11.   Traditionally, these are the settings for long breakaways by low-ranked riders and sometimes for mass sprint finishes.

12.   Vandenbroucke easily won the race in a sprint finish with Wilfried Peeters, another Belgian with Mapei.

13.   Pascal Richard won the Liege-Bastogne Liege World Cup classic Sunday, beating American Lance Armstrong and fellow-Swiss Mauro Gianetti in a sprint finish.

14.   Angel Edo emerged from a crowded sprint finish Monday to capture the second stage of the Tour of Italy cycling race.

15.   But it left the American in front for the sprint finish and he could not counter the final jump of Richard.

16.   Cipollini, who races for the Saeco team, finished second to Ivan Quaranta on Thursday in another sprint finish.

17.   Controversial sprint finishes had Erik Zabel, Sergi Outschakov and Bart Voskamp being disqualified from the victories, although Zabel won three other stages.

18.   Controversial sprint finishes had Zabel, Sergi Outschakov and Bart Voskamp being disqualified from the victories, although Zabel won three other stages.

19.   Edo, riding for the Portuguese team Milaneza, fought hard in the sprint finish to overcome countryman David Etxebarria and Swiss rider Oscar Camenzind.

20.   During the sprint finish he was angry and three his water bottle at another rider in the middle of the pack.