nothing else. I want to dedicate my victory to Juan, my father, who is really touched by what is happening this and is currently in the hospital."

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Giro d'Italia Race Stage 13 Result Lido di Camaiore - Firenze 176KM

GIRO D'ITALIA RACE STAGE 13 RESULTS :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr|Team Columbia - Highroad) 3:48:36
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini)
3 Allan Davis (Aus|Quick Step)
4 Robert Hunter (RSA|Barloworld)
5 Tyler Farrar (USA|Garmin - Slipstream)
6 Juan José Haedo (Arg|Team Saxo Bank)
7 Robert Forster (Ger|Team Milram)
8 Ben Swift (GBr|Team Katusha)
9 Davide Vigano (Ita|Fuji-Servetto)
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra|AG2R La Mondiale)

General classification giro d'italia after stage 13
1 Denis Menchov (Rus|Rabobank) 54:16:01
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) 0:00:34
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA|Astana) 0:00:40
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita|Liquigas) 0:02:00
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa|Cervelo Test Team) 0:02:52
6 Michael Rogers (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:02:59
7 Ivan Basso (Ita|Liquigas) 0:03:00
8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita|Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) 0:04:38
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita|Lampre - N.G.C.) 0:05:26
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:05:53

Britain's Mark Cavendish won the Tour of Italy's 13th stage on Friday, his third stage win overall, with Russia's Denis Menchov retaining the leader's pink jersey.

Cavendish, who rides for the Columbia team, broke for the line with 300m to go and managed to hold off a challenge from Italy's Alessandro Petacchi to cross the line in first place. Australia's Allan Davis took third place ahead of Robert Hunter of South Africa

Rabobank rider Menchov held onto first place in the overall standings after a 176km stage through the Tuscan countryside that took place amid soaring temperatures and in front of huge crowds.

Cavendish, 24, beat Petacchi by a length and now has five Giro d'Italia stage successes to his name, having picked up two stage victories in last year's race.

"We'll see tonight [whether I continue]. I want to go on… I'll speak with my team. I want to try and stay for as long as possible, but I've got other objectives for the year," Cavendish said.

A few hours later, the team issued a statement.

"Stage 13 will be Cavendish’s last stage of the 2009 Giro d’Italia," it read. "He will head home today and begin his recovery and lead up to the Tour de France."

Germany's Björn Schröder led the first breakaway with Italy's Leonardo Scarselli and Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev just 12km after the start in Lido di Camaiore. Schröder led with 30km to go but was eventually reined in by the peloton 6km from home.

During the race, Italian former sprint-specialist Mario Cipollini managed to infiltrate the peloton for a few moments, according to Italian public television station RAI.

"The Giro passed right in front of my house, so I took the opportunity to say hello to a few friends," said the 2002 world champion, who won a record 42 stages in the race during his cycling career.

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GIro d'Italia Stage 11 Result - Arenzano (Genova), 214km

GIro d'Italia Stage 11 Result:
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.51.17 (44.08 km/h)
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad
8 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD

"I got a good position by my team at the start [of the Turchino Pass, the day's final climb]. There were guys going backwards but it was okay; it's amazing how deep you can go when you can smell the finish...Actually, to be honest, I didn't need to go deeper - I was floating," said Cavendish, whose form is even surprising himself.

Third-placed Alessandro Petacchi of LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini claimed certain riders were not following "the correct code of sprinting ethics" - possibly referring to his run being impeded by certain members of Tyler Farrar's Garmin-Slipstream team (though not naming any names), the American finishing one spot ahead of the dual stage winner from La Spezia.
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Giro d'italia Race stage 9 Result - Milano Show 100 - 163KM

Giro d'Italia Stage 9 Result:
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr|Team Columbia - Highroad)
2 Allan Davis (Aus|Quick Step)
3 Tyler Farrar (USA|Garmin - Slipstream)
4 Matthew Goss (Aus|Team Saxo Bank)
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini)
6 Robert Foerster (Ger|Team Milram)
7 Robert Hunter (RSA|Barloworld)
8 Davide Vigano (Ita|Fuji-Servetto)
9 Saïd Haddou (Fra|BBox Bouygues Telecom)
10 Thomas Fothen (Ger|Team Milram)

British sprint king Mark Cavendish claimed his first victory of the centenary Tour of Italy on Sunday to hand his dominant Columbia team their fourth win of the race.
Cavendish's win followed hours of controversy which left race director Angelo Zomegnan fuming after the entire peloton stopped in their tracks six laps from the end to make a protest about unsatisfactory safety measures.

Zomegnan agreed, reluctantly, that the times from the stage would not count towards the race's general classification.

Italian Danilo Di Luca thus retained the race leader's pink jersey with his 13sec lead on Sweden's Thomas Lövkvist intact ahead of Monday's rest day.

Controversy hit Sunday's stage before the halfway mark when, after riding at a relatively slow speed of 33km/h, the entire bunch stopped with six of the ten laps to finish to publicise their protest.

Di Luca, of the LPR team, read out a statement apologising to the public but explaining the riders were unsatisfied with safety measures.

"For myself and a lot of other riders the circuit was dangerous," said the Italian, who admitted the decision had caused a split in the peloton.

"At the start we asked for, and got, a neutralisation of the times and for that I thank the organisers. But the sprinters weren't happy, that's why we stopped to explain things to the public."

The peloton resumed riding minutes later but continued at the same, slow pace until the closing stages when the pace slowly wound up to something resembling racing over the last four laps.

In the closing stages Quick Step sprinter Allan Davis had to battle with compatriot Matthew Goss, of the Saxo Bank team, to hang on to Cavendish's wheel in the home straight.

But in the end the lead-out work of Columbia teammates Edvald Boasson Hagen and Australian Mark Renshaw helped give Isle of Man rider Cavendish the edge as he came over the line to leave Davis in second.

It is Cavendish's first Giro win this year, and third in total after his two stage wins last year, although he came over the finish line first in the team time trial last Saturday to pull on the pink jersey.

"This is the stage I was really targeting," said Cavendish. "I messed up the first sprint (on stage two) but I've made up for it. There's a limited number of sprints in this year's Giro, so I wanted this one really badly."

Columbia's other stage wins came courtesy of Norwegian ace Hagen on Friday and Belarussian Kanstantsin Siutsou on Saturday.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the winner of stages two and three, came fifth while a second peloton that had given up all hope of victory came over the finish line over two minutes in arrears.

Di Luca, the 2007 champion, will go into Tuesday's 10th stage, a 262km ride in the Italian Alps from Cuneo to Pinerolo, wary of a number of close rivals.

Lövkvist's Columbia teammate Michael Rogers is third overall at 44sec with a quartet of bigger victory contenders - Levi Leipheimer, Denis Menchov, Ivan Basso and Carlos Sastre - all between 51sec and 1:24 in arrears.

General classification after stage 9

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini)
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:13
3 Michael Rogers (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:44
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA|Astana) 0:00:51
5 Denis Menchov (Rus|Rabobank) 0:00:58
6 Ivan Basso (Ita|Liquigas) 0:01:14
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa|Cervelo Test Team) 0:01:24
8 Christopher Horner (USA|Astana) 0:01:25
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita|Liquigas) 0:01:35
10 David Arroyo (Spa|Caisse d'Epargne) 0:01:49

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Giro d'italia Race stage 7 Result - Chiavenna, 244km

Giro d'italia Race stage 7 Result
STAGE 7 RESULTS
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor|Team Columbia - Highroad) 5:56:53
2 Robert Hunter (RSA|Barloworld)
3 Pavel Brutt (Rus|Team Katusha)
4 Davide Viganò (Ita|Fuji-Servetto)
5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita|Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr|ISD) 0:00:31
7 Matthew Goss (Aus|Team Saxo Bank) 0:00:40
8 Allan Davis (Aus|Quick Step)
9 Robert Forster (Ger|Team Milram)
10 Ben Swift (GBr|Team Katusha)

Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, riding for Columbia-Highroad, won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy on Friday at Chiavenna, with LPR's Danilo Di Luca retaining the leader's pink jersey.
Hagen emerged the winner from a five-man late escape over the final 20 kilometres launched coming off the Passo Maloja climb to win the 244km rain-hit stage from Innsbruck as the race came back over the border from Austria.
The win, his first in Italy, was an early birthday present for the Norwegian, who turns 22 on Sunday.
South African Robert Hunter came in second ahead of Russian Pavel Brutt with Italians Davide Viganò and Alessandro Bertolini completing the top five on the day.
Already the winner of the Ghent-Wevelgem Classic this spring at the age of just 21, Hagen said: "Both victories, in Belgium and here in Italy, are very important and you can't really compare them.
"I'm just really happy to be winning. I had great support from the team because I knew they were blocking behind when the break went clear. I didn't start the final sprint too early, I tried waiting for as long as possible for the other guys to go. But I felt strong and it worked out well. It was dangerous on that last descent in the rain. I was lucky that I didn't crash," he added.
Bertolini had made a break going into the final handful of kilometres and established a one-minute lead on the nerve-wracking descent towards Chiavenna - but he was reined in before Hagen just stole it ahead of Brutt.
Four riders made an early move just outside Innsbruck as Mauro Facci, Bartosz Huzarski, Serguei Klimov and Vladimir Isaichev raced nine minutes clear by the 24km mark and they held on until the final climb as the rain made the conditions increasingly slippery.
Bertolini tried in vain to anticipate the sprint as Brutt and jockeyed for supremacy over the final dozen kilometres and made for the line.
Winner of last month's Ghent-Wevelgem race, Hagen scored his first Giro stage success just 24 hours after he placed second behind Michele Scarponi in the sixth stage to Mayrhofen im Zillertal.
Saturday's eighth stage is a 209 kilometre affair from Morbegno to Bergamo.
Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong's Astana team admitted on Friday they have been forced into desperate measures in a bid to publicise a never-ending financial dispute with their key sponsors.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong and his Astana teammates started the Tour of Italy's seventh stage with new shirts and the name of key sponsor, Astana, virtually blocked out.
Currently one of the most successful teams in the peloton, Astana face an uncertain future following reports their Kazakh sponsors have failed to pay team wages several times this year.
On Friday, Armstrong finished 58 seconds behind Hagen and now stands 25th overall, 4 minutes, 31 seconds off the lead.

General classification after stage 6
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) 28:08:48
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:05
3 Michael Rogers (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:36
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA|Astana) 0:00:43
5 Denis Menchov (Rus|Rabobank) 0:00:50
6 Ivan Basso (Ita|Liquigas) 0:01:06
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa|Cervelo Test Team) 0:01:16
8 Christopher Horner (USA|Astana) 0:01:17
9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita|Liquigas) 0:01:27
10 David Arroyo (Spa|Caisse d'Epargne) 0:01:41
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Giro d'Italia Race Stage 2 Result

Giro d'italia Race stage 2 Result:
STAGE 2 RESULTS
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) 3:43:07
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr|Team Columbia - Highroad)
3 Ben Swift (GBr|Team Katusha)
4 Allan Davis (Aus|Quick Step)
5 Tyler Farrar (USA|Garmin - Slipstream)
6 Oscar Gatto (Ita|ISD)
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita|Lampre - N.G.C.)
8 Davide Vigano (Ita|Fuji-Servetto)
9 Manuele Mori (Ita|Lampre - N.G.C.)
10 Dries Devenyns (Bel|Quick Step)

Giro d'italia Britain's Mark Cavendish of the Columbia team retained the race leader's pink jersey ahead of Aussie teammate Mark Renshaw on Sunday after Alessandro Petacchi of LPR won stage two of the Tour of Italy at Trieste.
"I chose just the right moment to set off on the sprint," said a jubilant Petacchi, who returned in some style after missing last year's Giro through a doping suspension.

The 35-year-old landed his 25th stage success in the event overall - though the official tally stands at 20 with the remainder scrubbed from the record owing to his doping offence.
"I want to thank and compliment my teammates. I was on Cavendish's wheel. I had been asking myself for several days how to beat him. We'd never previously gone head to head in a sprint. He's a great champion."
Petacchi just edged out the racer from the Isle of Man, who had taken the opening honours with his Colombia colleagues on Saturday in the team time-trial at the Venice Lido. Briton Ben Swift placed third Sunday pushing Australian Allan Davis out of the podium places with American Tyler Farrar fifth after the 156 km ride.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, a major draw here despite insisting he is not in the running for overall victory, has made a solid start to his maiden showing.
The veteran Texan was right up there as he finished in the bunched pack of sprinters along with Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer and is just 27sec off the pace going into day three - 11sec off seventh-placed Petacchi but 13sec better off than Leipheimer.
"I felt good on the bike. My legs felt good," said Armstrong, who was impressed by the crowds who lined a course swathed in sunshine.
"I was a little nervous like everyone is, but overall impressions were good."
A late pile-up saw one of the top overall favourites, Ivan Basso, lose 13 seconds on the road from Jesolo to Trieste.
Belgian Philippe Gilbert, aided and abetted by Italians Filippo Pozzato and Enrico Gasparotto, tried to escape 4.5 km out but were rapidly reined in.
Another Italian, Leonardo Scarselli of ISD, had made an early push for the front after just 9km but was then overhauled on the first of three final 11km-long circuits having enjoyed an 8min 20sec lead at the 51km mark.
German Matthias Russ fell on that same circuit and withdrew.
Monday's third stage is a 198 km ride from Grado to Valdobbiadene, before the racers contemplate the approach to the mountain stages.
For full results, report and photos, visit Cyclingnews.com. Make sure to read Daniel Friebe's daily Procycling blog from Italy.

General classification after stage 2
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr|Team Columbia - Highroad) 4:04:43
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad) 0:00:14
3 Michael Rogers (Aus|Team Columbia - Highroad)
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe|Team Columbia - Highroad)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor|Team Columbia - Highroad)
6 Tyler Farrar (USA|Garmin - Slipstream) 0:00:16
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita|LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini)
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA|Garmin - Slipstream) 0:00:20
9 Bradley Wiggins (GBr|Garmin - Slipstream)
10 Lance Armstrong (USA|Astana) 0:00:27
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Giro d'Italia Race Stage 1 Result

Team Columbia-Highroad undercut everyone to win Stage 1 of the 2009 Giro d'Italia Saturday, a 20.5km team time trial in Lido di Venezia near Venice.
Their time was 21.50, an average of 56.33km/h (35mph). Mark Cavendish is the overall leader of the race, and will wear the pink jersey into Sunday's 156km Stage 2 from Jesolo - Trieste.
Garmin-Slipstream finished second, just six seconds back. Lance Armstrong's Team Astana finished 13 seconds behind Columbia.
For complete results with photos, visit Cyclingnews.com. Make sure to read Daniel Friebe's daily Procycling blog from Italy.
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