Sports Briefing | Cycling: Menchov Retains His Lead
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Denis Menchov of Russia moved closer to his second Vuelta a EspaÃ±a title in three years, and Samuel SÃ¡nchez of Spain won the penultimate stage yesterday. Menchov finished second, 12 seconds behind SÃ¡nchez. Menchov, who rides for Rabobank, stretched his lead over Team CSCâs Carlos Sastre to 3:31 with an overall time of 78:21.40. Todayâs final stage is 64.7 miles from Rivas Vaciamadrid to Madrid.
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Defending champion Roberto Heras grabbed the lead of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday by winning the tour's toughest stage to the Calar Alto mountain pass.
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Filippo Pozzato of Italy won the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara held on to the leaderâs yellow jersey for the sixth straight day
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MARSEILLE, France -- Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win this year at the Tour de France, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept the overall lead in the 10th stage on Wednesday.
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CASTELLON, France : Spain&#39;s Oscar Freire won the sixth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 157km run between Benicarlo and here, while US Postal rider Manuel Beltran, also of Spain, stayed in the overall lead.
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Il vincitore della Vuelta di Spagna del 2005 e del 2007, Denis Menchov,, ha sciolto la riserva uffic...
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ALBI, France  - Alexander Vinokourov ended a difficult week with victory in Saturday's 54-km (33.5 miles) time trial to put himself back in contention in the Tour de France.
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Yaroslav Popovych won stage 12 of the Tour de France on Friday, while American Floyd Landis retained the yellow jersey of the overall leader.
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LANCE ARMSTRONG has left the question marks hovering over his participation on next year&#39;s Tour de France. Armstrong claimed a record sixth yellow jersey in July when he eclipsed Tour legends Miguel Indurain
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Sport: Tour de France: Leader Michael Rasmussen holds off Alberto Contador's attacks, while Kazakh takes victory on stage 15.
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TIGNES, France -- Michael Rasmussen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday to take the overall lead in the race after a second day of grueling climbs in the Alps.
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Thor Hushovd of Norway wins the fourth stage of the Tour de France, while Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara maintains the overall lead.
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Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez of Colombia won Tuesday's ninth stage of the Tour de France, with Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retaining the yellow jersey after the last Alpine stage.
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Alexandre Vinokourov turned in a gutsy ride to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France Monday, and Michael Rasmussen held off several challenges to defend his overall lead.
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Casey Stoner of Australia extended his overall world championship lead after claiming his fifth victory of the season at the British MotoGP here on Sunday.
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Although Levi Leipheimer came in second at the finish line on Wednesday, he retained the overall lead by three seconds over Jens Voigt, a German rider for CSC.
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BRIANCON, France -- Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez of Colombia won Tuesday's ninth stage of the Tour de France, with Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retaining the yellow jersey after the last Alpine stage.