Assan Bazayev
astana-cyclingteam.com, 5 Enero 2009
Twice the pride
Known as a smiling and friendly member of the Team Astana family, Kazakhstan national road race champion Assan Bazayev sat down at training camp to answer questions submitted by the fans.
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Berik Kupeshov
astana-cyclingteam.com, 5 Enero 2009
"I don't have any plans to return to the track"
We spent a little one-on-one time with young Kasakh rider Berik Kupeshov while at camp last month. The former track star has just completed his first year as a professional cyclist with Astana and is looking forward to the new season.
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Matt Brammeier
pezcyclingnews.com, 5 Enero 2009
Catching Up With Matt Brammeier!
Matt Brammeier's excellent late season Belgian results have paid dividends. Whilst many pros contemplate their future after failing to close a deal for 2009, Matt looks forward to a packed programme with the Belgian based, but Irish funded AN Post team.
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Rebecca Romero
The Sunday Times, 4 Enero 2009
The pursuit of happiness
She made history in Beijing. Now the enigmatic Olympic champion cyclist reveals her lonely path to gold.
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Scott Nydam
bmcracingteam.com, 3 Enero 2009
Scott Nydam, the consummate professional
Having had what could be termed a break-out year in 2008, Scott Nydam and the rest of the BMC Racing Team are chomping at the bit to kick off the 2009 season with a bang.
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Mark Cavendish
Procycling, 3 Enero 2009
"I'll say one thing - it'll be hard for him to be as good as me"
"Cocky", "brash", "arrogant" - you can say what you like about Mark Cavendish, but the statistics don't lie, and those statistics back up the Manxman's repeated assertions that he's merely stating a fact when he calls himself the fastest man in road racing.
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Richard England
cyclingnews.com, 26 Diciembre 2008
A new lease on life
Australian Richard England's cycling career was almost over just as it had begun to pick up steam. Let go from his Bissell squad after nabbing his first big win, England couldn't find a team and was about to retire. He got a new lease on life thanks to a contract from Amore e Vita.
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Charly Wegelius
pezcyclingnews.com, 25 Diciembre 2008
«Two years ago, I was still one of the ‘young guys’»
Charly Wegelius is the pro’s professional, the kind of rider who doesn’t seek the limelight or grab the big wins – but the guys who grab the big wins wouldn’t be kissing the podium girls if there weren’t guys like Charly on their team.
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Maxim Iglinskiy
astana-cyclingteam.com, 25 Diciembre 2008
Crazy for the sport of cycling
The Astana team training camp in Tenerife provided a little one-on-one time with some of the Kazakh riders. Maxim Iglinskiy talks to us about his successful 2008 season and what he's looking forward to in 2009.
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Alessandro Petacchi
cyclingnews.com, 24 Diciembre 2008
Petacchi puts troubles behind for 2009
Alessandro Petacchi is looking for more and more wins in 2009, but at nearly 35 years of age he will have plenty of competition. The Italian sprinter talks about emerging young talents, like Mark Cavendish, and the desire to put 2008's fiasco behind him once and for all.
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Mark Cavendish
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 24 Diciembre 2008
Mark touches down
A tear in the gastrocnemius muscle in his left calf is troubling Mark Cavendish. And the cause of this niggling pain in Cavendish's leg? A crash in training, perhaps? No, it turns out to be a Wii Fit injury caused by an awkward landing while snowboarding in the sitting room.
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Jeff Louder
BMC racing team, 24 Diciembre 2008
"pretty cold and snowy"
The winner of this year's Tour of Utah, BMC's Jeff Louder, is looking forward to returning to riding on the road at the team training camp in California.
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Chris Horner
bikerumor.com, 24 Diciembre 2008
"start putting on some epic stages"
Fresh from their team training camp in Tenerife, Chris Horner talks about what it’s like to have Lance on the team, what the Europeans think of the relatively new U.S. stage races like the Tour of California and what it’s like to be on a Pro Tour team.
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Martijn Maaskant
pezcyclingnews.com, 24 Diciembre 2008
‘Sleepy Martijn’
To his teammates, he’s ‘Sleepy Martijn,’ but he was wide awake when he grabbed fourth spot behind Boonen, Cancellara and Ballan in this year’s Paris-Roubaix - in his first full pro season.
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Julie Beveridge
cyclingfx.nl, 24 Diciembre 2008
"I could not have asked for a better first season"
Canadian Julie Beveridge, the very talented 20 year old winner of the Mt Hood Cycling Classic stage race (ahead of Jeanie Longo and Leah Goldstein), talks about her first season with Aaron's Professional Women's Cycling Team.
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Natasha Elliott
pedalmag.com, 24 Diciembre 2008
"It has been a lot of hard work"
Elite cyclocross racer Natasha Elliott (EMD Serono/Stevens) is now ranked 17th in the World and will be representing Canada at the 2009 Cyclocross World Championships in Hoogerheide, Netherlands in January.
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