BRUSSELS -- Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara shook off Tom Boonen on the toughest climb of the Tour of Flanders and raced away to a solo victory ahead of the Belgian champion in one of the season's top one-day classics. Lance Armstrong was close to the head of the pack up until the last 20 miles and finished 27th as the leading Team Radio Shack rider.
MEERBEKE, Belgium - Lance Armstrong will pound his body this weekend over wet cobblestones and elbow for position along the windy, cold and narrow roads of the Tour of Flanders. Will riding in this race prepare him in any way for what is to hit him in this summer's Tour de France, when he goes for an eighth title?
ROUBAIX, France -- Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the Paris- Roubaix on Sunday, capturing the race for a second time and claiming his second victory in a one-day classic in eight days. Cancellara won by two minutes after dominating a field that included three-time winner Tom Boonen of Belgium. The Swiss rider, who won the 2006 Paris-Roubaix, finished first in the Tour of Flanders last Sunday.
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This paper analyzes the changes induced by the newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the behavior of racing teams. We develop an oligopolistic model starting from the well-known Cournot framework to analyze why the UCI Pro Tour fails to reach its primary aim, namely to increase overall competition among professional cycling teams. In particular we show that the pattern of non-competitive behavior displayed by race teams is the result of a poorly designed Pro Tour licensing assignment procedure. Empirical findings confirm that teams put forth low effort in a high percentage of tour events, reserving their greatest effort for races organized in their home countries. This less-than-optimal performance pattern is the result of an organizational design that focuses solely on financial requirement...
...There have been international corporations (Motorola, Panasonic) as well as small enterprises...
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Andy Murray hit second serves for aces, slipped passing shots through the narrowest openings and rarely made a mistake. It was a performance worthy of a trophy, and Murray became the first Brit to win the Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 7-5 Sunday. The Scotsman used his vast repertoire of shots and took advantage of two wobbly stretches by Djokovic, who struggled with the 85- degree heat.
..., the 2006 Olympic silver medalists, plays Canada on Monday for a place in the second round from Gro...
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Hailing from Sacramento, [Mike Sayers] spends most of the year traveling to professional races across the U.S., and occasionally beyond. If he were to be compared to a pro baseball player, it would best be CaI Ripken, based on Sayers's tenacity and work ethic. When asked which teammate has inspired him the most, he selflessly listed three. He's frequentIy described as the "hard man" and more recently, "elder statesman" of the pro cycling ranks in the U.S. He embraces this role of a tough worker, shielding and pacing his team's star sprinters or climbers, and laying down the law in the peloton when things are out of order. When he gets the chance, he goes for the win on his own. CdSR: Mike, you've just competed in one of the biggest races of the year, Philadelphia's 156mile Commerce Bank...
...MIKE: Grod Fraser [Canada], Henk Vogels [Australia], Scott Moninger [U.S.]. ...
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