39 year old McEwen earns another tour title

Oct 3rd, 11. This is his last full season of pro-cycling, but Robbie McEwen showed he is still in great form. He won his 2nd stage and the overall title at the Tour de Wallonie Picarde today.

By winning the 4th and last stage of the Tour de Wallonie Picarde (the former Circuit Franco Belge), the RadioShack rider re-took the yellow jersey and is the overall winner.

The 39 year old, who has won 12 stages in the Tour de France as well as in the Tour of Italy, also won this stage race in 2002.

"This was not expected today," he said. "This was a hard stage with seven climbs of the Col de la Croix de Jubaru. Despite the heat I felt good today and actually felt better and better as the stage went on.

"I knew that I could take the overall victory by winning the stage and when [Tom] Veelers or [Chris] Sutton were not in the top three. And that's what happened.

"To be honest, this was an easy sprint for me. I choose the right wheel, that of Sutton [Team Sky] and could easily pass him. This proves I'm still there in cycling."

Sutton had a great leadout from his team, Greg Henderson dropped him off with 125m to go, but McEwen had the fastest legs today.

It was McEwen's 5th victory of the season and he hopes it will not be his last.

"Oh, yes, the season is not over yet. I hope I can show the same fast legs in Paris-Tours. That would be nice. I've never won that race," he said.

After the 2011 season, McEwen will relocate back to Australia. He is joining team GreenEdge - first as a rider and then as a tactical advisor.

"I will do some Australian races, followed by Qatar or Oman and the Flemish classics. Then it will be over and out," McEwen concluded.

Tour de Wallonie Picarde results....