Tag Archive for ‘Mark Cavendish’
Cavendish Wins Third As Renshaw Throws Haymaker – 97th Tour de France, Stage 11
Sprinting is a rough and tumble business. It is not for the faint of heart nor is it for those who lack intestinal fortitude. Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Transitions), Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) and Robbie McEwen (Omega-Pharma Lotto), among others are first to come to mind when searching [...]
Cavendish Doubles Up – 97th Tour de France, Stage 6
For the second day in a row, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) proved, once again, that he is currently the fastest man on two wheels. The 25-year old sprinter from the Isle of Man took his second stage in as many days when he won the 227.5km Stage 6 from Montargis to Gueugnon. Three intermediate sprints and [...]
Mark Cavendish, Still The Man – 97th Tour de France, Stage 5
The Tour demise of Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) has been greatly exaggerated. Two missed opportunities in the first four stages of the 97th Tour de France left many questioning his mental state after a horrific crash at the Tour de Suisse and even his lead-out team’s capabilities to deliver him to the line. The talented rider [...]
Ale-Jet Navigates Severe Ground Traffic – 97th Tour de France, Stage 1
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) was both lucky and good in winning Sunday’s crash marred Stage 1 of the 97th Tour de France. The beneficiary of three crashes in the final three kilometers that coincidentally took out three of his main competitors, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), and finally Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Transitions), Petacchi successfully [...]
Route, Contenders, & Predictions – 97th Tour de France, Preview
Pyrenees, Not Cobbles Will Be Decisive When the route for the 2010 Tour de France was unveiled in October of last year, it looked as if the the Tour organizers had once again reached into their devilish bag of tricks to test the mettle of its participants. Beginning on July 3rd and running through to [...]
Chicchi Dances In Modesto – 2010 Amgen Tour of California, Stage 4
Modesto, CA – Stage 4 from San Jose to Modesto looked like another golden opportunity for Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) to capture his second stage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. But the town of Modesto has quickly become kryptonite to the superman from the Isle of Man as he fell short once again in [...]
Diary of a Manxman, Cavendish Storms Sacramento – 2010 Amgen Tour of California, Stage 1
Sacramento, CA – The poster boy for the Amgen Tour of California last year, Mark Cavendish (Team HTC-Columbia) continued his winning ways in the Golden State by taking the opening stage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, pipping Team Saxo Bank’s Juan Jose Haedo at the line in Sacramento. Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (BMC Racing) [...]
Pinotti Claims Romandie Opener
Pinotti Completes HTC-Columbia Hat Trick at Tour de Romandie Marco Pinotti has taken HTC-Columbia’s third victory in a row in the Tour de Romandie prologue, continuing a run of success in the Swiss race’s opening stage that started with Mark Cavendish in 2008 and continued with Frantisek Rabon in 2009. Clad in the jersey of [...]
Cavendish Highlights Team Columbia–HTC Roster for Upcoming Tour of Missouri
Three-time world-champion Michael Rogers and 2007 Tour of Missouri winner George Hincapie also named as part of the squad Jefferson City, MO – Mark Cavendish, who won six stages during the recently completed Tour de France, headlines a star studded international Team Columbia-HTC squad for this year’s Tour of Missouri, scheduled for September 7 – [...]
Cavendish Cruises on Champs-Élysées, Contador Crowned – 96th Tour de France Stage 21
An exultant Alberto Contador (Astana) stood on top of the final Tour de France podium for the second time in his short cycling career. The 2007 Tour de France champion can now boast of consecutive Tour victories (a team exclusion in 2008 prevented him from defending his Tour crown) and a total of four consecutive [...]
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