The link directs users to rsync://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/gentoo/ which fails with symptoms similar to those in bug #87715 The new link should be rsync://gentoo.mirrors.easynews.com/gentoo-portage/ (I'd update it, but my CVS access disappeared a long time ago)
The link in the download mirrors is to the distfiles repository, not an rsync mirror. So the link is correct. In regards to your cvs access, I'll ask about it.