Victoria Pendleton
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 Août 2008
"Free drinks, free food, it's fantastic"
Victoria Pendleton was originally spotted as a 16 year old by the British Cycling assistant national track coach, Marshall Thomas. She is a prodigious talent on the track taking countless world titles, with the sprint being her speciality.
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Georgia Gould
cyclingnews.com, 1 Août 2008
Going fast on the way to Beijing
Georgia Gould is just three weeks away from her first Olympic race. She is one of two women who will race in the stars and stripes representing the United States mountain bike team in Beijing, China.
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Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com, 31 Juillet 2008
"I’m going to go and just enjoy Beijing"
2008 just keeps getting better and better for Ryder Hesjedal. In May he finished his first Giro d’Italia and on Sunday he finished the Tour on the Champs-Elysées, accompanying teammate Christian Vande Velde, whom he had helped to an outstanding 5th place overall. Next, he's off to Beijing.
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Adam Craig
cyclingnews.com, 30 Juillet 2008
A second Olympic quest
Just two weeks after being named to represent the United States of America at the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing in August, Adam Craig successfully defended his US national cross country and Super D titles in Mount Snow, Vermont.
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Levi Leipheimer
astana-cyclingteam.com, 29 Juillet 2008
Beijing (and Vuelta) Bound
Levi Leipheimer has been busy this season but a primary focus has always been the Olympics in Beijing in August. We managed to catch up with Levi during his final preparation for the Olympics to see what he's been up to and how he feels about the second half of the racing season.
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Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com, 27 Juillet 2008
Following Mr. Hansen!
PEZ followed Adam Hansen from his warm-up through post race interview at today's final time trial!
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Carlos Sastre
VeloNews.com, 27 Juillet 2008
"Today he was with me"
Barring catastrophe, Carlos Sastre will ride into Paris on Sunday as the third consecutive Spanish Tour winner. The 33-year-old surprised many after he fended off the time trial threats of Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov to retain the leader’s jersey.
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Simon Lambert-Lemay
pedalmag.com, 27 Juillet 2008
"I am hoping to ride for a European team next year"
18-year-old Simon Lambert-Lemay (Hot Tubes) finished ninth at the 2008 Junior Men's Road Worlds 136km road race in South Africa won by Johan Le Bon (France) on June 20.
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Ivan Stevic
uscyclingreport.com, 25 Juillet 2008
"These Games can change my life"
Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Ivan Stevic has made many appearances on the top step of race podiums both domestically and as the Serbian National Road Champion in 2006 and as the UCI B World Road Race Champion in 2007. He is representing his country in the Summer Olympics in Beijing in August.
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Sandy Casar
cyclingnews.com, 25 Juillet 2008
Getting better and better
Sandy Casar is on his way to his best result at the Tour de France since he came 16th overall in 2004. Last year Casar won the stage into Marseille and hopes to repeat in stage 19, into Montluçon.
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Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com, 24 Juillet 2008
"I saw Pereiro lying there - I went slower after that!"
The final Rest Day is a few days in the past, but the words of our Columbia friend, Adam Hansen, are always worth a gander, so as we take a deep breath after a typical late Tour stage, let's look back at Adam Hansen's Rest Day remarks.
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Dario Cioni
pezcyclingnews.com, 23 Juillet 2008
"Cadel will win because of my olive oil!"
Rest day- but we didn't come all the way from Scotland to rest. We came to see good bike racing and talk to cool guys - like Cadel's Silence-Lotto Italian henchman, Dario Cioni...
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David Zabriskie
velocitynation, 22 Juillet 2008
"It's like these guys don't think"
29-year-old Dave Zabriskie is currently recuperating and training in his native Salt Lake City, Utah, after crashing out of the Giro d'Italia. When he crashed, Zabriskie injured his L1 vertebrae and subsequently returned to the States to begin the long road to full recovery.
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Matthew White
pezcyclingnews.com, 22 Juillet 2008
" I don't know what planet he's on"
The rest day; so there's time to talk. After we left the CSC press conference and our chat with Stuey, we headed for the Garmin hotel to hear what their DS, Matt White - the man behind Christian Vandevelde's bid for the podium - had to say.
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Stuart O'Grady
pezcyclingnews.com, 22 Juillet 2008
"There's only one spot on top of the podium and they both want it!"
It's the CSC press conference on the rest day. In the conference room, the huddles form round Sastre, Schleck and Voigt, meanwhile we sit down with Stuey out in the cool and shade of the hotel garden.
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Cadel Evans
velonews.com, 22 Juillet 2008
‘We’re in Good Position’
Cadel Evans expressed confidence Monday that he’s still on track to win what he called a “very tight” 95th Tour de France despite losing time to all of his major rivals and slipping to third overall in the uphill drag race on the Cat. 1 Prato Nevoso summit.
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