Linda Villumsen
cyclingfx.nl, 3 Febrero 2006
"My problem is not to get lost!!"
In 1996, Bjarne Riis became a national hero throughout Denmark in the Tour de France. Soon after, Linda Villumsen borrowed a bike from the local club team, Herning CK, got her license and started racing every weekend.
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Maja Adamsen
cyclingfx.nl, 3 Febrero 2006
"I wouldn’t dance my whole life"
Unlike most other Danish riders Maja Watt Adamsen did NOT join Bianchi for 2006, instead joining Fenixs-Colnago for at least 1 year. She will ride her first race for them in Italy later this month.
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George Hincapie
cyclingnews.com, 3 Febrero 2006
Opening new doors in 2006
With a breakthrough stage win at last year's Tour de France, George Hincapie's stock rose even higher at the end of 2005. Categorised as Discovery Channel's hope in the spring classics, great results in Paris-Roubaix and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne proved that status.
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Emma Davies Jones
shecycles.com, 2 Febrero 2006
The Road to Recovery
Last year, Emma Davies Jones was the victim of a hit and run accident whilst on the way to the Manchester Velodrome.
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Carlos Barredo
cyclingnews.com, 2 Febrero 2006
One number at a time
With the Tour of Flanders as his greatest dream and hopes of playing a big role in the Belgian races some day, Barredo is a rider to look out for.
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Magnus Backstedt
Pezcyclingnews.com, 1 Febrero 2006
"the second Sunday in April is the number one target"
Cycling has never had a great number of blond Viking giants with disarming Swedish/Welsh/Liverpool accents, so Magnus Backstedt would stand out even if he wasn’t one of the nicer guys in the pro peloton. PEZ checked in with Magnus to find out how another UK winter has treated him...
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William Walker
cyclingnews.com, 1 Febrero 2006
Walking on water
A motor on par with Armstrong but around fifteen kilos lighter, and a senior national champion well before his 21st birthday, if it wasn't a stuff-up with the rules. William Walker is all these things, and could one day become Australia's first Tour de France champion.
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Helen Wyman
roadcyclinguk.com, 31 Enero 2006
"I had to do everything my brother did"
It's been a great year for Great Britain's Helen Wyman who has just achieved 5th place in the Womens World Cyclo Cross Championship, her best ever performance in a World Title race.
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Andreas Klöden
cyclingnews.com, 31 Enero 2006
The man who would be king
30 year-old German cyclist Andreas Klöden was compared favourably to Jan Ullrich when he burst onto the scene in 2000, but an injury-plagued career has seen him never quite reach his full potential.
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Gilberto Simoni
pezcyclingnews, 27 Enero 2006
“Pink Goes With Everything!”
So said 2-time Giro winner Gilberto Simoni during this week's Saunier Duval-Prodir training camp. We had the opportunity to interview the Tour stage winner and new boy with his first team outside of Italy. “Gibo” had returned from a 6 hour ride that very morning but seemed no less willing to offer h
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Michael Rogers
T-Mobile, 26 Enero 2006
"I need racing to hit peak"
He is a past winner of the Deutschland Tour and the Tour of Belgium and a three time world time trial champion, and he is still only 26.
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Tina Mayola-Pic
cyclingnews.com, 25 Enero 2006
Pic-ing her way through the field
Current US criterium national champion Tina Pic has ridden with the title since 2002 as she's dominated American cycling's favourite road discipline against the cream of America's female elite riders.
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Alex Rasmussen
fixedgearfever.com, 23 Enero 2006
"Sprint is my biggest asset"
2005 world scratch champion Alex Rasmussen interviewed on his way to the World Cup in Los Angeles.
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Katie Curtis
shecycles.com, 19 Enero 2006
"It's a great life"
The Raleigh Future Stars competition is running throughout the Revolution series at Manchester Velodrome and brings the UK's most talented young riders head to head on the track. Katie Curtis tells SheCycles of her biggest achievements to date.
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Luis Leon Sanchez
cyclingnews.com, 17 Enero 2006
Back for more
After his success at last year's Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, Liberty Seguros-Wurth's rising star, Luis Leon Sanchez, enjoyed mixed fortunes during the remainder of 2005. Back in Australia for another crack at Australia's premier stage race, Cyclingnews' Les Clarke spoke with Sanchez and Australia
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Rochelle Gilmore
dailypeloton.com, 16 Enero 2006
"I just keep believing!"
Rochelle Gilmore likes to ride her bike. She'll ride it on the road, or she'll ride it on the track. This athletic Australian beauty just wants to compete.
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