Linda Villumsen
womenscycling.net, 9 Août 2009
Team Columbia HTC Interviews
The Danish mulitple National Champion, Linda Villumsen, with roots in both Denmark and New Zealand had to step up and face some tough challenges this season
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Kim Anderson
womenscycling.net, 9 Août 2009
Team Columbia HTC Interviews
One of two Americans on the team Kim Anderson (Mara Abbott is the other) is seen as the experienced and key member of the team. At 41 years old, she is in a minority age group that continues to show that you can continue to excel in cycling beyond the age of 40.
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Tom Copeland
veloresults.co.uk, 8 Août 2009
"Brittany “crepes” vs. Belgian “frites”… I chose the pancakes!"
20 year old Tom is a second-year espoir, originally from Eastbourne in East Sussex (he calls it the Sunshine Coast!) and is now living and racing in France. Tom loves to write in his spare time, and will be keeping us up-to-date as his season progresses, so we thought we'd introduce him to you now..
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Ryder Hesjedal
velonews.com, 8 Août 2009
‘Happy with super-successful Tour’
Ryder Hesjedal, fresh off finishing his second Tour de France, is roaring into the second half of the 2009 season. After posting a strong fifth place at the Clásica San Sebastián he is now setting his sights on the Vuelta a España later this month before the world championships in Mendrisio.
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Shawn Milne
dailypeloton.com, 7 Août 2009
"I don't get stronger, I just don't get worse in comparison to the competition"
In 2006 Shawn Milne won several high-profile U.S. races, including the Univest Grand Prix, the Bank of America Criterium and two stages and the overall at the Fitchburg-Longsjo Stage Race. Last year he made history for Team Type 1 by winning the team’s first professional race, stage 5 of the Tour de
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Michael Barry
velocitynation.com, 6 Août 2009
"races would be far less predictable and more animated if radios weren't used"
Michael Barry is a Canadian born cyclist who currently races for Team Columbia HTC. He is the author of "Inside the Postal Bus", which recounts his life on the road with US Postal in 2004, and he has written for AMD, Pedal Magazine, Velonews and the Toronto Star.
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Mario Willems
veloresults.co.uk, 6 Août 2009
"no mountains for me!"
"Ed! All this Tour de France nonsense - you should be talking to Mario Willems, he's the top man in the Flanders kermis' right now!"
What Viktor wants, Viktor gets.
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Jack Bauer
pezcyclingnews.com, 4 Août 2009
Up And Coming Kiwi
It's a long way from the South Island of New Zealand to Flanders; but that's the trail trodden by 24 year-old Jack Bauer who's gone from mountain biker turned roadman in the land of the long white cloud to the top overseas winner in the flat lands beside the North Sea.
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Dan Patten
veloresults.co.uk, 2 Août 2009
So Close in Sweden
This year, young Englishman Dan Patten signed a contract with Team Magnus Maximus Coffee.com. and at the start of July gained a stage win (and came very close to a GC win) in the U6 Cycle Tour Sweden.
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Levi Leipheimer
astana-cyclingteam.com, 31 Juillet 2009
"I definitely wanted to be racing up Ventoux"
Back home in Santa Rosa, we caught up with Levi to talk about the Tour and the rest of his season.
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Brad Huff
podiuminsight.com, 30 Juillet 2009
Back on track
After a tough start to the season, Brad Huff seems to be back on track, racking up wins at the Superweek crit in Racine and the Chicago Criterium last Sunday. Just in time for crit season as the 30-year old ramps up for Downer’s Grove in two weekends where he hopes to win, once again, the USA Pro Cr
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Josephine Tomic
cyclingfx.nl, 27 Juillet 2009
"an unbelievable season"
20 year old track specialist Josephine Tomic (Australia) is a World Champion (Omnium), multiple Australian champion and multiple champion of Oceania on the track.
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Alberto Contador
velonews.com, 26 Juillet 2009
"For sure, it will be on a different team than Lance"
Alberto Contador is less than a day away from winning his second Tour de France – and fourth grand tour – in three years. Here’s what Contador had to say in the post-stage press conference with the winner apparent.
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Ashlee Ankudinoff
cyclingfx.nl, 26 Juillet 2009
"I wouldn't mind having a go at the Giro"
18 year old track specialist Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia) won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the Senior Track Worlds in Poland and is a multiple champion of Oceania.
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Ashlee Ankudinoff
Daily Peloton, 25 Juillet 2009
Interview: Ashlee Ankudinoff
Interview with 18 year old track specialist Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia). She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the Senior Track Worlds in Poland and is a multiple champion of Oceania.
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Ryder Hesjedal
canadiancyclist.com, 24 Juillet 2009
"we are still looking for stages"
We spoke with Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) yesterday evening after stage 17 of the Tour de France - the hardest of the race. Hesjedal - Canada's only rider in the Tour this year - finished a strong 26th on the stage.
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