Magnus Backstedt
protournews.com, 29 June 2007
"Fingers crossed I can stay healthy"
2007 hasn't exactly got off to a great start for the 2004 Paris-Roubaix winner. Injury struck during his vital winter training period with a broken shoulder necessitating surgery and that has meant the Swedish rider having to refocus for the remainder of the season.
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Roger Hammond
cyclingnews.com, 28 June 2007
The Tour, or not?
Roger Hammond is one of several T-Mobile riders who are hoping for selection for the Tour de France team. He's motivated to ride the race for the first time, especially as the first two stages will be held on his home soil.
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Joëlle Numainville
ladiescycling.net, 28 June 2007
No time for resting
"I'd do it again" Those three words were heard a number of times in our interview with 2005 Junior Road and ITT Champion Joëlle Numainville during one of her all-too-rare moments of free time.
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Brian Jensen
CyclingUpdate.com, 28 June 2007
"My dream came true"
Brian Jensen took the midwest by storm a few years ago with some impressive racing at Old Capitol, Snake Alley and Super Week. The results bought him a place on the venerable Jelly Belly squad in 2005.
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Jens Voigt
bicycling.com, 28 June 2007
Catching Up With Mr. Nice Guy (part 2)
In the second half of a two-part interview, Bicycling Magazine's European Associate chases down CSC rider Jens Voigt to get the dirt on doping, as well as his plan to stop it.
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Gunn-Rita Dahle
velonews.com, 28 June 2007
"I wish I could start training tomorrow"
For the last half-decade, Olympic champion Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjå has been the most dominant force in all of mountain-bike racing. But this year the Norwegian's famous smile and blonde curls have gone missing from the top step of the podium.
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Óscar Pereiro
cyclingnews.com, 27 June 2007
Target: Top Five
With Floyd Landis' disciplinary procedures pending, Oscar Pereiro could well be the winner of the 2006 Tour de France. Whether he is or not, he doesn't see himself as a hot favourite for this year's victory, although for the past three Tour de Frances he's been the best rider of the third week.
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Christophe Moreau
cyclingnews.com, 25 June 2007
Hoping for a Spotty Tour
For many years recent Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré winner Christophe Moreau has been France's main hope for a spot on the final podium of the Tour de France. Now he'd be happy with shining as the king of the mountains.
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Geraint Thomas
teambarloworld.com, 25 June 2007
"I was dreaming this moment since I was a child"
Wales's Geraint Thomas, 2004 World Junior Track Champion, is celebrating a "dream come true" with his ride in next month's Tour de France confirmed. It will be the first time a Welshman has ridden in the world's greatest cycling race since Colin Lewis rode in the Tour for Raleigh back in the 1960s.
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Alexandre Vinokourov
velonews.com, 25 June 2007
It's Now or Never
Alexandre Vinokourov has a score to settle with the Tour de France. Last year, he was sidelined from starting the Tour after five of his then-Astana teammates were implicated in the infamous Operación Puerto and he spent July at home for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Daniel Martin
cyclingnews.com, 25 June 2007
Recycling the family name
Irish Under 23 star Daniel Martin is the son of former British professional Neil Martin and 1987 Tour De France winner Stephen Roche's sister, Maria. Now in his third year at top French amateur club VC La Pomme, he will turn professional when he lines out for the USA based Team Slipstream in 2008.
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James McCallum
veloresults.co.uk, 21 June 2007
"Tell me about it!"
James McCallum added British Criterium Championship gold to Commonwealth Games points bronze, last night in Otley.
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Bradley Wiggins
britishcycling.org.uk, 21 June 2007
Ready and Waiting
If ever there was a rider made for the Tour de France Prologue in London, it is Bradley Wiggins. Not only did he grow up in the capital, but the course for the prologue is very much to his liking. It is quite simply, the chance of a lifetime for the four time Olympic medallist and current double Wor
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Alessandro Petacchi
cyclingnews.com, 21 June 2007
The Phoenix
After a year of suffering the effects of a broken kneecap sustained during the 2006 Giro d'Italia, Italian Alessandro Petacchi rediscovered his Grand Tour stage winning speed on the third stage of this year's Tour of Italy.
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Georgia Gould
cyclingnews.com, 20 June 2007
Going for Gould
Luna Chix rider Georgia Gould was relaxing and spending some time with her family in the Catskill Mountains of New York just a few days before defending her stars and stripes US national cross country championship jersey this weekend at Mount Snow, Vermont.
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Mark Cavendish
cyclingnews.com, 20 June 2007
Cannonball Cavendish's dream debut
He's already taken world, European and Commonwealth Games championship medals on the track and now, in his first pro year, T-Mobile's young sprinter Mark Cavendish has developed into one of the fastest road sprinters on the circuit.
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