Eldridge Joe
Dailypeloton, 27 Urtarrila 2012
I joined a club at Auburn University and they were involved in collegiate racing. I decided to give it a shot. ..
Joe Eldridge is a 29 year old professional road cyclist from the United States who rides for American based Team Type 1 cycling team. Joe was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10. He is a co-founder of Team Type 1, which rides to bring awareness to Type 1 Diabetes. Although he has a difficult me
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George Hincapie
Velonation, 27 Urtarrila 2012
Heading towards a Tour de France record
American veteran to back Evans, Gilbert and Hushovd in 2012
George Hincapie When he clicks into his pedals and accelerates out of Gaiole in Chianti for the start of the Strade Bianche race on March 3rd, George Hincapie will be raising the curtain on his nineteenth season in the pro peloton. To pu
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Thomas Dekker
Velonews, 26 Urtarrila 2012
Dekker on comeback: ‘I want to prove I can win clean’
CALPE, Spain (VN) — Thomas Dekker is the latest rider on the comeback trail from a high-profile doping case. He was once hailed as the future superstar in Holland, but his world came tumbling down in 2009 when he tested positive for EPO in a test dating back to 2007.
Dekker’s tale is similar to o
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John Degenkolb
Dailypeloton, 26 Urtarrila 2012
A conversation with Young Gun John Degenkolb of team IT4i - The 23 year old rider showed true grit in his debut year in the worldTour races...
John Degenkolb a talented young sprinter just turned 23 on January 7th, born in Gera, Germany he makes his residence in Erfurt; and has signed to ride with Iwan Spekenbrink's 1T4i team in 2012 - after his HTC-Highroad team went defunct.
Degenkolb is a talented track and road cyclist who excels in
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Bertjan Lindeman
Pez Cyclingnews, 25 Urtarrila 2012
Vacansoleil's Bert-Jan Lindeman Gets PEZ’d!
I’ve met quite a few Neo-Pro’s and aspiring amateurs in my time, but I’ve never interviewed one as keen as Vacansoleil-DCM’s new signing for 2012: Bert-Jan Lindeman. I met up with him in Calpe, thanks to Martijn Verschoor; both riders were on a pre-Christmas training camp. Bert-Jan had just got back
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Jens Voigt
Menshealth, 25 Urtarrila 2012
Lessons from the Biggest Badass Since Chuck Norris
With pure grit and determination, the way a dog protects his owner, Jens Voigt watches over his teammates. The 40-year-old German cyclist races for RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, arguably one of the most formidable UCI pro teams on the map this year with all-stars Andy and Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara,
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Dowsett Alex
velouk.net, 24 Urtarrila 2012
Team Sky’s Essex born pro cyclist Alex Dowsett endured a difficult opening to his 2012 racing campaign
The over 800km race, split into six stages, was based around the South Australian capital of Adelaide and was designed to give sprinters and all-rounders an opportunity to shine in this prestigious opening race to the World Tour calendar.
With home boy Mick Rogers and Dowsett’s Norwegian room-mat
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Marcel Kittel
Dailypeloton, 24 Urtarrila 2012
High on our list of riders to watch in 2012 is the talented young German rider Marcel Kittel who made his mark in his neo pro season in 2011 with 18 wins...
Marcel returns in 2012 with Iwan Spekenbrink's team with a bolstered squad newly named Project 1t4i and we think he will once again be a rider we can count on to continue to bring excitement to the races this season. We caught up with Marcel at the team camp in Alicante, Spain last week...
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Oscar Freire Gomez
Cyclingtime, 21 Urtarrila 2012
Exclusive CyclingTime Interview
At the age of 35 – and 36 soon in February – triple world champion and triple Milan-San Remo winner Oscar Freire remains highly competitive as he proved in Tanunda by winning stage 4 of the Santos Tour Down Under. It was a bunch sprint of less than fifty riders, not comprising race leader Andre Grei
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Heinrich Haussler
Velonation, 21 Urtarrila 2012
Heinrich Haussler to skip Tour de France, focus on Classics & Olympics
Though he carries ambitious goals into the 2012 season, Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) will once again forego the Tour de France in favour of an approach that will allow him to peak during the Spring Classics, and again for the Olympic road race.
Speaking with SBS Cycling Central, Haussler
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Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Cyclingtime, 20 Urtarrila 2012
'I am racing now with great serenity'
Alejandro Valverde is back racing with Movistar at the Santos Tour Down Under following one and half year of absence from competitive cycling due to a suspension pronounced by the Court of Arbitration in Sport because of his implication in the 2006 Operation Puerto. As he finished 4th in Stage Two w
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Paul Voss
velouk.net, 20 Urtarrila 2012
Talking Shop: Paul Voss (Endura Racing)
Talking to a rider who wore the mountains jersey for four days in the Giro (2010) as well as winning a stage in the Tour of Catalunya – Paul Voss of Germany.
Larry Hickmott writes … We may not have seen Paul Voss a lot in Britain during his time at Endura Racing but when the German rider has rac
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Baugnies Jérôme
teamnetapp, 19 Urtarrila 2012
My first weeks with Team NetApp
After his first weeks with Team NetApp, Jérôme tells us about his impression of his new team and his expectations for the upcoming races.
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Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Dailypeloton, 18 Urtarrila 2012
Rabobank's Spanish consistent all round performer
Carlos starts racing in Mallorca and commented recently on his site, "The sensations are good and the desire to work strong, I'm looking forward to this season that I have a feeling it will be very nice to me and Rabobank."
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Tom Boonen
Velonews, 17 Urtarrila 2012
Boonen on cusp of decisive year
Everything is on the line for Tom Boonen this year as the once unstoppable classics man will be looking to regain his winning touch in what could be a make-or-break season.
Boonen has been dogged by accidents and two controversial cocaine cases that knocked him off his pedestal as the “Man to Bea
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Alessandro Ballan
Cyclingtime, 17 Urtarrila 2012
Cyclingtime Exclusive Interview With Alessandro Ballan
The 2008 world champion Alessandro Ballan from BMC had a crack at the Santos Tour Down Under last year, finishing 11th, one position out of the World Tour points scoring zone. He aims for more on the eve of Stage 1 of the Australian event, which is the inaugural race of the 2012 international season
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