PARIS, FRANCE – British sport looks like it will be getting a pre-Olympic boost with its first Tour de France victory on Sunday 22 July. Bradley Wiggins leads the race by more than 3 minutes with only the final stage to go. In second place is fellow Brit Chris Froome, also a member of the [...]
Cycling World Championships: Cavendish wins as Cancellaro takes fourth
September 25, 2011 by
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the World Championship road race, 25 September following a mass sprint. He became the first Briton to win the title since Tommy Simpson in 1965. Cavendish confirmed his position as the finest sprinter of his generation with a well-timed drive for the line after he was guided to [...]
Contador takes his third Tour de France while Cavendish wins sprint
July 25, 2010 by
International sports, Tour de France cycling Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – Spanish rider Alberto Contador won his third Tour de France, 25 July, despite not taking a single stage win in the 2010 race. Andy Schleck, from Luxemburg, was 39 seconds back in second place. Mark Cavendish confirmed his status as the fastest man on a [...]
Cavendish strikes back but Cancellara keeps yellow jersey
July 8, 2010 by
International sports, Tour de France cycling Epernay, France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish, the sprinter from the Isle of Man, dominated the 2009 finishes but has had a difficult start to this year’s Tour de France, including being responsable for one of the big crashes that have marred the race. He put that behind him to [...]
Petacchi wins sprint while Cancellara keeps yellow
July 8, 2010 by
International sports: Tour de France cycling Reims, France (GenevaLunch.com) – Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi won the fourth stage of the 2010 Tour de France, from Cambrai to Reims. The British rider Mark Cavendish, who dominated the sprints in 2009, could only come in 12th after a weak finish. Swiss World and Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara [...]
International sports, cycling: Cavendish wins sixth sprint, Cantador wins Tour de France
July 26, 2009 by
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish, from the Isle of Man, won his sixth sprint finish in the 2009 Tour de France. It was the most prestigious but in some ways also the easiest as his Columbia teammates, especially Australian Mark Renshaw, gave him a big lead into the final 100 metres. The final day was [...]
International sports, cycling: Cantador in Yellow, Cavendish wins a fifth stage of Tour
July 25, 2009 by
Aubenas, France (GenevaLunch) – Alberto Cantador maintained his advance in the Tour de France: he leads Andy Schleck by 4 minutes 11 seconds. Lance Armstrong is third another minute back with Bradley Wiggins only 15 seconds further back and fighting to be the first Briton to be on the podium in Paris. Another Brit made history [...]
International sports, cycling: Haussler Tour de France breakaway takes the stage
July 17, 2009 by
Central France (GenevaLunch) – German rider Heinrich Haussler broke from the pack in only the third kilometre of Friday’s stage in the Tour de France, and he gradually left the other members of the breakaway group to take the stage by more than five minutes, with the pack another two minutes back.
International sports, cycling, Tour de France: Cavendish takes another stage win.
July 15, 2009 by
Central France (GenevaLunch) – Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish took his fourth stage win for the Columbia team and regained the sprinters’ Green Jersey. The overall lead was unchanged with Italian Rinaldo Nocentini reaining the Yellow Jersey, six seconds ahead of Astana leader Alberto Contador with teammate and rival Lance Armstrong two seconds further back. [...]
International sports, cycling, Tour de France: Cavendish spoils Bastille day for the French
July 14, 2009 by
Central France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish won his third sprint of the 2009 Tour, ably assisted by his Columbia teammates. A group of four riders, including three French, led a break-away group but they were overhauled in the last few kilometres, setting the stage for the final sprint. When it comes to sprinting there is [...]
