Laurens De Plus
Cafe Roubaix, 10 Junio 2015
Tour de l’Avenir is my big goal
He started cycling as a 15-year-old, in Flanders, but soon he discovered the Ardennes and decided to focus on the climbs, as he realized that his future lies in the hilly Classics, as well as in the stage races with arduous climbs. In 2013, he caught everyone’s attention with top 10 placings in the
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Dean Woods
VeloVeritas, 9 Junio 2015
The Aussie World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist
When we asked Aussie pursuit star of the 1980’s and 90’s, Dean Woods if we had
his palmarès correct; he got back to us with his own list.
It rather speaks for itself ...
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Thomas Geraint
Cyclist, 4 Junio 2015
Geraint Thomas interview
Double Olympic track champ Geraint Thomas tells us about swapping Wales for Monaco and the importance of pizza.
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Nicole Cooke
Sports Integrity Initiative, 1 Junio 2015
a cycling champion with integrity
Nicole Cooke is arguably Great Britain’s most successful female cyclist. The Sports Integrity Initiative caught up with her at the inaugural Sport Resolutions ‘Integrity and Athlete Welfare: Staying Ahead of the Game’, conference, which took place in London on 14 May, where she was one of the key sp
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Annemiek Van Vleuten
Asphalt&Pine, 28 Mayo 2015
A Dutch Classic – An Interview with Annemiek van Vleuten
It has been well documented that Classics riders, the “hardmen” and “hardwomen” of the peloton, are cut from a different cloth. This unique group within the cycling fraternity/sorority relishes the opportunity to test themselves over rigorous parcours and are further emboldened the more inclement th
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Tinkov Oleg
Cycling in the South Bay, 27 Mayo 2015
Tinkov livid at “mean” race tactics
After the gripping queen stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia in which leader Alberto Contador extended his lead over a fragmented and broken peloton, team boss Oleg Tinkov vented his fury at the way the race played out. Oleg sat down with with CitSB on a pile of worthless Russian roubles to discuss.
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Elisa Longo Borghini
UCI, 27 Mayo 2015
iLike Interview - Elisa Longo Borghini
Growing up in a sport-minded family probably helped Elisa become the cyclist she is now. She is a great competitor and proved it early in the 2015 season by winning the Tour of Flanders! We can’t wait to see her and her team Wiggle Honda racing in the next events. And who knows, maybe we’ll see her
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Alex Norberto Cano Ardila
Alps & Andes, 26 Mayo 2015
Dreaming big, and the beauty of youthful innocence
In part one of my interview with Team Colombia's Alex Cano, we discussed the difficult realities that led him to ride a bike for a living. Cano, to me, is perhaps one of the most self-aware cyclists I've ever interviewed. In part two of the interview, we discuss his introduction to European racing,
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Helen Wyman
Youth Cycle Sport, 25 Mayo 2015
Living life to the full
Helen Wyman is one of the very best cyclocross riders in the world, and she’s a hero to many young riders.
We caught up with the multiple champion with the Milton Keynes Cyclocross World Cup now just a few days away.
Her positive attitude shines through – read about her advice for girls, maki
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Emma Johansson
Pez Cyclingnews, 20 Mayo 2015
PEZ Talk: Emma Johansson
From broken-boned tears of frustration to racing through her blue and yellow-painted Flemish home-from-home in just three weeks, Emma Johansson took part in her beloved Tour of Flanders once more in 2015. For one of the most stunningly consistent female riders of the last six years, recovering so qu
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Pascal Eenkhoorn
Cycling Updates, 20 Mayo 2015
Interview Pascal Eenkhoorn
Pascal Eenkhoorn is a 2nd year junior from the Netherlands and he has been one of the most impressive juniors so far this year. Eenkhoorn won GP Andre Noyelle and Bernaudeau Junior (both 1.1 races) and he finished 2nd in Paris – Roubaix. Pascal is looking for some more wins this year and with his ta
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Steve Fisher
cascade bycicle studio, 20 Mayo 2015
Interview with Steve Fisher
We’ve had the pleasure getting to know local racer Steve Fisher over the years as a cyclist racing cyclocross and road. We’ve seen Steve begin his racing as a junior, and progress through the ranks onto a professional road team, Jelly Belly presented by Maxxis.
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Alex Norberto Cano Ardila
Alps & Andes, 18 Mayo 2015
Putting the past aside, and moving forward in the name of those around you
In his book 100 Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez writes about the town of Macondo, and it’s fight with “the quicksand of forgetfulness”, as its population is stricken with an unexplainable plague that makes them forget everything they ever knew. Some have seen this theme in the book as Garc
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Songezo Jim
Castelli, 17 Mayo 2015
Rider Interview: Songezo Jim, MTN-Qhubeka
Just 11 years ago, Songezo Jim did not know how to ride a bike, and in a few months he and his team are hoping to make history at the Tour de France.
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Bookwalter Brent
Velo News, 15 Mayo 2015
Searching for a break at the Giro
It’s a different kind of Giro d’Italia for BMC Racing this year. Perennial favorite Cadel Evans is happily enjoying retirement, so instead of riding full-out for the pink jersey, the U.S.-registered team brings a new, flowing dynamic to the season’s first grand tour.
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Loader Logan
Pez Cycling News, 15 Mayo 2015
PEZ Talk: Logan Loader
Being a Pro cyclist isn’t all top hotels, big team busses and 1st class travel, on the lower rungs of the professional cycle sport life is not so easy. Logan Loader is in Italy on the Continental team Amore & Vita, Ed Hood found out what life is like on the lower step.
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