Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne News

Five leaders in six days show that the 2008 Vuelta route chosen for the first week was diverse enough to give something to everyone.

Levi Leipheimer won the Vuelta a Espaa's stage five 42.4km individual time trial in Ciudad Real.

With a budget of over 15 million per annum, the new Katusha team looks set to be a big presence in world cycling.

Future Russian cycling team Katusha, to be created from the Tinkoff formation, has announced the recruitment of experienced Australian Robbie McEwen and Russian Vladimir Karpets.

In an action similar to day one of the Tour de France, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Team Caisse d'Epargne moved into the Vuelta a Espana race leadership with a powerful and winning dash in the closing metres ...

Italians Liquigas won the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a team time trial of 7.7 kilometers in the southwestern city of Granada, with Filippo Pozzato becoming the first man to claim the golden ...

Eneco Tour 2008 - Stage 7: Photo Gallery #1 More photos from the final stage of the Eneco Tour, part 1. Thumbs up for Eneco Tour 2008 winner Jose Ivan Gutierrez Photo © 2008 Bart Hazen Jose Ivan Gutierrez ...

Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez, riding for Caisse d'Epargne, won the Tour of Benelux in Brussels as Latvia's Raivis Belohvoscicks won Wednesday's final stage, an 18km time trial around Mechelen.

French rider Pierrick Fedrigo of Bouygues Telecom overcame a bout of jetlag to claim the Grand Prix de Plouay here on Monday after a hard-fought sprint.

Eneco Tour 2008 - Team Presentation: Photo Gallery #2 More photos from the team presentation of the Eneco Tour, final part.

Spain's Jose Ivan Gutierrez of the Caisse d'Epargne team snatched victory in the 4.4km prologue time trial of the eight-day Tour of Benelux on Wednesday.

U.S. activist investor David Einhorn, the president of Greenlight Capital, has written to French bank Natixis urging it to scrap plans for a 3.7 billion euro rights issue and look at an alternative option for ...

Podium: Davide Rebellin , Samuel Sanchez and Fabian Cancellara Photo © 2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti Alejandro Valverde - 13th Samuel Sanchez's Victory "The Spanish team was the strongest one and we showed it! ...

Olympic Men's Road Race - Live Part 2 Two hours of racing - The peloton has split with two minutes separation 9:45 down on our adventurers 1314 DST - Current Situation - Patricio Almonacid - Horacio Gallardo - ...

Alejandro Valverde will fly to China as a firm favourite for the Olympic road race title after taking a hard-fought victory in the Clsica San Sebastin on Saturday afternoon.

This year, of course, the Olympic Road Race is just seven days ago, however the field for the Basque Classic is very strong.

The 33rd edition of this contest, held Sunday over a parcours of 161.5 kilometres in the Bizkaia province of the Basque Country of Spain, came down to a battle of two guys: race winner Arroyo as well as Juanjo ...

Alejandro Valverde... Beijing medal odds shortening. Spaniard Alejandro Valverde's hopes of winning a medal at this month's Beijing Games have risen sharply after a resounding victory in the Clasica San ...

Photos 95th Tour de France - Stage 8 Results & Photos 12 Jul 2008 Team Columbia's Young Guns Double on the Podium in Toulouse.

Winner of the 2008 event was the Russian Vladimir Karpets , who gave a new display of his class as he broke away all by himself while climbing Altzo for the second time and soloed to the line 33 seconds ahead ...