 Riccardo Ricco
pezcyclingnews.com,
21 January 2008
The Cobra - Ready to strike
In 2007 Riccardo Ricco recorded five wins - two stages in Tirreno-Adriatico and one in San Luis, the Settimana Coppi & Bartali and the Giro - and his sixth place in the overall standings at the Corsa Rosa caused DS Joxean Matxin to call him "a natural born Giro man"
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 Kristin Armstrong
uscyclingreport.com,
20 January 2008
"The goal is the time trial….to win a medal there"
Kristin Armstrong is in Los Angeles participating in the LA Track Word Cup this weekend. She narrowly missed the chance to ride for a individual pursuit medal after qualifying fifth, just
one-hundredth of a second off the pace of two-time world pursuit champion Sarah Hammer.
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Thijs Poelstra
cyclingheroes.info,
20 January 2008
"In Africa they always sprint, even to come in 85th."
Thijs Poelstra is one of those riders who race everywhere. The 25 year old Dutch rider just came back from the Jelajah Malaysia. Poelstra finished 73th overall. He likes to race outside Europe.
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 Nicole Cooke
britishcycling.org.uk,
20 January 2008
Road to the Olympics
For a long time, the leading British female road racing cyclist has been Nicole Cooke. Still young and in her mid 20's, Cooke has already achieved a huge amount in the sport but two major targets elude her and that is an Olympic medal and a senior World Championship Gold medal.
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Sarah Hammer
velonews.com,
20 January 2008
Bronze Standard
American Sarah Hammer, the two-time defending world pursuit champion, posted the fastest time of the day in the women's pursuit at the opening day of the UCI track World Cup at the ADT Events Center in Carson, California.
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Sarah Hammer
Los Angeles Times,
20 January 2008
Pedals to the medal
After going from track racing to road racing and back, Sarah Hammer has her sights set on Beijing in the individual pursuit. She is rediscovering her best form after being confounded by a lingering back injury that hampered her all of last season and into the first two races of this season.
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 Heinrich Haussler
cyclingheroes.info,
20 January 2008
"I hope to go to the classics in top form."
Heinrich Haussler is one of the biggest talents of professional cycling. The 23 year old Gerolsteiner rider will start his season at tomorrows Tour Down Under Classic and will write a riders diary for German based website radsport-aktiv AND (in english) for www.cyclingheroes.info
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 Shelley Olds-Evans
roadbikereview.com,
19 January 2008
Track Racing for a newbie with help from Shelley Olds
Proman-Paradigm’s Shelley Olds was relaxing watching the races the second day of the third round of the 2007-08 UCI Track World Cup Classics in Los Angeleson and took the time to explain the differences between the Points race and the Scratch, with both considered as endurance disciplines.
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 Mark Walters
canadiancyclist.com,
19 January 2008
"There are many riders who still insist on cheating"
Mark Walters has recently moved back to Canada, both to live and to race with Team RACE Pro, a Canadian-based cycling team managed by former Tour de France leader Steve Bauer that is taking its first step into the professional ranks as a UCI Continental team for 2008.
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Wendy Simms
pedalmag.com,
19 January 2008
My best World Cup finish ever
Defending Canadian women's cyclocross National Champion, Wendy Simms, has been preparing for the upcoming World Championships in Treviso, Italy. She has racked up several top-five's in Belgium and the Netherlands and came 5th last weekend at the UCI World Cup event in Liévin, France.
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 Luisa Tamanini
cyclingfx.nl,
19 January 2008
"I finally won a race"
One of the riders on the winning Italian team at the Worlds in Stuttgart, 27 year old Luisa Tamanini from Trento, Italy, rides for the Safi-Pasta Zara Team. Looking forward to the 2008 season, Luisa tells us her training and racing goals, not the least of which is the hunt for a certain Tricolore Je
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 Matthew Lloyd
cyclingnews.com,
19 January 2008
Relaxing with Matt
The newly crowned Australian champion Matthew Lloyd is about to embark on his second season in the ProTour ranks. After taking a surprise win in the nationals in a race he wasn't targetting, Lloyd is looking forward to bigger and better things in the upcoming season.
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 Mike Friedman
velonews.com,
19 January 2008
"I didn't think a career in cycling was going to be possible"
When American Mike Friedman takes to the ADT Event Center Velodrome in Los Angeles for the qualifying round of the men's World Cup scratch race Saturday afternoon, he'll do so with the confidence that comes with winning a gold medal at the previous round in Beijing, China, in December.
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 Tom Boonen
cyclingnews.com,
18 January 2008
Eye of the Tornado
Tom Boonen had a consistent 2007, winning races from January right through to the green points jersey in Tour de France and beyond, even if things didn't go to plan in his quest for a third consecutive Ronde van Vlaanderen.
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Travis Smith
pedalmag.com,
18 January 2008
"A world cup with no let lag!!"
Double Commonwealth Games medalist Travis Smith is heading into round three of the UCI Track World Cup at the Los Angeles Home Depot Center velodrome (January 18-20). Pedalmag.com caught up with Smith to ask some questions before the event.
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Kevin Hazzard
pedalmag.com,
18 January 2008
"It was like game seven of the Stanley Cup finals"
2006 U-23 Ontario Cyclocross Champion Kevin Hazzard races for the Jet Fuel Coffee Team and is one of Canada’s up-and-coming young cyclists. He grabbed the opportunity to test his mettle by racing cyclocross in Europe when he had the chance to attend a week-long training camp at the UCI HQ in Novembe
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