Fabian Cancellara wins Tour of Switzerland with convincing victory in final stage

September 24th, 2009 Cancellara wins 3rd world time trial titleMENDRISIO, Switzerland — Fabian Cancellara dominated his rivals and won the time trial Thursday at the road world championships. The Olympic champion from Switzerland beat his 65 opponents by 1 minute, 27 seconds and delighted fans on the Swiss-Italian border.

September 22nd, 2009 Cancellara aims for double gold on home roadsMENDRISIO, Switzerland — Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara will attempt to go for double gold at the road world championships when he returns to his native Switzerland for the first time in 13 years. Cancellara is the favorite in Thursday's time trial, which he won in 2006 and '07.

September 3rd, 2009 Greipel wins 5th stage of Spanish VueltaVINAROS, Spain — Germany's Andrei Greipel won a second straight stage at the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday to take the overall lead. Greipel overtook Tom Boonen of Belgium in the final few yards to capture 108-mile fifth stage in 4 hours, 27 minutes, 54 seconds.

August 29th, 2009 Cancellara wins Vuelta's first stageASSEN, Netherlands — Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland has won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta, a 3-mile time trial on the Assen Moto GP circuit in Netherlands. The Olympic time trial champion clocked 5 minutes, 20 seconds on Saturday to edge Tom Boonen of Belgium by 9 seconds.

July 10th, 2009 Feillu wins 7th Tour stage in PyreneesARCALIS, Andorra — Brice Feillu of France has won the seventh stage of the Tour de France in a solo breakaway. It was not immediately clear who would take the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara, who trailed far behind the main pack.

July 10th, 2009 BARCELONA, Spain — The seventh stage of the Tour de France between Barcelona and the Andorran ski resort of Arcalis has started, with Lance Armstrong facing his first big test in the mountains. The 139-mile stage — the longest on the Tour this year — features the category 1 Col del Serra-Seca before the climb to Arcalis, which is classified "beyond category." The final ascent is 6.5 miles long and has an average gradient of 7.1 percent.

July 9th, 2009 GERONA, Spain — Tour de France riders have set off on the sixth stage as cycling's premiere race dips into Spain for two days. The 177 riders are heading southwest along the Mediterranean on a 112.8-mile course along plains, the coast and a few small hills from Gerona to Barcelona.

July 7th, 2009 Armstrong takes 2nd as Astana wins Tour time trialMONTPELLIER, France — Lance Armstrong closed within a second of the overall lead at the Tour de France after his Astana squad won Tuesday's team time trial. Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team narrowly kept the yellow jersey after the 24.2-mile ride in and around Montpellier.

July 6th, 2009 Cavendish wins 3rd Tour stage; Armstrong advancesLA GRANDE-MOTTE, France — Britain's Mark Cavendish has won his second straight stage at the Tour de France, and Lance Armstrong has gained ground and is now third overall. Fabian Cancellara extended his lead to 33 seconds after Monday's third stage.

July 5th, 2009 Cancellara in yellow for Tour's 2nd stageMONACO — Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland was wearing the race leader's yellow jersey as 180 cyclists rode in the second stage of the Tour de France. Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, prerace favorite Alberto Contador and other possible title contenders are likely to ride conservatively Sunday in the 116.2-mile stage from Monaco to Brignoles.

July 4th, 2009 Cancellara wins first Tour de France stageMONACO — Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong went out early and put up a solid time in the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, then was upstaged by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland. Cancellara finished the 9.6-mile time trial in 19 minutes, 32 seconds, beating 2007 Tour winner Alberto Contador by 18 seconds to capture the yellow jersey.

July 4th, 2009 Armstrong takes early lead in Tour's first stageMONACO — Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has taken the early lead in the first-stage individual time trial of the Tour de France. The 37-year-old Texan began his comeback in the Tour by clocking 20 minutes, 12.36 seconds in the 9.6-mile stage along winding and hilly roads in the Mediterranean principality on Saturday.

June 20th, 2009 Martin wins 8th stage of Tour of SwitzerlandCRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Tony Martin of Germany has won the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland, and Tadej Valjavec of Slovenia clung to the overall lead. Martin finished the 113-mile route in 4 hours, 12 minutes, 31 seconds on Saturday to record the sixth stage win in the Tour de France warmup for Team Columbia-Highroad.

June 18th, 2009 Cavendish sprints to Tour of Switzerland stage winBAD ZURZACH, Switzerland — Mark Cavendish of Great Britain dominated another sprint finish to win the sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Thursday, while Tadej Valjavec of Slovenia retained the overall lead. Cavendish finished the 111-mile ride from Oberriet to Bad Zurzach in 4 hours, 18 minute, 26 seconds.

June 13th, 2009 Cancellara wins time trial to open Swiss tourRUGGELL, Liechtenstein — Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the opening stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday. The Swiss rider put aside four months of sickness and injury to finish the flat, 5-mile time trial in neighboring Liechtenstein in 9 minutes, 21 seconds.