The Southland Times

Power prodigy's best birthday
The Southland Times
OUT OF TRAINING WHEELS: New Zealand track cycling representative Gemma Dudley at the ILT Velodrome this week. ...

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The youngest rider in the Paris-Nice race, Peter Sagan, has taken his second stage of the event in Aix-en-Provence.

The Slovakian attacked with just three kilometres to go after the peloton split into two parts, leaving favoured riders including Levi Leipheimer, Thomas Voeckler and Sandy Casar suddenly adrift.

Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) hammered hard on the heels of the 20-year-old Liquigas rider but couldn't hold him.

Youngest rider outstrips the field to win again
Coming to a Scottish mountain probably not near you this summer

Home favorite Bennati takes Tirreno's third stage
Universal Sports
Italy's Bennati, who's won three stages at the Giro d'Italia over his career, edged compatriot Alessando Petacchi of Lampre for his first-ever stage win at ...

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Former leader of Tory MEPs defects to Lib Dems (Guardian Unlimited)

The former leader of the Conservatives in the European parliament has defected to the Liberal Democrats , the party announced today.

British Mountain Bike Demo Series: Glentress – BIKEmagic


British Mountain Bike Demo Series: Glentress
BIKEmagic
... of snow the area has been encountering recently, we're pleased to say that day one of the British Mountain Bike Demo Series went incredibly well. ...


Frederick Wiseman and D A Pennebaker: The truth is still out there
Independent
... Bill Clinton's 1992 US presidential election campaign or Don't Look Back, Pennebaker's celebrated film about Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of Britain. ...

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Government could have windfall of £5bn to spend if unemployment benefit costs less than forecast and tax on bankers raises more The government will not be raising new taxes, including VAT, in the last budget before the general election, the chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, said today. Byrne also shed light on internal discussions over how the chancellor, Alistair Darling, plans to ...

Queally named in 19-strong British squad for Worlds
More Than The Games
FORMER Olympic champion Jason Queally has earned a call-up to the Great Britain squad for the upcoming UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen. ...


2 Allegedly Rob Man Of Mountain Bike With Stick
KGTV San Diego
Two men are in custody Friday after they allegedly used a sharpened stick to rob a man of his mountain bike in a rugged rural area near Ramona, ...