GenevaLunch » cycling http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Sports: High-mountain road bike race kicks off in Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:40:51 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60773 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first Haute Route road bicycle race connecting Geneva to Nice through the Alps is ready to kick off at 07:00, 21 August in Geneva. Over 300 participants from 27 countries will embark on a 730-kilometer journey over the Alps in what organizers hope will be a fun seven-stage race. Those wanting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Tour de France goes to Oz http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:40:07 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=60149 GenevaLunch.com International sports, cycling PARIS, FRANCE – Australian Cadel Evans won the Tour de France, edging out the Schleck brothers in the time trial on the penultimate day. British rider Mark Cavendish won the final sprint along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for the third time in a row and also became the first Briton to win [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/25/tour-de-france-goes-to-oz/feed/ 3 Swiss Topo’s latest maps are faster, offer more http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:23:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59061 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Topo, the government mapping service, has just released the latest version of its set of online Swiss maps, which are faster and more complete, with the entire range of scales now available, from 1 :25,000 to 1 : million, in English, French, Italian and German. The maps are regularly updated, so the online [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/21/swiss-topos-latest-maps-are-faster-offer-more/feed/ 0 Tour de Suisse carries on without Soler, in coma after Thursday’s fall http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:06:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58912 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The Tour de Suisse cycling race is being run fromVaduz in Liechtenstein to Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis in Austria Friday 17 June, at 225km the longest segment of the weeklong race. The winner of last Sunday’s Crans-Montana leg, Colombian rider Juan Mauricio Soler, is not with the group today, however, after suffering serious injuries in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/tour-de-suisse-carries-on-without-soler-in-coma-after-thursdays-fall/feed/ 0 Lausanne lab’s Saugy speaks out on Armstrong doping charges http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 17:43:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58243 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Martial Saugy, director of the international Anti-doping lab in Lausanne, has spoken out publicly for the first time to respond to last week’s accusations by Tyler Hamilton on US television that American Lance Armstrong was using EPO, a doping substance. The cycling doping accusations, in addition to new world football corruption charges, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/27/lausanne-labs-saugy-speaks-out-on-armstrong-doping-charges/feed/ 0 Cycling federation, Lausanne lab caught in doping crossfire http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 16:53:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58106 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND -Former US gold medalist in cycling, Tyler Hamilton, continues to cause a stir a week after he said on US television news that he, but also others including teammate Lance Armstrong, used performance-enhancing drugs. He implied that Armstrong’s use of drugs was covered up by the international cycling body and the Swiss-based organization, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/25/cycling-federation-lausanne-lab-caught-in-doping-crossfire/feed/ 0 Triumph for Riblon as Schleck keeps yellow http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/19/triumph-for-riblon-as-schleck-keeps-yellow/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/19/triumph-for-riblon-as-schleck-keeps-yellow/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:23:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44993 GenevaLunch.com International sports, Tour de France cycling Paris, France (GenevaLunch.com) – French rider Christophe Riblon won the 14th stage of the 2010 Tour de France after a long break away. Andy Schleck kept the yellow jersey of the overall leader as he kept pace with challenger Alberto Cantador. Links to other sites: letour.fr, Guardian

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/19/triumph-for-riblon-as-schleck-keeps-yellow/feed/ 0 Tour de Suisse marred by worries over Kirchen, in coma http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/20/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-worries-over-kirchen-in-coma/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/20/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-worries-over-kirchen-in-coma/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:13:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=43871 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Luxembourg racer Kim Kirchen, 31, complained of dizziness and feeling very unwell Friday night during dinner with his Tour de Suisse Katusha team, and he was taken immediately to hospital, where he has been in an induced coma since. The coma was induced to better evaluate his medical condition. He reportedly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/20/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-worries-over-kirchen-in-coma/feed/ 0 Tour de Suisse marred by spectacular sprint crash http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/16/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-spectacular-sprint-crash/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/16/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-spectacular-sprint-crash/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:13:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=43672 GenevaLunch.com International sports, cycling Wettigen, Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The fourth leg of the Tour de Suisse ended Tuesday 15 June with a crash that brought down 20 riders just 50 metres from the finish line. It saw Briton Tony Cavendish go from the lead to the ground, with a fine and several penalties for causing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/16/tour-de-suisse-marred-by-spectacular-sprint-crash/feed/ 0 Cancellara has one minute lead in Tour de Suisse http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/14/cancellara-has-one-minute-lead-in-tour-de-suisse/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/14/cancellara-has-one-minute-lead-in-tour-de-suisse/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:59:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=43516 GenevaLunch.com Schwarzenburg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Tony Martin takes the overall lead in the Tour de Suisse, one second ahead of defender Fabien Cancellara, at the end of the third stage 14 June. Franc Schleck won the race Monday, from Sierre in Valais to Schwarzenburg, with Martin close behind him and Cancellara coming in third, six seconds [...]

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