Cancellara Conquers TT World Championships

Reigning Olympic time trial champion, Fabian Cancellara, expanded his collection of gold medals by winning the 2009 Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Powering his prototype Specialized S-Works Shiv TT machine, the Swiss man nicknamed “Spartacus” simply crushed the competition, establishing a dominant lead by the first time check and adding to it virtually every meter thereafter.
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Sam Hill Wins UCI World Cup Championship

Schladming, Austria- Monster Energy Specialized racing ended the 2009 Mountain Bike season on top at World Cup Finals held this weekend. Sam Hills win today allowed him to secure the overall UCI World Cup Downhill Title, while Sam’s teammate Brendan Fairclough also made a trip to the podium in 5th place leading to 8th overall in the series.
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Barredo Breaks Through at San Sebastian

Carlos Barredo of Team Quick Step bolted to a dramatic victory in Saturday's 237km, six-climb race across Spain's rainy Basque Country in the 29th Clásica San Sebastián.
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Andy Schleck Finishes Second Overall in the Tour de France

After three weeks of hard and vicious riding around France, the field today went out on lthe last 164 kilometer of parading the caravan to Paris, of which 52 kilometres were done on one of the world's most busy streets, the Champs Elysées.
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Schleck Brothers on the Rise

Frank and Andy Schleck lit up the Tour de France in Wednesday's decisive 169.5km 17th stage, winning the stage and slotting into second and third places overall.
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Cancellara Roars Into Yellow Jersey at Tour

The reigning Olympic time trial champion took a page from his winning strategy from last year’s gold medal performance in Beijing, staying close to the climbers in the first hard part of the course and then turning on the afterburners in the closing kilometers to claim victory.
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Boonen Barrels Into Record-Book

Tom Boonen confirmed yet again he's the king of the cobblestones after winning the "queen of the classics" for the third time in five years at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday.
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Devolder voor de tweede keer!

Stijn Devolder won the 2009 Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) in the same manner he did a year ago. Helped by flawless teamwork from his fellow Quick Step riders, Devolder launched a devastating attack on the second-to-last climb to ride to a solo victory upon his S-Works Tarmac SL2.
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Visconti Takes Overall Lead in Coppi & Bartali

Third place in the 2nd stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi & Bartali for Giovanni Visconti, who jumps with a good performance at the command of General Classification, succeeding Oscar Gatto. Details...

Cancellara to skip Milano-Sanremo and ride Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

Team Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara will not defend his victory in Milano-Sanremo, but instead focus on his preparation to Northern European classics and the races ahead by doing the stage race, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali next week in Italy. Details...

Paris-Nice: Schleck, Chavanel take place in the sun

In what was one of the wildest and most exciting editions of the Race to the Sun in recent years, two Specialized riders enjoyed the view from the podium Sunday to cap the thrilling 67th Paris-Nice. Details..

Frank Schleck Wins Tour of California Finale

Frank Schleck finished the Tour of California in the same manner in which it started, with a victory for the Saxo Bank team. At the end of a murderously fast final stage that started in Rancho Bernardo, Schleck outsprinted Vincent Nibali (Liquigas) to take the win today in front of huge adoring crowd in Escondido.
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Tour of California: Spartacus Stomps Sacramento Prologue

Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) is 1-for-1 on his new Specialized bikes. Boosted by Specialized BG Fit Integration Technology and his lightning-quick S-Works Transition bike, the rider known as "Spartacus" dominated the prologue of the 2009 Tour of California.
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Boonen King of Qatar for Third Time

Quick Step's Tom Boonen might be the king of the cobblestones, but he's certainly taking a liking to the windy, wide-open roads of Qatar, where he won his third overall title. "I wanted to see if a winter's worth of hard work has paid off," Boonen said. "I guess it has."
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Boonen Takes Podium at Qatar Stage 3

Quick Step's Tom Boonen emerged the victor after what felt like a day-long sprint at the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. The win is his first of the 2009 season, and it vaulted him into the overall lead.
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Quick Step Steps Up for 2009

Specialized was honored to be on-hand for the official launch of the 2009 Quick Step team on January 23rd in Kortrijk, Belgium. A squad packed with returning stars Tom Boonen and Stijn Devlolder was joined by newcomers Sylvain Chavanel and Allan Davis.
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Specialized Teams Claim 1st and 2nd at First Pro Tour Race of Season

After three stage wins at Australia's Tour Down Under, Quick Step's Allan Davis turned a collective 25-second lead into a huge overall win yesterday to take the first Pro Tour race of the season; Saxo Bank’s Stuart O'Grady claimed a well-fought 2nd place.
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Third Time's a Charm for Davis Down Under

Allan Davis of Team Quick Step scored a hat trick Saturday with his third stage victory in season's first Pro Tour event, the Tour Down Under. The win further consolidated his overall lead and should place him in a well-deserved position atop the final podium.
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Quick Step’s Allan Davis Secures His Second Win at Tour Down Under

Draped in the leader’s jersey, Allan Davis flexed his sprinting muscles again today to take an unexpected second win at Stage 4 of Australia's Tour Down Under, while Saxo Bank's Stuart O'Grady collected another 4th place finish. The 143-km stage from Burnside Village to Angaston started with a three-man breakaway—led, in part, by UniSA Australia's Travis Meyer—that managed to stay ahead of the peloton until the final 20 kilometers and ended with a mad dash to the line by the sprinter's teams.
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Specialized Teams Dominate Second Stage of Australia’s Tour Down Under

Racing exclusively on Specialized bikes and equipment, Quick Step's Allan Davis collected another stage win at Australia's Tour Down Under yesterday, after an 145-km all-out battle from Hahndorf to Stirling. Yesterday's victory makes the fourth Tour Down Under stage win for Davis since 2006, who has attended all 11 editions of the infamous early season race. Saxo Bank's Stuart O'Grady took 4th.
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Specialized Sponsors Downhill Champs Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough

Specialized announced today a much anticipated decision to sponsor Team Monster Energy in 2009—home to two of the most notorious faces in downhill racing, 2X World DH Champion Sam Hill and 2006 Junior World Cup DH Champion Brendan Fairclough.
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