 Ted King
velonation.com,
17 Junio 2011
"this wasn’t your average drain cover"
Ted King’s podium placing in the US PRO championship signaled a return to form after an early season compromised by injury, but there was little time for him to enjoy his good legs as an encounter with a drain cover at the TD Bank International Championship put him back in plaster.
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 Leigh Howard
Telegraph Sport,
15 Junio 2011
"Track will always be in my blood"
Leigh Howard of HTC-Highroad reckons that the Aussies are going to win the battle on the track at next year's Olympic Games in London, while hoping for more luck on the road at the Ster ZLM Tour, formerly known as the Ster Elektrotour.
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 Matthew Busche
velonation.com,
13 Junio 2011
"A race is never over until it’s over"
Winning the US Pro Champinship title this month is a testimony to the astounding progress Matthew Busche has made since taking up the sport. A former college runner, he cycled as cross training but it was only 2008 when he started to concentrate on two wheel competition.
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 Joaquin Rodríguez
cyclingtime.com,
13 Junio 2011
Getting better and better
"Purito" claimed stage six of the Dauphiné with a solo attack five kilometers from the top of the Collet d’Allevard. One of the most explosive climbers in the peloton, time trialing remains his weak point, though he has improved it and is now aiming at winning the Tour of Spain.
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 Bradley Wiggins
cyclingtime.com,
13 Junio 2011
"I'm not here for training"
Multiple Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins created a bit of a surprise when he finished fourth at the 2009 Tour de France, a performance he couldn’t repeat last year. Now he's leading the Critérium du Dauphiné with two days to go.
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 Adam Phelan
cyclingtime.com,
12 Junio 2011
"It was the first prologue I had ever done"
At just 19 years of age Adam Phelan had a tour to remember at the 2011 Tour of Taiwan. The Drapac rider from Canberra won the prologue, the White Jersey Competition for the best young rider and finished 6th on General Classification while providing support to his team in every stage.
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 Ben Swift
velonation.com,
12 Junio 2011
Looking for more success in Switzerland
In his second season with the Sky Pro Cycling Team, 23-year-old Ben Swift will be one of the riders lining up for the Tour de Suisse where he will be looking to build on his already impressive total of five wins this season.
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 Greg Henderson
velonation.com,
11 Junio 2011
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"If I go to the Tour it won't be to support Brad in the mountains"
Greg Henderson could be making his Tour de France debut this year thanks to a strong display of form all season. He won stages in Paris-Nice and the Tour of California, and is now at the Tour of Suisse to convince Team Sky of selection for the Tour.
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 Jacques Van Meer
Bike Race Info,
11 Junio 2011
Lunch with Dutch Pro Jac van Meer
While we were in Belgium to see the 2011 Gent 6-Day, writer Les Woodland suggested we have lunch with a friend of his, ex-pro cyclist and retired bicycle distributor Jac van Meer.
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 Geraint Thomas
velonation.com,
10 Junio 2011
part II: Looking forward to the Tour
Sky’s Geraint Thomas talks about his hopes, and the team’s goals, in the upcoming Tour de France. In last year’s race he finished second on the stage across the cobbles of northern France, and spent four days in the best young rider’s jersey.
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 Tony Martin
cyclingtime.com,
10 Junio 2011
Feeling good and ready for the Tour
At the age of 26, Tony Martin reckons he is ready to give it a go with the overall classification of the Tour de France next month. His victory at Paris-Nice in March gave him the credit that he can be HTC-Highroad’s GC rider in July after being only their time trial sensation.
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Geraint Thomas
velonation.com,
10 Junio 2011
part I: Good morale at the Dauphiné
British champion Geraint Thomas is racing the Critérium du Dauphiné, finishing in seventh place in the stage three time trial. His teammate Bradley Wiggins took second in the stage though, and now leads the race; we caught up with Thomas on the evening afterwards.
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 John Degenkolb
cyclingtime.com,
9 Junio 2011
A star is born
John Degenkolb, 22, won his first World Tour race as he out-sprinted super motivated Frenchmen Samuel Dumoulin, Sébastien Hinault and Thomas Voeckler at the end of Stage 2 of the Dauphiné with a spectacular uphill finish at the Croix-Rousse of Lyon.
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 Francesca Tognali
pezcyclingnews.com,
9 Junio 2011
"If I could, I would visit the whole world!"
One of the most promising italian female cyclists of the last few years, Francesca Tognali left pro cycling in 2009 when she joined the Verona amateur team Luis Zen and took part in some granfondo events. Returning last year with team Vaiano, she is now riding for Kleo Ladies Team.
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 James McCallum
veloresults.co.uk,
9 Junio 2011
" I didn't see a lot of the rest because I was at the head of things most of the day"
James McCallum has been at it again; winning, that is – the 46th edition of the Davie Bell Memorial road race in Ayrshire, which was round four of the Scottish Power Renewables Super Six Series.
It was a third successive win in the series for the Rapha Condor-Sharp rider.
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 Rigoberto Urán
cyclinginquisition.com,
8 Junio 2011
"...it was how things were back then"
When Rigoberto Urán was only 14 years old, his father was gunned down in the streets of Urrao, Colombia. Rigoberto's father was an innocent victim, as shots rang out in the small Colombian town. Encouraged by his father, Rigoberto had completed his first bike race just three months earlier.
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