Veronica Andreasson
pezcyclingnews.com, 22 Ekaina 2010
Lotto Lady
A few years ago, Veronica Andreasson suffered an accident en route to the Swedish time trial championships. After a couple of years, she’s back with the Lotto Ladies Team. We caught up with Veronica for a chat about spices, racing in the desert, training in the snow ... and motorbiking!
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Tiffany Cromwell
bicycles.net.au, 21 Ekaina 2010
Climbing Mountains
Tiffany Cromwell is about to ride the Giro del Trentino, a hilly three day course in Italy. There’s a few thousand meters of climbing and this race is an excellent opportunity to gauge her physical and mental condition before July’s ten day Giro d’Italia.
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Tom Faiers
pezcyclingnews.com, 20 Ekaina 2010
Off and Running
After taking the 'tri route' into cycling Tom Faiers made his race base in Espana where some strong rides caught the eye of Footon-Servetto's DS, Matxin. A two year pro contract was signed and he was off and running - but how has the Pro Tour been treating the young man from Cheltenham?
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Veronica Andreasson
cyclingtribe.com, 19 Ekaina 2010
"You shouldn't do a sport for the money"
29 year old Swedish rider Veronica Andreasson is currently racing the Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden in the Netherlands for the Lotto Ladies team.
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Geraint Thomas
pezcyclingnews.com, 19 Ekaina 2010
"coming from Wales, I'm not used to the heat"
He's won the junior Paris - Roubaix, a world junior track title, broken the world four kilometre pursuit record and is part of the fastest team pursuit squad in history, winning World and Olympic titles. He's ridden the Giro and the Tour - and he's still only 24.
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Eddy Merckx
Cycling Weekly, 17 Ekaina 2010
We take a look back through the Cycle Sport
Cycle Sport visited Eddy Merckx back in 2004 as they put together a special issue dedicated to the greatest cyclist of all time. Now, on his 65th birthday, we take a look back at what the great man had to say.
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Mitchell Docker
pezcyclingnews.com, 16 Ekaina 2010
"It was amazing to come up the side of guys like that"
The overall victory in the Delta Tour Zeeland in The Netherlands went to Garmin fast man, Tyler Farrar, but the strong man from Washington State didn't have it all his own way; stage one saw a break through win for Skil's 23 year old Aussie, Mitchell Docker.
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Jakob Fuglsang
velonation.com, 13 Ekaina 2010
"It is going to be fun, it is going to be hard, but it is going to be a great experience"
Former world Under 23 mountain bike champion Jakob Fuglsang is building up to what will be his first Tour de France. The Saxo Bank rider was tenth in yesterday’s prologue in the Tour de Suisse, with a time thirteen seconds off that posted by his victorious team-mate Fabian Cancellara.
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Dan Fleeman
pezcyclingnews.com, 13 Ekaina 2010
"Beer is around nine Euros for a pint"
The Giro finishes but the Pro Tour marches on – to France and the Dauphine, to Switzerland and the Tour de Suisse. But around Europe and Scandinavia there are other races, good races with histories, which perhaps come under the shadow of the Pro Tour events. Take Norway’s Ringerike GP stage race....
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Heather Irmiger
Bicycles Network Australia, 12 Ekaina 2010
"a happy athlete is a fast athlete!"
The Mountain Bike season is now underway and in full swing and we caught up with Heather to find out how she is riding, what she is riding, her future and what it’s like to be a professional MTB’er.
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Matthew Lloyd
cyclingtribe.com, 12 Ekaina 2010
"You cannot dance correctly only smelling onions"
Matthew Lloyd got away from his breakaway partner, Rubens Bertogliati on the days' final climb and was able to stay clear to win the sixth stage of the Giro. Lloyd escaped on the ascent of the Bedizzano and rode the final 10.8 kilometers solo to claim his first-ever Grand Tour stage win.
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Tiffany Cromwell
Bicycles Network Australia, 11 Ekaina 2010
aka Tiffy, Tiff, Tiffinator, TJ, Cromo
Tiffany Cromwell can be described as young and enthusiastic, yet, she’s an aggressive rider who wants a tough race, she’s determined to work hard as an athlete and her dedication is reflected in the results that she’s achieved.
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Matthew Goss
pezcyclingnews.com, 10 Ekaina 2010
"I’ll need to get a bigger wallet"
Columbia’s Matt Goss is yet another talented Aussie who came up through the Australian Institute of Sport’s track programme. He is hitting his stride now with a stage at the Giro and a win in Philly on Sunday.
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Michael Mørkøv
pezcyclingnews.com, 9 Ekaina 2010
"I spent a lot of time in the gruppos"
The Giro is over – but what’s it like to do ride and finish your first one? We asked that very question to Saxo Bank’s Michael Morkov at his Luxembourg home.
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Richie Porte
cyclingtipsblog.com, 9 Ekaina 2010
"my goal was just to get through it"
Richie Porte only turned professional five months ago and this Giro d'Italia was his first Grand Tour. He showed a glimmer of his talent in April, when he won the Tour de Romandie time trial, but no one really knew what to expect from him when the Giro d'Italia started in Amsterdam.
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Svein Tuft
canadiancyclist.com, 8 Ekaina 2010
"That was a pretty hard edition"
Svein Tuft of the Garmin-Transitions team finished his first Grand Tour a week ago - the Giro d'Italia. After he got back to his home in Girona, Spain, we caught up with him to find out his season is going, and what it's like riding on the ProTour.
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