Michael Woods
Pez Cyclingnews, 22 April 2017
Michael Woods Gets PEZ’d!
If you want an outside bet for Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, you need not look further than a man from Ottawa - Cannondale-Drapac's Michael Woods. With top performances in the GP Indurain, Volta a Catalunya, Volta al Pais Vasco, and in Wednesday's Flèche Wallonne, he could just be the man to pull o
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Elisabeth Deignan-Armitstead
Road Cycling UK, 21 April 2017
On redemption, marriage and retiring to Yorkshire
It’s Monday lunchtime, and Lizzie Deignan sits in an empty pub in an affluent but comparatively obscure corner of west London. This is no social gathering, however. We have met to discuss her new book, Steadfast.
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Sean Kelly
Pez Cyclingnews, 21 April 2017
Sean Kelly Talks Liège
Sean Kelly was the 'King of the Classics' for many years, but the man from Carrick-on-Suir also won the Vuelta a España and many shorter stage races. His record at Liège-Bastogne-Liège is incomparable and so Ed Hood caught up with Irishman for his thoughts on the 'Old Lady' of the road.
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Jordan Kerby
Ride, 20 April 2017
How can track cycling be great again?
Second part of our interview with the 2017 pursuit world champion Jordan Kerby
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Jordan Kerby
Ride, 20 April 2017
Winning the worlds?
Jordan Kerby is one of the (many) new Australian world champions. He set a blistering time in qualifying for the individual pursuit in Hong Kong and then took the title later that day ahead of defending world champ Filippo Ganna of Italy.
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Michael Rasmussen
CyclingTips, 19 April 2017
Talks TUEs, marginal gains, and the outer edge of potential
Michael Rasmussen’s voice dips in and out as the connection stutters, but the message is clear. Fifty-five vials of triamcinolone — the substance Bradley Wiggins used to treat pollen allergies before the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France, and before the 2013 Giro d’Italia — is a year’s supply for a pro
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Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
CyclingTips, 14 April 2017
Staying upbeat about debut Tour despite racing calendar disruptions
It’s been an up and down few months for Esteban Chaves. The Colombian had his best year to date in 2016, netting second overall in the Giro, third in the Vuelta and winning both Il Lombardia and the Giro dell’Emilia.
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Inga Thompson
Pez Cyclingnews, 11 April 2017
Retro PEZ Talk: Inga Thompson!
Inga Thompson started racing as a professional cyclist in 1984 and went on to ride the Los Angeles Olympics Road race the same year, she finished 21st. She rode two more Olympics and has ten National Championships, add three World championship silver medals and you have a full palmarès. Ed Hood had
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Alex Dowsett
velouk.net, 11 April 2017
A Good Two Weeks
Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) brought the first part of his 2017 racing season to a successful close last week, winning the 6.8km time trial stage – the 28 year old’s specialty – of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe and followed that up finishing for the first time in his career arguably the toughest one-d
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Greg Van Avermaet
CyclingTips, 10 April 2017
To be honest, I was not expecting to win Roubaix
For several years Greg Van Avermaet was known as a rider who experienced more near-misses than major victories. However, in the past 10 months he has fully put paid to that reputation.
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Jonathan Lastra Martinez
Pez Cyclingnews, 8 April 2017
Caja Rural’s Jonathan Lastra Gets PEZ’d!
There can be nothing better than racing on your home roads in front of the people of your hometown. This week the Tour of the Basque Country was in Bilbao and PEZman in the north of Spain, Luke Maguire, caught up with Caja Rural-Seguros RGA's Bilbao resident Jonathan Lastra who was looking good in t
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John Degenkolb
CyclingTips, 8 April 2017
I am ready to make a good race
Two years ago John Degenkolb outsprinted Zdenek Stybar, Greg Van Avermaet, Lars Boom and two other riders to win Paris-Roubaix. The victory followed on from his success weeks earlier in Milan-San Remo, and confirmed the German as one of the sport’s best Classic riders.
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Maarten Tjallingii
Wieler Update, 7 April 2017
Ik had kunnen winnen in 2011
Het is in 2011 de mooiste koers uit zijn carrière. Negentien tellen nadat Johan Vansummeren op het Vélodrome in Roubaix verrassend de kassei wint, komt Maarten Tjallingii in het kielzog van Fabian Cancellara als derde over de streep. Misschien had Tjallingii wel kunnen winnen, maar door die gedachte
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Mathew Hayman
Ride, 6 April 2017
Before Paris-Roubaix 2017
We speak with the defending champion of Paris-Roubaix moments before a reconnaissance ride a couple of days before the 2017 edition. Mathew Hayman talks to Rob Arnold about his special-issue Scott Foil bike, what he expects from the race on Sunday and how Tom Boonen is the obvious favourite for the
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Steve Tilford
Pez Cyclingnews, 5 April 2017
PEZ Talk: American Legend Steve Tilford
The sad news came through on Wednesday morning of the death of Steve Tilford in a traffic accident in Utah. In tribute to a legend of US cycling you can reread Ed Hood's interview with Steve back in 2010. Our condolences to his family and friends.
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Luke Durbridge
Ride, 2 April 2017
On cycling classics: Flanders and Roubaix
His girlfriend Lara had queried him about his use of a word during an interview following his win in the TT of the Driedaagse de Panne. Luke Dubridge admitted to being “elated” about the victory. She teased him a little. And they laughed.
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