US Dominates Spanish Vuelta
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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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six of the last nine competitions -- the United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won. The US squad is, at best
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The United States proved there is more to their cycling team than Lance Armstrong by taking gold and bronze in the men&#39;s Olympic individual time trial at the Athens Games Wednesday.
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Spaniard Santiago Perez recorded a second consecutive stage win, which propelled him into third place overall in the Tour of Spain.
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The United States proved there is more  to U.S. cycling than Lance Armstrong on Wednesday and Leontien  Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands became the most  successful woman in Olympic cycling history.
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Denis Menchov won the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a for the second time in three years yesterday in Madrid, beating Carlos Sastre by 3 minutes 31 seconds after 21 stages. âThis is a party,â Menchov said. âThis is much better than the last one. To be able to celebrate with the team is very important.â Menchov was handed the 2005 title after Roberto Heras was stripped of it for testing positive for EPO.
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US Postal Service easily won a team time trial Saturday in the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, the third and last major tour of the European cycling season.
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Carlos Moya secured an insurmountable 3-1 lead over the United States and the Davis Cup title for Spain with a 6-2, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) defeat of Andy Roddick.
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Spain can be backed at 1-3 (Skybet and Sporting Odds) to make home advantage count and claim their second Davis Cup title by beating the United States at the Olympic Stadium in Seville, starting on Friday.
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STUART O&#39;GRADY finishedthird behind American David Zabriskie in the 165.8km 11th stage of the Tour of Spain today. Despite a furious chase by the peloton close to the finish, Zabriskie, who had gone it alone
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Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, with Tour de France winner Floyd Landis attending the final stage to support his former teammates.
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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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SEVILLE, Spain -- Spain won the Davis Cup title Sunday, taking an insurmountable lead against the United States when Carlos Moya beat Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) for the American star&#39;s second loss in this final.
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The US Postal Service team easily won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, a 27.7-kilometre team time trial in this historical northwestern city on Saturday.
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SEVILLE, Spain  - Teenage rookie Rafael Nadal  blunted the world's fastest serve on Friday to beat Andy  Roddick and give Spain a 2-0 lead over the United States in the  Davis Cup final.
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The United States retained the Olympic  women's 4x400 meters relay title Saturday with a commanding win  over its traditional rival Russia.
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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.