 Stannard Ian
Cycling Weekly,
23 May 2008
The big interview: Ian Stannard
Former European and Junior Track Worlds medal winner Ian Stannard has finally made the jump to professional racing by joining the Belgian team Landbouwkrediet after three years with the British Cycling Academy. So what?s life like with the big boys? We found out.
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 David Zabriskie
velocitynation.com,
22 May 2008
"Over the bars onto my ass"
Dave Zabriskie was an integral part of Slipstream’s successful TTT squad in the Giro and was slated to ride the Tour de France, but after crashing hard and fracturing a vertebra his season plans, including the Tour, are now uncertain. (note - our email interview began before the Giro started)
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Georgia Gould
velonews.com,
22 May 2008
“It’s definitely the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my life”
The longest winning streak in NORBA/NMBS cross-country history came to a close last weekend as Georgia Gould recorded a DNF at the third round of 2008. For Gould, who took eight straight NMBS wins from 2007-08, the abandonment came after a frightening bout of heat stroke and severe dehydration.
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 Geraint Thomas
bbc.co.uk,
21 May 2008
On Tour with Thomas
World track cycling champion Geraint Thomas is currently racing in the Giro d'Italia as part of his preparations for the Olympic Games in August. Thomas, who last year became the first Welshman in 40 years to finish the Tour de France, will compete in the team pursuit in Beijing.
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 Ryder Hesjedal
pedalmag.com,
21 May 2008
"We're just taking it as it comes now"
Since their Stage 1 victory, it's been up and down for the race for the lone Canuck. On Victoria Day we caught up with Hesjedal in the resort town of Cattolica at the Hotel Waldorf, where he was enjoying the Giro's first rest day.
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 Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com,
21 May 2008
Life In The Break
The weekend is a time of rest and relaxation for most folks; but not for PEZ’s man in the peloton, Adam Hansen of High Road. Saturday saw him out front for more than one hundred miles and on Sunday he was back playing the locomotive for Cav, as the young Manxman went for another stage win.
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 Charly Wegelius
cyclingnews.com,
20 May 2008
The Green Gregario
Behind every champion in cycling, there's a clutch of team-mates who put aside their own personal ambitions to help the leader to win. Charly Wegelius is one of those foot soldiers, and has been riding very strongly in the Giro d'Italia thus far.
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 Matthias Russ
pezcyclingnews.com,
20 May 2008
"I love the espresso and the prosciutto"
While everybody here in Italy is talking about the big fight for the final Maglia Rosa in Milano between Di Luca, Riccò, Contador and the others, the most interesting challenge at the moment is the one that sees Visconti and Russ fighting everyday for a temporary Maglia Rosa.
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 Marco Pinotti
cyclingnews.com,
19 May 2008
"I was good and lucky"
One year ago, on May 18th, Marco Pinotti's career reached its high point. In the Giro d'Italia the Italian escaped with Luis Felipe Laverde on the stage to Spoleto and took over the maglia rosa of race leader. For an Italian rider it was a dream moment; he went on to hold the jersey for four days.
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 Doug Ollerenshaw
roadbikereview.com,
17 May 2008
Nice guy, tough competitor, no drama
As a Portland native, Doug received some of the loudest cheers during the the Mt Hood Cycling Classic. I could tell when he was on the attack during stage 1, the Mt Tabor Criterium in downtown Portland, as the screams and cowbells could be heard all over the course.
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 Michael Barry
pedalmag.com,
17 May 2008
Climbing the Higher Road
Michael Barry (Team High Road) is re-energized for 2008 after a tough season last year. He recently competed at the Ardennes classics including Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallone, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and this past Monday placed 20th at the Neuseen Classics Rund um die Braunkohle in Germany.
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 Peter Stetina
slipstreamsports.com,
16 May 2008
"I’ll fight like a cornered dog"
VMG/Felt U23 rider Peter Stetina is currently staying with the U23 national team in Belgium as he wraps up his European racing season. The young talent has had a notable spring with significant results in the US and Europe.
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Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com,
15 May 2008
Happy High Road
Whilst the rest of Scotland’s manhood watched Glasgow Rangers play Zinit Saint Petersburg in the final of the Uefa soccer Cup final, our man Ed Hood interviewed High Road’s Adam Hansen on the day that Oleg Tinkoff’s dream finally came true, thanks to Pavel Brutt.
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Barry Wicks
velonews.com,
15 May 2008
"I kind of shot that one in the foot"
Barry Wicks is already a household name in the domestic cyclocross and mountain bike scene, but this year he is trying his hand at joining mountain bike racing’s elite crowd on the World Cup.
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Adam Hansen
pezcyclingnews.com,
12 May 2008
The Joys Of Sicily
As the Giro winds around Sicily, PEZ has a man right there in the heart of the peloton; Aussie Elite TT champion, High Road’s Adam Hansen. He took time to talk to Ed Hood after the Cobra had struck on Stage Two.
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 Alberto Contador
astana-cyclingteam.com,
10 May 2008
"I will ride this Giro from day to day"
Alberto Contador met with the press prior to the start of the 2008 Giro d’Italia, as well as chatting with Team Astana about events in the past year. In many ways wise beyond his years, Contador opens up about his hopes for the Giro and his proudest cycling achievement: winning the Tour de France.
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