Cyril Dessel
cyclingnews.com, 14 June 2008
The rebirth of a Tour de France hero
After a year of doubts and struggling, Cyril Dessel has come back on the front line with stage wins in three consecutive races: the Four Days of Dunkirk, the Tour of Catalunya and the Dauphiné Libéré.
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Martin Gilbert
pedalmag.com, 14 June 2008
"we have a couple more days to win"
Following the rainstorms on Wednesday's Stage 1 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix which forced a cancellation of the men’s race we caught up with some of the Canadian riders for pre and post race interviews on Stage 2. Martin Gilbert, teammate of Alex Candalario who placed 2nd in the stage...
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Dominique Rollin
pedalmag.com, 14 June 2008
"we have the sunshine on our side today"
Following the rainstorms on Wednesday's Stage 1 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix which forced a cancellation of the men’s race we caught up with some of the Canadian riders for pre and post race interviews on Stage 2. Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United), who placed 5th in the stage...
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Gina Grain
pedalmag.com, 14 June 2008
"I bit the biscuit and ate some gravel"
Following the rainstorms on Wednesday's Stage 1 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix which forced a cancellation of the men’s race we caught up with some of the Canadian riders for pre and post race interviews on Stage 2. Gina Grain (Webcor Builders), crashed on the final circuit and finished 89th.
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Leigh Hobson
pedalmag.com, 14 June 2008
"We're happy"
Following the rainstorms on Wednesday's Stage 1 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix which forced a cancellation of the men’s race we caught up with some of the Canadian riders for pre and post race interviews on Stage 2. Leigh Hobson (Cheerwine), teammate of Laura Van Gilder who placed 3rd in the stage.
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Irina Kalentieva
cyclingnews.com, 11 June 2008
Riding with her head
Irina Kalentieva came originally from the little-known Russian province of Chuvash to conquer the world – the world of mountain biking. She won the World Championship title in cross country last year in Fort William, and will look to defend that title next week in Val di Sole, Italy.
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Gianni Bugno
Bike Race Info, 11 June 2008
An Evening with Gianni Bugno
I meet Gianni Bugno, the World Champion and Giro winner in the nineties who is today a charming, fit forty-one year old man. It is a cold February evening in downtown Naples. We agree to have a pizza and while we walk to the restaurant he tells me about his love of flying. "Flying has always been my
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Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
cyclingnews.com, 7 June 2008
Aiming for Triple Crown
The name Ina-Yoko Teutenberg has become synonymous with winning in the world of women's cycling. The Tom Boonen of the female peloton is virtually unbeatable when it comes to a sprint, and she demonstrated this by taking back to back wins in the first two races of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown.
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Fabio Calabria
podiuminsight.com, 7 June 2008
"No one can afford to bonk"
Australian Fabio Calabria is a young neo-pro cyclist, just 21 years old, who joined Team Type 1 in 2008 to embark on his professional journey as a cyclist and is racing in his first Philly Week.
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Matt Rowe
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 6 June 2008
"it's basically university and cycling, with a few trips to the pub here and there"
Welshman Matt Rowe has been showing some promising performances on the UK elite scene this season. Rapha-Condor-Recycling's tallest squad member talks about lager, chocolate chip cookies and some occasional cycling.
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Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com, 6 June 2008
"you can feel the passion and the history"
After crashing out of the Giro in 2005 (on Friday the 13th) when riding for Discovery, Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal made it all the way to Milan in this years edition. The achievement puts Hesjedal in line to be the first Canadian cyclist in more than 10 years to compete in the Tour de France.
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Malaya van Ruitenbeek
cyclingheroes.info, 6 June 2008
"My first title was a big surprise, this time I knew I could win it."
Last month Kuota-Senges rider Malaya van Ruitenbeek won the individual time trial at the Students World Championships. Van Ruitenbeek also came in third at the road race of the same event. Van Ruitenbeek is in great shape and looking forward to a summer full of stage races.
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Kelli Emmett
cyclingnews.com, 6 June 2008
Hitting her stride
Kelli Emmett (Giant MTB Team) is enjoying one of her best years ever as a professional mountain bike racer. A few weeks ago, she notched her first-ever National Mountain Bike Series (NMBS) cross country victory at the Santa Ynez Valley National, and took second in the short track event.
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Chris Froome
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 5 June 2008
"The food's great too!"
Barloworld pro Chris Froome has recently become a British national and is gunning for a place both in the Tour and in the Olympic road team. Born in Kenya, he's already lived in South Africa as a teenager and is now based in Italy — so what's next for the globetrotting neo-pro?
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Pat McQuaid
velonews.com, 5 June 2008
"He says things like that to suit himself all the time"
To find out more about the various parts of the continuing UCI-ASO conflict, VeloNews conducted a telephone interview Tuesday night with UCI president Pat McQuaid, who is in Athens, Greece, attending the annual SportAccord international sports convention.
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Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez
solobike.it, 5 June 2008
"In Val di Sole I'm waiting for Italian fans"
The Spanish biker of the Giant Italia talks about the first part of the season, considering first of all his ambitions for next events. He speaks a strange, Spanish-Italian which makes me laugh. It is different reading his answers in confront to listening them.
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