Bruyneel's departure comes after RadioShack rider Fabian Cancellara claimed he was close to leaving the team following the report.

CNN: Bruyneel leaves RadioShack

The HTC-Highroad rider, a team-mate of Mark Cavendish, proved too strong for the 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara and Philippe Gilbert.

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Cavendish's hopes appeared to have been boosted when rival Swiss sprinter Fabian Cancellara crashed, but the peloton could not close on the leading group.

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Cummings also goes in the men's time trial, which is wide open following the withdrawal of reigning champion and Olympic gold medallist Fabian Cancellara.

BBC: Cooke leads GB Worlds challenge

In Specialized's visitors lobby is a replica of Sinyard's VW, along with Specialized's racing bikes ridden by time-trial world champion Fabian Cancellara and the 2010 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador.

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Only 27 riders managed to get into the split, including all nine of the Columbia team, but significantly Armstrong and yellow jersey wearer Fabian Cancellara both got themselves into the leading group.

CNN: Cavendish wins again as Armstrong moves up

Schumacher was backing up his win in the Tour's first time trial as he beat Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland into second place by 21 seconds on the largely flat stage to Saint-Amand-Montrond from Cerilly.

CNN: Sastre keeps yellow jersey in Tour de France

Saxo Bank, including Luxembourg's Andy and Frank Schleck and Swiss time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara, were third, 12 seconds behind the winners and two seconds off the Liquigas outfit of Italy's Vincenzo Nibali.

BBC: Cavendish in red

But Gerolsteiner and Lampre worked together to reel the breakaway in and Bennati snatched victory on the line as Australian Baden Cooke and Swiss Fabian Cancellara powered through late on to take second and third respectively.

BBC: Levi Leipheimer on his way to victory in the Tour of Germany

He wore a bulbous red helmet with a Royal Air Force roundel sticker and he buried himself, ripping time away from competitors like Germany's Tony Martin, Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, and his own Team GB colleague, Chris Froome.

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