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A soaked but otherwise happy Cadel Evans indicated he is ready to meet his Tour de France rivals head on when the race heads for its first summit finish in the Pyrenees on Friday.

A split second off the lead with the mighty Pyrenees looming, Lance Armstrong now gets to see what his rivals can throw at him.

Thor Hushovd has always relished tough finishes and rainy conditions, both of which helped the Norwegian snatch his seventh Tour de France stage win in Barcelona on Thursday.

Australian Michael Rogers will head into the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday fully expecting the battle for the yellow jersey to soon move up a gear.

FRENCHMAN Thomas Voeckler timed his move to perfection to clinch a maiden win at the Tour de France yesterday after an early breakaway surprised the sprinters' teams.

Denis Menchov of Russia has spoken to Austrian authorities, says team Rabobank. Photo: AFP Aussie mate leads Cavendish home Video: Australian Michael Rogers' strong ride paved the way for Stage 2 winner Mark Cavendish.

Monday's stage 3 is another test for the sprinters By Justin Davis, AFP Published: Jul.

British sprinter Mark Cavendish will have a first opportunity to snatch a win on this year's Tour de France when the second stage takes the peloton from Monaco to Brignoles over 187 km Sunday.

Boonen meets with reporters after Friday's ruling allowing him to race in the Tour.

Cadel Evans with his Australian teammate Matthew Lloyd and Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium in Monaco.

Cadel Evans's hopes of having the best team possible around him in the Tour de France, which starts on Saturday, have been dealt a major blow after his Dutch teammate Thomas Dekker withdrew from the Silence-Lotto line-up after testing positive for the drug erythropoietin .

Tom Boonen's bid to overturn a bar him from competing in the Tour de France has hit another snag with the decision by a French court not to hear his case.

Road Race Elite Men As you would expect a classic's style parcours would decide the champion of Belgium and it was one of the best 'classics men' who would take his first elite championship jersey... but will he be in the tour de France? Tom Boonen won his first Belgian Championship in a sprint out of a leading group of 20 this afternoon to claim ...

Michel Kreder will ride for Garmin-Slipstream for the next two years, he announced Wednesday.

Stage 2: Eindhoven - Geleen Greipel outsprints rivals to take win #7 in 2009. Andre Greipel was fastest today in a bunch sprint in stage 2 of the Ster Elektro Toer.

Stage 4: Verviers - La Gileppe 189 km Gilbert attacks to take stage win but doesn't take the yellow jersey.

Brussels - Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has escaped the threat of criminal charges from a first positive test for cocaine, in May 2008, despite a second positive test in April, local media claimed Saturday.

Boonen banned from Tour Tom Boonen, seen preparing to race earlier this month, has been banned from the Tour de France.

New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson played his supporting role perfectly on day two of the Ster Elektrotoer tour in the Netherlands today, leading out team spearhead Andre Greipel before crossing in fourth place.

Bernhard Kohl has named former pro cyclist and current triathlere Hannes Hempel as his CERA supplier.