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Added: monday 29 March 2010 at 00:32:00
Pierrick Fédrigo wins the Critérium International 2010
initially published on 28 March 2010 at 5.22PM
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) had a big smile on his face at the end of this afternoon in Porto-Vecchio after having won the Critérium International 2010, the three stages race in Corsica.

The second stage was won this morning by Russell Downing (Team Sky) in a bunch sprint at only a few millimeters from Michael Albasini (HTC-Columbia) and Pierrick Fédrigo.

The last stage, an individual time trial in the streets of Porto-Vecchio, was won by a time trial specialist, David Millar (Garmin-Transitions), ahead of the Spanniard Alberto Contador (Astana) and the Australian ...
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Added: sunday 28 March 2010 at 20:46:00
Second stage of the Critérium International 2010: Russell Downing wins the sprint
This morning 116 riders came to the start of the second stage of the Critérium International 2010, close to the harbour of Porto-Vecchio. The sky was slightly cloudy but the Corsican spectators created a very good atmosphere.

The atmosphere in the peloton was quite the same, as you might have read already in my article Lance Armstrong helps young cyclists to progress in the Critérium International 2010.

The riders knew that the stage would be quite nervous due to the short distance but also that the sprinters planned to win it, fr the same reason. Despite a quite long escape the stage was finally indeed won in a sprint by the English rider Russell Downing of ...
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Added: sunday 28 March 2010 at 10:11:00
When Lance Armstrong helps young cyclists to progress in the Critérium International 2010
About an hour ago, the second stage of the Critérium International 2010 started just above the harbour of Porto-Vecchio.

We assisted to the start under a slightly cloudy sky, but there was a perfect atmosphere. Both alongside the road and ... on the road, because when a young cyclist of the Sprint Racing Club Bastiais ended up in the middle of the peloton just before the start, Lance Armstrong decided to help him progress a little bit ...

Indeed, the young boy probably dreamed of being in the middle of the peloton and ... he made his dream come true!

There's no better way to show you this unique moment than by showing you the two photos below ... ...
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Added: saturday 27 March 2010 at 19:05:00
Pierrick Fédrigo wins the first stage of the Critérium International 2010
This morning in the harbour of Porto-Vecchio, the 17 teams who participate in the Critérium International 2010 have been presented to the Corsican public. Many people came to the start to show their interest in this new start for the famous cycling race in 3 stages.

128 riders came to the start of this 175.5 km long stage which was won on top of the Col de l'Ospedale by Pierrick Fédrigo of the Bbox Bouygues Telecom team.
The summary of the stage
The riders left under a bleu sky to discover the South of Corsica. The Dutch rider Ricardo van der Velde didn't come to the start.

Right from kilometer 9, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) and Cédric Pineau (Roubaix-Lille Métropole) formed a leading duo and quickly created a gap of up to 9'40" with the peloton. At kilometer 40 the BMC and Astana teams decide to reduce the gap and at the first sprint it was down to 7'20".

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Added: friday 26 March 2010 at 00:52:00
Critérium International 2010: the participating teams and riders and their numbers
Yesterday I presented you the the Critérium International 2010 route in Porto-Vecchio on Google Maps/Google Earth, today it's time for the list of 17 participating teams and the riders who will be at the start, with their numbers.

On the mountaineous route in Corsica, the riders who will probably be among the best performers are the recent winner of Paris-Nice 2010, Alberto Contador (Astana), the World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) and the seven time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong (Team Radioshack). Not to forget riders such as the Olympic Champion Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Mauricio Soler (Caisse d'Epargne), ...
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Added: wednesday 24 March 2010 at 23:59:00
The Critérium International 2010 route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the route and time schedule
In December 2009 I already announced here that the Critérium International 2010 will take place in Corsica, in and around Porto-Vecchio. After 9 editions in the French Ardennes, this will be a first for the French island.

Today you can discover, as usual for several cycling races now, the Critérium International 2010 route on Google Maps and in Google Earth and the route and time schedules of this race which will take place this weekend.

If Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank) won the Critérium International ...
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Added: wednesday 03 February 2010 at 20:11:00
The Critérium International 2010 in Corsica: a test for a Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2013?
initially published on Thursday 17 December 2009 at 11.48PM
Updated on Wednesday 3 February 2010: the route (stage cities) of the Critérium International 2010 has been announced
The rumours about a possible Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2013 from Corsica are getting louder and louder and today's announcement about the move of the Critérium International to Corsica can only amplify them.
The Critérium International 2010 in Porto-Vecchio
Today A.S.O. (the organisor of the Tour de France and many other cycling races) announced in a simple press release that the Critérium International - after 9 years in Charleville Mézières and in the Ardennes - moves to Corsica and more precisely to Porto Vecchio in 2010.

Founded in 1932 as a one day race for French riders in the Vallée de Chevreuse (my favorite cycling area near Paris!) as the Critérium National, this cycling event developed itself into the Critérium International in ...
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Added: sunday 29 March 2009 at 22:31:00
And now it's 5 at the Critérium International for Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank)
The Criterium International took place around Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes this weekend. Three stages in two days as usual formed a very complete race: one flat stage on Saturday, a medium mountain stage on Sunday morning and a time trial on Sunday afternoon.

Winner of the Critérium International in 2008 and the year before, the German rider Jens Voigt of the Team Saxo Bank wins this race for the fifth time: 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009!

He also wins the green jersey and the polka dot jersey for best climber and his team Team Saxo Bank was the best team. The white jersey for best young rider goes to the French rider Jérôme Coppel of Française des Jeux. ...
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Added: monday 31 March 2008 at 01:40:00
Criterium International: Jens Voigt for the fourth time!
This weekend the area around Charleville-Mézières in the Ardennes was the place to be for the Criterium International. A three stage race in two days which together form a very complete race: one flat stage on Saturday, a mountain stage Sunday morning and finally a time trial Sunday afternoon.

The German Jens Voigt of Team CSC, who already won this Criterium last year, won the race for the fourth time on Sunday: in 1999, 2004, 2007 and now in 2008!
The Dutch rider Laurens ten Dam of the Rabobank team won the first stage and the green jersey. The polka dot jersey for the best climber went to the Australian Simon Gerrans of Crédit Agricole while the Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez of Caisse d'Epargne confirmed his good shape by winning the white jersey as the best young rider, followed by Maxime Monfort and Robert Gesink.
Laurens ten Dam wins the first stage after a long duo/solo escape!
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The summary of the stage

Updated on Wednesday 3 February 2010: the route (stage cities) of the Critérium International 2010 has been announced

The Critérium International 2010 in Porto-Vecchio

Laurens ten Dam wins the first stage after a long duo/solo escape!