Wade Mangham
veloresults.co.uk, 25 Abril 2011
Happy in Belgium and Working Hard
The phone rings, it's Vik; "Why haven't you spoken to that Wade Mangham boy? He's getting round all right in Flanders." We tracked young Mr. Langham down - here's what he had to tell us about dodgy club presidents, Shane Archbold's mullet - and he has a achat with his bottle cages.
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Marcus Burghardt
602nds.com, 24 Abril 2011
"I don’t really like coffee. I always drink hot chocolate"
A few days before Paris-Roubaix we had the opportunity to chat with TdF stage winner and strong classics rider Marcus Burghardt from the BMC Racing Team.
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Alexandre Vinokourov
astanafans.com, 24 Abril 2011
"I love this race"
The man from Petropavlovsk won here last year and, after a stage win in Pais Vasco and a near miss of the podium in the Fleche Wallonne, is aiming to prevent Philippe Gilbert completing the 'triple'.
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Michael Barry
teamsky.com, 23 Abril 2011
Maturity, Perspective and Experience
Michael Barry is back in training after completing a gruelling 109th edition of Paris-Roubaix earlier this month, but has taken time out from his busy schedule to answer some more of the queries you have been firing his way since the last question and answer session.
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Dan McLay
veloresults.co.uk, 23 Abril 2011
"I need to focus on having a career"
Dwaars door Vlaanderen saw the re-birth of Nick Nuyens as winner. However, on the same day on similar roads, the U23 version of the race, the GP Waregem, saw a young Briton take an important step up the ladderwith an excellent win over the cream of Flanders' young cycling talent.
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Michael Hutchinson
Podium Cafe, 21 Abril 2011
Interview: Michael Hutchinson
In 2003, Michael Hutchinson, a star of the British time trial scene, took a tilt at the Hour record. In The Hour, he tells about that first attempt at the record, as well as drawing out the history of the Hour itself, from Henri Desgrange's first officially recognised ride through to the present er
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Dan Martin
velonation.com, 20 Abril 2011
"growing up and getting older"
Dan Martin will start today’s Flèche Wallonne as one of Garmin-Cervélo’s protected riders. Third overall in the Volta a Catalunya showed that he is going well, and his climbing ability could well put him in a good position at the top of the Mur de Huy.
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Matt Brammeier
irishcycling.com, 18 Abril 2011
Paris-Roubaix "was awesome"
Nicolas Roche, Philip Deignan and national road race champion Matt Brammeier will be in today’s Amstel Gold Race, making it the first time in two decades that so many Irish riders will take part in the Dutch Classic. Irishcycling.com spoke to him earlier this week....
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Stuart O’Grady
velonews.com, 17 Abril 2011
A bit of bullshit
Stuart O’Grady (Leopard-Trek) always talks from the heart, but nothing gets his heart racing more than Paris-Roubaix. The 37-year-old Aussie won the race in 2007 but last Sunday he didn’t make the time cut after a series of mishaps derailed his chances.
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Alexandre Vinokourov
astanafans.com, 15 Abril 2011
"The Amstel Gold Race, this Sunday, is a race that is close to my heart"
The Kazakh team leader, Alexander Vinokourov, gave an update on his early season and his future goals in an interview with the PR department of his team.
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Nick Nuyens
roadcycling.com, 15 Abril 2011
"I must and I will!"
Nick Nuyens, Saxo Bank-SunGard's Belgian rider, has claimed the biggest victory of his cycling career after winning the Tour of Flanders, finally proving to his Belgian supporters that his second place in 2008 was no fluke.
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Mitchell Docker
velonation.com, 14 Abril 2011
"the fewer cobbles I ride, the better!"
For Mitch Docker, Paris-Roubaix has been a race where he has shown steady improvement, finishing an excellent 15th this year, just 47 seconds behind winner Johan Van Summeren. Docker took time out from recovering from his efforts over the pave to talk to VeloNation.
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David Veilleux
pezcyclingnews.com, 14 Abril 2011
"I didn’t expect that in my first Paris – Roubaix"
Every man who endured the ‘Hell of the North’ on Sunday and then slumped down on the dry grass in the track centre with a well earned can of Coke has a story to tell. David Veilleux took time to tell PEZ his on the Tuesday after his epic day on the pave.
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Shane Archbold
pezcyclingnews.com, 13 Abril 2011
"I’m getting faster with every kilo I do"
March wasn't just about cobbles and 'bergs'. Over in Holland on the boards of Apeldoorn, the Worlds track championships were taking place. As with virtually all else in our wonderful sport, the face of track racing is changing.
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David Veilleux
pedalmag.com, 12 Abril 2011
"As you get closer to the end, the cobbles just get harder"
David Veilleux (Europcar) finished in 25th place at Paris-Roubaix, his first major classic race. Veilleux talks about how he initially just wanted to be in the break, but then found himself riding alongside race favourite, Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Leopard Trek.
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Simon Clarke
velonation.com, 10 Abril 2011
Ready for Roubaix
His name may not have figured on the Muur or Bosberg but Astana’s young Aussie Simon Clarke did a good job for his team in Sunday’s edition of the Ronde. Now he’s lining out in Paris-Roubaix, encouraged in ways by his ride last weekend, but aware that the terrain is very different.
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