Christian Vande Velde
velocitynation.com, 2 Juin 2009
"It's a different animal, the Tour"
Garmin's American rider Christian Vande Velde is recovering at his apartment in Girona after being forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia after breaking two ribs and hurting his lower back in a bad crash 10km from the finish in the third stage.
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Emma Pooley
womenscycling.net, 1 Juin 2009
"Usually they let me hang out to dry for about 80 kilometres and they reel me in"
Not this time. Olympic sliver medalist Emma Pooley won the Montreal round of the Union Cycliste International Women's World Cup on Saturday. The Cervelo Test Team rider made a lone attack on the first lap of the 10km circuit to literally lead the race from start to finish,
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Ben Swift
pezcyclingnews.com, 31 Mai 2009
"everyone wants Cav's wheel"
Ben Swift (Katusha & GB) was watching the Giro on TV last year at this time; now he's jousting with Cav, Ale Jet and Tyler Farrar in hairy finishes - and fighting to survive eight hour, baking mountain epics.
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Alex Candelario
podiuminsight.com, 29 Mai 2009
Sprinter and surfer
Alex Candelario has been cycling professionally for more than six years and is on his second season with the Kelly Benefit Strategies squad. The 34-year old sprinter started relatively late in the sport and feels that he has still many more years to contribute to his team.
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Kjell Carlstrom
pezcyclingnews.com, 27 Mai 2009
Resting up before the Blockhaus
Just before the Giro rolled out of Venice on its epic three-week, 3400km hellride to Rome, Liquigas’ Kjell Carlstrom gave us the inside track on how his team was planning for the Corsa Rosa. With many long, hot days done, and with five more hard stages to come, how is he feeling now?
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Daniel Barry
roadcycling.co.nz, 25 Mai 2009
"I guess in the long term I would like to race in Europe"
One day after earning the title of Benchmark Homes series winner, Daniel Barry talked about the completion of one goal and the beginning of another. The Benchmark Homes Cycle Tour is often acknowledged as New Zealand's premier road cycling competition.
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Jennifer Hohl
cyclingfx.nl, 24 Mai 2009
"The season is still young"
23 year old Swiss Champion Jennifer Hohl of the Bigla Cycling Team is currently riding the Tour de L'Aude, getting her form back after her crash in the World Cup Ronde van Drenthe, in a peloton that reads like a who's who of women's cycling.
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Tyler Farrar
velonews.com, 24 Mai 2009
Happy with Giro
Sometimes you don’t have to win to make a strong impression. That’s certainly the case for Tyler Farrar, who proved that he’s reached a new level in the rough-and-tumble world of field sprints. With two seconds and one third, Farrar came close to the elusive breakthrough victory.
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Bert Roesems
veloresults.co.uk, 23 Mai 2009
In the Mix at the Rás
Whilst the world goes ‘Giro crazy,’ other races that don’t involve pink jerseys go on their way without all the hype – the FDB Insurance Rás is one of them. Bert Roesems is an old friend and was as patient and insightful as ever when we asked his thoughts on the first few stages of the Ras.
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Rab Wardell
veloresults.co.uk, 23 Mai 2009
In the Mix at the Rás
Whilst the world goes ‘Giro crazy,’ other races that don’t involve pink jerseys go on their way without all the hype – the FDB Insurance Rás is one of them. Scotland’s sole representative in the Ras is Rab Wardell of Kinesis.
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Daniel Holloway
podiuminsight.com, 22 Mai 2009
I just love to race
While only 21 years of age, Daniel Holloway is working towards a very clear goal, the track events - namely the Madison and Scratch races - at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Lucas Euser
velonews.com, 22 Mai 2009
"Shoot, this is the life"
Twenty-six-year old Garmin-Slipstream pro Lucas Euser got his start racing mountain bikes while in high school in California’s Napa Valley. He turned to the road as an undergraduate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on California’s central coast, and is now in his third year racing in Europe.
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Charly Wegelius
pezcyclingnews.com, 22 Mai 2009
"12 days in and nothing is certain"
He’s the pro’s pro and he knows the Giro inside out; there was no one better to ask about Thursday’s dreaded 60.6 kilometres of Cinque Terre solo pain than Silence-Lotto's Brit, Charly Wegelius.
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Jack Bobridge
pezcyclingnews.com, 22 Mai 2009
"on the track until London"
It was only a matter of ‘with which team’ and ‘when’, young Aussie Jack Bobridge was going to turn professional, and this week it was announced that a deal had been struck with Team Garmin Slipstream to look after the interests of the young track star.
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Zach Bell
pedalmag.com, 22 Mai 2009
"The track’s sort of been sidelined a little bit"
When we saw that Zach Bell (Kelly Benefit Strategies) had won the Bank of America Wilmington Grand Prix for his new team, it was the perfect incentive to have a chat with him.
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Denis Menchov
velonews.com, 22 Mai 2009
"today was a great day"
Denis Menchov (Rabobank) became the first Russian since Pavel Tonkov to don the maglia rosa after his impressive performance in Thursday’s 60.6km time trial along the Cinque Terre.
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