Sarah Gigante
CiclismoInternational.com, 17 December 2020
Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante
Sarah Gigante burst onto the cycling scene at the start of 2019, when she sensationally won the Aussie road race at the tender age of 19. Before that point, most outside of her native Australia hadn’t really heard of her, but all that changed one sunny day in Buninyong, where she defeated the might
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Harry Tanfield
Velo Veritas, 16 December 2020
With Team Qhubeka ASSOS for 2021
The game of ‘Snakes and Ladders;’ if you land on a ladder you go up the board but if you land on a snake you slide back down. Harry Tanfield is good at it, he went up the ladder from UK continental team Canyon Eisberg to World Tour team, Katusha Alpecin but that folded – however, he grabbed another
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Mason Hollyman
The British Continental, 15 December 2020
On the rise
Mason Hollyman will join the Israel Development Academy development team next year with his sights set on a future WorldTour contract. If all goes to plan, the move will give the 20-year-old the opportunity to guest with the WorldTour team in pro races next season, a significant step towards making
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Liane Lippert
Voxwomen, 14 December 2020
Voxwomen Sharon Laws Young Rider of the Year
For those who followed the 2020 women’s road cycling season, it will come as little surprise that the winner of the (newly instated) young rider category of the Voxwomen Sharon Laws Rider of the Year Award is 22 year-old German, Liane Lippert.
“I’m really happy,” she said over video call upon hea
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Ben Alexander O'Connor
CiclismoInternational.com, 14 December 2020
Riders to watch in 2021 – Ben O’Connor
“Knowing you could win each day is just so bloody exciting, no?!”
Every so often you get a rider who enjoys a purple patch during a grand tour, when it seems inevitable that they’ll win stages. You know what I’m talking about, a breakaway rider who is so far ahead of the others it doesn’t even se
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Jake Stewart
velouk.net, 14 December 2020
Jake Stewart (FDJ World Tour)
There are so many young Brits making their mark in Europe and Jake Stewart is another, signed by WorldTour team, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope in 2020. We spoke to Jake recently about this momentous opportunity. Jake turned 21 late this year (October) and when asked about turning World Tour in
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Annemiek Van Vleuten
elpeloton.net, 12 December 2020
The tenacious challenger
‘Challenge’ is one of the words that appears most often in a conversation with Annemiek van Vleuten. It does for a reason: that constant quest to challenge herself is the driving force behind the Dutch rider. It shapes the way she trains and her decisions throughout her cycling career. It keeps her
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Caroline Andersson
teamhitecproducts.no, 11 December 2020
“DECIDED TO PUT ALL MY FOCUS ON CYCLING”
With Caroline Andersson, Team Hitec Products for the first time since 2014 has a Swedish rider in it’s team. In the past Emma Johansson and Emilia Fahlin were the two most successful riders for the team, who came from the Scandinavian neighbouring country of Norway. Caroline hopes to do the same. “I
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Mark Stewart
Velo Veritas, 11 December 2020
2020 New Zealand Omnium Champion!
When last we spoke to Mark Stewart, back in April, he’d just been cut adrift from the GB track squad on the strength of an admittedly below par ride in the World Points Race Championship, despite an excellent series of World Cup results over the winter
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Keegan Swirbul
CiclismoInternational.com, 10 December 2020
Riders to watch in 2021 – Keegan Swirbul
Without doubt, Keegan Swirbul is one of the most interesting characters I’ve come across. His story is unique, almost unbelievable at times, and one that has many chapters still to write. A cyclist who has mainly ridden in America, he might need a little introducing to some. He hails from Colorado a
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John Archibald
Velo Veritas, 8 December 2020
Racing with Contador’s EOLO-Kometa squad in 2021
There was never any doubt about Scotsman John Archibald’s talent; but we must lay aside UK results in the context of international racing, they simply don’t count with European team management.
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Daniel Tulett
British Continental, 8 December 2020
To Canyon and beyond
As a final-year under-23, Dan Tulett will head into 2021 looking to gain the kind of results and performances that will attract the attention of potential Pro Continental and WorldTour suitors. The 21-year-old from Kent certainly has the talent.
A multi-disciplinary rider, he has shone in cyclocr
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Daniel Arroyave Cañas
EFProcycling.com, 8 December 2020
Young Colombian talent excited for move to WorldTour
EF Pro Cycling is proud to announce the addition of Daniel Arroyave. The current under-23 Colombian road race champion will join us at the beginning of the 2021 season.
An impressive solo victory at the U-23 Colombian road race catapulted Arroyave to the top of a list of very impressive you
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Christian Mark
PEZCyclingNews.com, 7 December 2020
EOLO-Kometa’s Mark Christian Gets PEZ’d!
Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso’s EOLO-Kometa team is making a big step up for the 2021 season and has been signing experienced riders alongside their young up-and-coming riders. One of the new men is Mark Christian from the Isle of Man. Ed Hood caught up with him for a chat. It’s been a while since
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Anne Dorthe Ysland
teamhitecproducts.no, 7 December 2020
“I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED BIG”
Winning both the Norwegian title in the time trial and the road race, next to some national races, 2020 was a good year for Anne Dorthe Ysland. However, it wasn’t what she had hoped her last year as a junior rider would look like, as there were no international races. “I had high ambitions for the w
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Quinn Simmons
CiclismoInternational.com, 7 December 2020
Riders to watch in 2021: Quinn Simmons
Come on without, come on within, you’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn.
Manfred Mann knew what he was talking about. You see, there’s a kid who’s just 19 years old, but he’s already had a season at world tour level and he’s ready for another. Quinn Simmons destroyed everyone in his age gro
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