Paul Martens
VeloVeritas, 29 August 2013
Tour of Luxemburg 2013 Winner
I was born in 1983 in Rostock, Germany.I live in Belgium, married and father of a daughter.
A lot of professional cyclists live in the Limburg area; it’s a beautiful place to train, close to the Amstel Gold Race circuit and the Ardennes.
Flat roads can be found as well around Tongeren and Hass
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Sean De Bie
Cafe Roubaix, 27 August 2013
2013 was one of my best seasons so far
Currently in the Tour de l’Avenir, one of the most important races for young riders, Sean De Bie took some time before going to France for an interview I have to thank also to Mister Tim Vanderjeugd, press officer for Leopard-Trek. One of the best riders in the U23 ranks, the talented Belgian recent
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Michael Nicolson
VeloVeritas, 27 August 2013
Showing Grinta in Belgium
When I get calls from both of our men who trawl the Belgian palmares websites – Vik and Dave – in the one day about a performance, I know it must be a good ride.
Michael Nicolson’s 14th place in the tough GP Stad Zottegem over 182 kilometres behind Slovenian hard man Blaz Jarc (NetApp-Endura) wit
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Daniel Martin
Velonation, 25 August 2013
My ambition is to be world champion; I’m not going to stress about GC.
A stage winner in the Tour de France and a previous winner of a stage at the 2011 Vuelta a España, Dan Martin wants to achieve a similar goal in this year’s Vuelta. However the Irishman emphasises that he won't put himself under pressure as regards the overall classification.
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Valerio Piva
Cafe Roubaix, 24 August 2013
Purito can win the Vuelta
As was the case in the last years, Joaquim Rodriguez will start the Vuelta as one of the main contenders. Coming after a 3rd place in the Tour de France, the Katusha rider has strong ambitions, his target being the overall victory in a race that has 11 stages with an uphill finish. After he lost the
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Sam Bewley
Road Cycling, 23 August 2013
Bewley to start his first Grand tour.
Kiwi Olympian Sam 'Wagon' Bewley will start his first Grand Tour this weekend when he lines up with is Orica-GreenEDGE pro cycling team at the Tour of Spain.
Sam was kind enough to spend some time talking to Roadcycling.co.nz about the tour and his expectations before the race starts.
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Matthew Busche
Pez Cyclingnews, 23 August 2013
PEZ Talk: Matthew Busche.
A consistent improver over the last couple of years has been RadioShack’s Matthew Busche. With him on the eve of starting just his second Grand Tour tomorrow we thought it was a good time to catch up with the Wisconsin native about his excellent 2013 season so far and his hopes for the Vuelta.
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Nikias Arndt
Argos Shimano, 22 August 2013
Meet Nikias Arndt
In this series of interviews we will introduce you to our nine man Vuelta a España selection. Today we present to you German sprinter Nikias Arndt.
When he was 12 years old he saw a group of young cyclists meet every Saturday in his village, then one day he decided to ask if he could join them an
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Edvald Boasson Hagen
SKY Procycling, 22 August 2013
Edvald set for Vuelta return.
Norwegian returns from injury, Is ready to make his return to action at the Vuelta a Espana after crashing out of the Tour de France.
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Samuel Spokes
VeloVeritas, 22 August 2013
Star of the Future.
Australia's Mr Sam Spokes, he had a good season in Belgium last year and this year he's with Etixx-Ihned Cycling Team - the QuickStep U23 feeder team.
Last week he pulled off his best win in the four stage Vysoèina Tour in the Czech Republic and as is our way, we "had a word."
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Shane Archbold
VeloVeritas, 21 August 2013
Fiorenzuola Summer Six Day 2013 Winner.
My favourite Shane Archbold story is the one where I pulled him in off the track at Copenhagen during the Six Day.
‘I was going pretty good up there!’ says our boy – the only thing was that I was pulling him in after the rolling presentation of teams.
In a world dominated by computers, data an
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Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
VeloUK, 21 August 2013
Interview with Jonathan Tiernan Locke.
After a stellar 2012, VeloUK talks to last year's Tour of Britain winner, Jon Tiernan-Locke a year on with and now with a World Tour outfit. Tiernan Locke sadly won't be back to defend his Tour of Britain title in 2013, but below talks about his experiences of riding for Sky and the UCI World Tour l
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Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
Argos Shimano, 21 August 2013
Meet Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
In this series of interviews we will introduce you to our nine man Vuelta a España selection. Today we present to you our South-African rising star Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.
This young talent from South Africa needed to lie about his age to ride his first cycling event when he was 10 years old
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Tom Stamsnijder
Argos Shimano, 21 August 2013
Meet Tom Stamsnijder
In this series of interviews we will introduce you to our nine man Vuelta a España selection. Today we present to you Dutchman Tom Stamsnijder.
Although his dad was a former Cyclocross World Champion, Tom didn’t start cycling straight away when he was younger and it was a knee injury from footbal
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Zachary Bell
Pez Cyclingnews, 21 August 2013
PEZ Talk: Canadian Champ, Zach Bell
The last time we caught up with Canada’s Zach Bell (Champion System) was just after he’d won stage Four of the UCI 2.1 Tour de Taiwan, back in the spring. Since then he’s been busy; collecting another stage in a Far Eastern race – the Tour of Korea – and pulling on the maple leaf jersey of Canadian
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Luke Rowe
Road Cycling UK, 20 August 2013
Luke Rowe (Team Sky) has told RoadCyclingUK he is ready for the Vuelta a España.
The 23-year-old Welshman, who turned pro with Team Sky at the start of 2012, will roll out in Vilanova de Arousa on Saturday (August 24) for the start of the 68th edition of Spain’s national tour.
Rowe, who raced as part of Team Sky’s Classics squad in the spring, and has competed in a series of
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