 Brent Bookwalter
velonews.com,
13 Julio 2011
Working in the trenches for Evans
In 2001, Brent Bookwalter asked Cadel Evans for an autograph at a mountain bike race when he was 15 years old and Evans was just about to transition onto the road scene. Flash forward a decade, and Bookwalter has quietly become one of Evans’ most trusted lieutenants.
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Vitaliy Popkov
cyclingtime.com,
12 Julio 2011
Fighting adversity in nearly every form, but never giving up
'For the love of the sport.' We have heard this said many times but here is one story where that statement rings true. Vitaliy Popkov, rider for ISD-Lampre Continental team in Ukraine has waged a battle against any obstacle set in his path for that love. And there have been many.
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 Fredrik Kessiakoff
velonation.com,
12 Julio 2011
Back to speed with Astana
The crash-fest taking place in France isn’t the only national tour taking place this month. High in the Tyrolean meadows the Tour of Austria was fought out over eight stages from Dornbirn to the country’s capital city of Vienna.
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 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
Podium Cafe,
12 Julio 2011
The driver didn't even stop!
Today in El Pais (Spanish newspaper) there's an interview with Flecha, written by his former teammate Pedro Horrillo. Here's the quick translation. He seems really pissed off (absolutely normal).
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 Italo Zilioli
Bike Race Info,
11 Julio 2011
One of the legends of Italian Cycling.
Neo-pro Italo Zilioli rocked the Italian cycling world late in the 1963 racing season with wins in four major single-day races: Tre Valle Varesine, Giro dell'Appennino, Giro del Veneto and the Giro dell'Emilia. Since Fausto Coppi's death in 1960, Italian race fans had been praying that the good God
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 Simon Gerrans
velonation.com,
7 Julio 2011
Talking Tour and supporting Wiggins
Simon Gerrans returned to the Tour de France this year as part of Sky Procycling’s ambitious selection for the event. The 31 year-old from Melbourne will back Bradley Wiggins’ bid to grab a podium place, but could have the chance to grab his second Tour stage victory along the way.
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 Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com,
6 Julio 2011
"This is about as good as it gets!"
Last July, Canadians were glued to their televisions and computers watching Ryder Hesjedal’s unexpected performance at the Tour de France. Hesjedal finished 7th overall, the second-highest Canadian finish ever at the Tour, behind the legendary Steve Bauer’s 4th place in 1988.
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 Jesse Anthony
velonation.com,
5 Julio 2011
"it wasn’t a two horse race"
Jesse Anthony (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) recently netted the best domestic win of his career – and for his team, this season so far – in the six stage Nature Valley Grand Prix. We
caught up with Anthony as he began his build up for the Tours of Utah and Colorado.
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 Damiano Cunego
C-Cycling,
4 Julio 2011
Interview - Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego showed in Tour de Suisse that he can stay with - and beat - the best riders in the moutains. Now it's time to show that in the Tour, and with the interesting finish on Mur de Bretagne on stage4, don't be surprised if you see Il Piccolo Principe right up there fighting for the stage wi
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 Alexandre Vinokourov
proteam-astana.com,
2 Julio 2011
"this will be my last Tour"
Alexandre Vinokourov will ride for the last Tour de France in his career as cyclist. At a press conference this afternoon he outlined his goals, discussed his feelings about this race, and finally talked about his future and that of team Astana.
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 Tyler Farrar
velonews.com,
2 Julio 2011
Mentally and physically ready for his biggest test yet
At the Tour de France Farrar faces his biggest challenge yet — battling against Mark Cavendish and the rest of the sport’s top sprinters, for the green points jersey. We caught up with Farrar in late June, after the Ster ZLM Tour and before he headed to the start of the Tour.
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 Ivan Basso
C-Cycling,
2 Julio 2011
Interview - Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso got caught up in the crash on stage 1 with two km to go but managed not to lose any time (except for the three seconds to Cadel Evans) to the other favorites thanks to the 3 km mark rule. Here is what he had to say about this ambitions for the Tour this year. Enjoy...
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 Chris Anker Sørensen
saxobanksungard.com,
30 Junio 2011
"I expect the field will explode into atoms"
On Saturday Saxo Bank-SunGard's 26-year-old Chris Anker Sørensen will be lining up 1n La Barre-de-Monts for the biggest race in the world of cycling. The objective is obvious - an overall victory for team captain, Alberto Contador.
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 Geraint Thomas
Telegraph Sport,
30 Junio 2011
"He's from Essex originally so that explains a lot"
Geraint Thomas, 25, will ride his third Tour de France this year. The Welshman made his Tour debut in London 2007 with his former team Barloworld, finishing 140th. Three years later Thomas wore the white jersey as he headed the young rider classification in the opening week.
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 Ted King
velocitynation.com,
30 Junio 2011
"Voeckler's socks are dripping with style"
Ted King, fashion guru, on the quintessential Liquigas green, pleated khakis, shoe/sock color combos, Euro-tight skinny jeans, hairstyles and you wear to the Tour de France route presentation.
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 Nicki Sorensen
saxobanksungard.com,
30 Junio 2011
"I'll get a place in the Danish history books"
Sunday, Saxo Bank-SunGard Dane, Nicki Sørensen conquered his fourth Danish national championship in road racing. An accomplishment that reflects his great class and his irrepresible nature that now brings him to the Tour de France for the ninth time.
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