Chantal Beltman
t-mobile-team.com, 26 September 2007
"I expect a hard and interesting race"
Chantal Beltman came within two seconds of the overall win at the Giro della Toscana in a dramatic finale on Sunday. The 30-year-old Dutch rider reflects on her first season in magenta and looks ahead to the Worlds road race in Stuttgart on Saturday.
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Hanka Kupfernagel
radsport-aktiv.de, 26 September 2007
The wait was torture
She wasn‘t ashamed to cry during the award ceremony, but just a moment later she was beaming with joy again: Even in the after-race press conference Hanka Kupfernagel still can‘t believe that she is the fastest woman on earth in racing against time.
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Lars Boom
radsport-aktiv.de, 26 September 2007
"Doing fine with the combination of Cyclocross & Road racing"
The new U23-World Champion in time trial is Lars Boom from the netherlands. For many the victory of the athlete from Team Rabobank may come as a surprise.
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Kim Kirchen
team-t-mobile.de, 26 September 2007
"My race programme was near perfect"
Second overall at Tirreno-Adriatico and Tour de Suisse, seventh overall in the Tour de France and runner-up behind the disgraced Alex Vinokourov on Stage 15 - while a crowning win has eluded him, Kim Kirchen has arguably been T-Mobile’s most consistent performer in 2007.
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Magnus Backstedt
pezcyclingnews.com, 24 September 2007
It's All Over
It's all over, the 'Emperor Denis' adds Spain to his Empire, but Sanchez serves warning that home resistance is strong; it may be different orange-clad adventurers which takes the spoils in the next battle for Spain. Meanwhile, Magnus talks to us for the last time, before he goes on his travels...
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Marcus Burghardt
team-t-mobile.de, 24 September 2007
"Treating Worlds like a classic"
Marcus Burghardt has enjoyed a break-out season in 2006. In his third season with the T-Mobile Team the 24-year-old took an impressive win at the Gent-Wevelgem and posted solid results at a string of other races, including two stage wins at last week’s 3-Länder-Tour.
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Svein Tuft
cyclingnews.com, 24 September 2007
From survivorman to cyclist
He's wrapped up the UCI America Tour even before the season's end, and now, current Canadian time trial champion Svein Tuft is on his way to the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany with a three year contract with his Symmetrics team in hand.
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Tom Danielson
thepaceline.com, 22 September 2007
The Road Back
Tom Danielson has had a tough year but is pretty sure things are on the road to getting better after his injury in the Vuelta! He had surgery on his shoulder Tuesday in Durango, Colorado and was ready to head home from the hospital Wednesday night.
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Magnus Backstedt
pezcyclingnews.com, 21 September 2007
The Purple Streak Continues
As it becomes increasingly likely that Rabobank's 'Russian Emperor', Denis Menchov will be crowned in Madrid on Sunday, the lesser knights continue to joust for lesser, but still desirable trophies.
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Tom Barras
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 20 September 2007
"It's time I started earning some money"
After six years of racing in Belgium, the son of 'Super Sid' has returned home to lead the young Merlin racing team in top British road events.
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Kanstantsin Siutsou
teambarloworld.com, 20 September 2007
"I've learnt a lot"
2004 Under-23 world champion Kanstantsin Siutsou left Acqua & Sapone at the end of 2006 to ride for the Barloworld team. Even if he has not been rewarded with a victory (his best result was 2nd in the Giro dell'Appennino), the 25 year-old Byelorussian has still had a great season.
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Amanda Spratt
cyclingresults.net, 19 September 2007
Penrith’s Pocket Rocket on her way up!
A Junior World Championship, multiple Australian championships and countless other major race victories are just some of the results on the growing Palmarès of Amanda Spratt. The pocket rocket from Springwood in NSW is another of Australia’s up and coming female riders.
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Adrián Palomares
pezcyclingnews.com, 18 September 2007
"Open to all offers!"
Romain Feillu was the overall winner of this years Tour of Britain, but only by a mere 0.49 seconds. Leading at the start of the last stage was Spaniard, Adrian Palomares Villaplana of Fuerteventura Canarias. Pez decided to track-down the beaten Spaniard and hear what he had to say.
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Mark O’Brien
cyclingresults.net, 16 September 2007
A happy birthday at the Tour of Hokkaido
Young Neo Pro Mark O’Brien, is one of Australia’s many up and coming riders making a name for himself internationally. The Drapac Porsche rider has won 2 National Championships as well as 10 victories in multiple stage and one day races.
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Philip Deignan
irishcycling.com, 16 September 2007
"I will try again, there is still a week left"
Philip Deignan highlighted his excellent climbing talents on today’s 15th stage of the Tour of Spain. The 24 year old was part of the day’s big break, going clear after 66 kilometres of racing. He placed tenth but the strong ride showed once again that he is a very promising rider for the future.
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Magnus Backstedt
pezcyclingnews.com, 16 September 2007
The All-Rounder
On the penultimate occasion we spoke to the Swedish road race champion, he had been playing the roll of 'baroudeur', the last time we spoke, he was a 'chrono-man', now he's a 'sprinteur' with three top drawer finishes, right-up there with Zabel, Petacchi, Bennati and all !
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