VeloNews Bikeradar.com SlashdotThe 2008 Tour de France was perhaps one of the more exciting tours in recent years. The yellow jersey changed hands 7 times. Names that should have been weren’t–Thor Husholvd, QuickStep (save for a last-minute win on the Champs-Élysées), Alejandro Valverda, and Cadel Evans are just a few names worth mentioning. Carlos Sastre rode the [...]
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ASO announced 20 teams for the 2008 Tour de France and, to no surprise, Astana was not on the list. This decision leaves podium finishers Contador, Kloden, and Leipheimer watching from the sidelines, just as they did for Paris-Nice and will do for Paris-Roubaix, Liege Bastogne Liege or any other race organized by the [...]
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