Chris Hoy
veloresults.co.uk, 1 April 2008
Scotland's Champion of Champions!
He's won the World Kilometre Championship four times, the World Team Sprint Championship twice, the World Keirin Championship twice, and now he's completed an unequalled sprinters' "quadruple" by winning the World Individual Sprint Championship...Oh - and he's the reigning Olympic Kilometre Champion
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Scott Nydam
roadbikereview.com, 31 March 2008
"I quit my job, I moved out of my apartment and gave it a shot"
BMC Racing Team’s Scott Nydam on only his second year as a professional cyclist made his presence known by going on a solo breakaway on the second stage of the Tour of California to secure the King of the Mountains jersey, which he defended on the subsequent stages.
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Ralf Grabsch
team-milram.com, 31 March 2008
Naturally I will need the good legs
For Ralf Grabsch, the spring classics will be in the foreground again in 2008. After his spectacular solo escape at Paris - Roubaix 2007, the 34 year-old all-rounder wants to tie in with this strong performance – and crown it with a success at the best.
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Dave Wiswell
velocitynation.com, 30 March 2008
"Belgium is basically one enormous time warp"
Dave Wiswell, who signed for Yawadoo-ABM-TV Vlaanderen Cycling Team late last year, gives his take on life in Belgium, ladies' undergarments and handlebar mustaches.
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Marianne Vos
cyclingnews.com, 29 March 2008
Gold at the end of the Rainbow
Marianne Vos is one of the most exciting talents in women's cycling. Still short of her 21st birthday, she has already been World Champion in two different disciplines and is at the World Track championships in a bid to add a third.
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Sylvain Chavanel
cyclingnews.com, 29 March 2008
Pay Back
Sylvain Chavanel's recent win in the Dwars door Vlaanderen gave the 28 year-old Frenchman a boost going into the Classics campaign, not to mention pleasing Cofidis' director sportif. The 'joix de vivre' spoke about the victory and what it means back at home.
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Heinrich Haussler
cyclingnews.com, 28 March 2008
Vegemite for breakfast, Bratwurst for dinner
At the age of 14, Heinrich Haussler moved from Inverell, Australia to Germany to follow his dream of becoming a professional cyclist. Ten years later, he's got a contract with the Gerolsteiner team and has represented his adopted country at the World Championships.
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David O’Loughlin
Irishcycling.com, 28 March 2008
"the last kilometre is always tough"
David O’Loughlin finished an excellent sixth in the pursuit race at the world track championships in Manchester yesterday. Recording a time of 4 minutes 20.91 seconds and thus going 4.4 seconds quicker than his personal best, his chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games look good.
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Bobby Julich
velonews.com, 28 March 2008
Part 2 - ‘Love-hate relationship with Tour’
This weekend, the veteran CSC rider lines up for the Critérium International, a race he won in his big comeback season in 2005. Julich’s big goal of the year is to perform well in ASO’s flagship event, the Tour de France.
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Rebecca Romero
pezcyclingnews.com, 27 March 2008
"I’m a very bad loser!"
Pursuit ace Rebecca Romero has the chance to make history in the Beijing Olympics. After a spectacular sporting metamorphosis, she could become only the second woman...ever...to medal in consecutive summer Games – in different sports.
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João Correia
roadbikereview.com, 24 March 2008
Return of the Fat Man
Bissell Team rider João Miguel da Silva Correia started racing at the age of six in his native Portugal. After moving to the United States at the age of eleven, he continued racing and went on to race professionally in Europe for Portuguese and Dutch teams. But in 1996, Correia stopped racing.
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Chris Hoy
britishcycling.org.uk, 24 March 2008
Making the Switch
Chris Hoy, who won Gold in Athens in 2004, is in the Great Britain cycling team for the 2008 UCI World Cycling Championships at Manchester. But since the demise of his Kilometre, an event he had made his own over recent years, he has had to switch to a different sprint event entirely.
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Will Frischkorn
VeloNews, 24 March 2008
Off the front
Will Frischkorn had a front-row seat in Saturday’s Milan-San Remo. The 26-year-old Slipstream-Chipotle rider featured prominently in the day’s main breakaway in a four-man move that pulled clear for more than 230km in the season’s longest one-day race.
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Alex Rasmussen
cyclingnews.com, 24 March 2008
In a class of their own
Danish Madison pair Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv have scored some of their best results this season, and look to be on track for a good result not only in the Manchester World Championships, but the Olympic Games in Beijing as well.
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Michael Mørkøv
cyclingnews.com, 24 March 2008
In a class of their own
Danish Madison pair Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv have scored some of their best results this season, and look to be on track for a good result not only in the Manchester World Championships, but the Olympic Games in Beijing as well.
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Andrey Mizourov
johanbruyneel.com, 23 March 2008
"My dad is a wrestler and now my two boys prefer judo!"
A specialist in the time trial, Mizurov brings experience and focus to the team. After an extended stay in Albuquerque to train at altitude, Mizurov participated in the Amgen Tour of California last month to help Levi Leipheimer successfully defend his title in that race.
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