Charly Wegelius
pezcyclingnews.com, 1 September 2009
"lots of alcohol and dancing!"
Day two of the Vuelta - and it wouldn’t be a proper Grand Tour if Pez didn’t have men on the inside; ‘old married man’ and Silence-Lotto main stay Charly Wegelius took time on Sunday evening to give us an insight in to the ‘Tour of Everywhere, except Spain.’
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Dominique Rollin
pedalmag.com, 31 August 2009
"a new experience"
At the Vuelta a España Canadian history will be made as there are four Canadians competing in this year's race. The lone Canuck in Spain who will not be wearing Argyle is Cervélo Test Team's Dominique Rollin,
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Christian Meier
pedalmag.com, 31 August 2009
"pretty excited"
At the Vuelta a España Canadian history will be made as there are four Canadians competing in this year's race. Grand Tour rookie Christian Meier is one of three from Garmin-Slipstream along with Ryder Hesjedal and Svein Tuft.
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Svein Tuft
pedalmag.com, 31 August 2009
"happy to be riding"
At the Vuelta a España Canadian history will be made as there are four Canadians competing in this year's race. Svein Tuft has been around for years, but this is his first season in Europe and his first Grand Tour.
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Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com, 31 August 2009
"definitely motivated"
At the Vuelta a España Canadian history will be made as there are four Canadians competing in this year's race. Ryder Hesjedal is the veteran of the bunch, having competed in five previous Grand Tours.
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Richie Porte
pezcyclingnews.com, 30 August 2009
Up And Coming Aussie
With five wins under his belt this year in Italy, including the time trial stage of the Baby Giro, Australian Richie Porte is looking to make the next big step in his cycling career and join the paid ranks in 2010.
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Linus Gerdemann
team-milram.com, 30 August 2009
"always good for a surprise"
With the Vuelta a Espana starting on saturday Team Milram has one goal for the three weeks in Spain: A stage win. One of the Milram riders who is in the run for a stage win at the Vuelta is captain Linus Gerdemann.
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Jan "Dosty" Dostál
giantliga.cz, 29 August 2009
"cycling graduation"
21 year old Czech rider Jan "Dosty" Dostál talks about how he got started in cycling and his time with the ASC Dukla Praha team.
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Alejandro Valverde
ciclismoafondo.es, 29 August 2009
“I start in the Vuelta to win it”
Tomorrow, Saturday August 29, Alejandro Valverde will take the start of the prologue of the 64th edition of the Tour of Spain with the clear intention of winning his first three weeks major tour.
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Igor Antón
dailypeloton.com, 27 August 2009
“My ambitions are different from those I had last year.”
Igor Antón scored his biggest win in the sixteenth stage of the Vuelta a España 2006, between Almería and the Calar Alto Observatory. Perhaps he can gain another victory when the Vuelta again departs from Almería, this time heading to the previously unused climb of the Alto de Velefique.
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Michael Barry
pedalmag.com, 26 August 2009
"It seems like the heart of French cycling might be in Plouay"
Canadian pro Michael Barry (Columbia-HTC) placed 24th at the GP Ouest France-Plouay ProTour race on Sunday. Barry is having a solid year and shared his thoughts on his form, missing the Tour de France, the men's ProTour coming to Canada, and his goals for the rest of the rest of the season.
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Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com, 26 August 2009
"I love problem solving"
2008 Aussie National Time Trial champion, Adam Hansen, has had a relatively quiet year in 2009, but don't let that fool you. There's plenty of racing to go before Lombardia. Adam recently spoke about Grand Tours, Scotts, and Columbia's penchant for winning.
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Leif Lampater
pezcyclingnews.com, 25 August 2009
"I didn't put the pictures on Face Book because I looked so bad"
On the basis that; 'it's never too early to start thinking about the Sixes,' we gave Leif Lampater a call at home in Rosenheim. Things haven't been going smoothly for the 26 year-old in the last few weeks, a bad crash left the handsome flyer with a badly scarred face.
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Aldo Ilesic
pezcyclingnews.com, 24 August 2009
"I want to ride more stage races and I want to win a stage in each one I ride!"
On the last stage of the Tour of Ireland, the game plan for Team Type 1 was to look out for Matt Wilson as best as possible and take the King of the Mountains jersey and for Aldo to clock some breakaway kilometres before the finish in Cork and the horrors of three ascents of Saint Patrick’s hill.
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Aldo Ilesic
pezcyclingnews.com, 23 August 2009
"Criteriums don’t prepare you for 196 kilometre stages"
The Tour of Ireland may be shorter this year, down to just three days; but with Cav and Lance in the field the quality definitely hasn’t been compromised. Team Type 1's young Slovenian sprinter, Aldo Ilesic, gives his view from inside the race.
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Pieter Jacobs
bicycle.net, 23 August 2009
"I don’t know how it was 10 years ago but I hope it’s better now"
Belgian Junior Road Race Champion in 2002, Silence-Lotto rider Pieter Jacobs turned professional in 2007 with Unibet.com and is a member of the Bike Pure anti-doping group, the independent anti-doping group that was conceived last year to help restore some much needed credibility to cycle sport.
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