Magnus Backstedt
pezcyclingnews.com, 2 September 2006
Defending For Danilo
In the Vuelta, Di Luca had just taken the stage into Bejar, leaving the likes of Valverde and Sastre in his wake, with the leader’s jersey as the icing on the cake. After a long transfer and a late dinner, it was closing in on 11PM when we got through, but Maggy was happy to chat…
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Torsten Hiekmann
cyclingnews.com, 2 September 2006
Sooner rather than later
Torsten Hiekmann won the final stage of the Rothaus Regio-Tour - his first win for Team Gerolsteiner, his first this year, and, as a matter of fact, only his second pro win ever.
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Mario De Sarraga Orviz
cyclingnews.com, 1 September 2006
Mixing it with the big boys
Mario De Sarraga's 140-kilometre solo breakaway failed close to the finish on stage 2 in the Vuelta. The boys in red must deal with the handicap of a much smaller budget than other teams. However, they are mixing it with the best in the Vuelta. The 36 year old rider from Oviedo instigated the first
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Chris Baldwin
dailypeloton.com, 1 September 2006
"I like it when I race against the best"
Chris Baldwin will compete against a field of more than fifty riders as they race against the clock for the right to wear the Stars and Stripes jersey in 2007. The rider from Richland has won the title two times in the past, so he is no stranger to the thrill of victory when it comes to dominating t
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Travis Allen
konicaminolta.com, 30 August 2006
"I’m beginning to mature well as a rider"
Coming to the sport from a triathlon background, the 22 year-old South African Travis Allen is riding his second season in Europe with the Konica - Minolta team. On Sunday he will be taking part in the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens in Leuven, which is the teams home town.
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Chris Baldwin
cyclingnews.com, 30 August 2006
Bring on the big guns
Chris Baldwin, the current U.S. time trial champion, first won this title back in 2003. This year changes to the UPSRO road championships will make his defence more difficult, as American ProTour riders such as Tour de France prologue winner David Zabriskie and Levi Leipheimer will be in Greenville
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Michael Mørkøv
pezcyclingnews.com, 29 August 2006
Going Danish
The Tour of Britain rolled out of Scotland today on a six day crusade to the gates of London. Michael Morkov gives his first report on how the race looked from the saddle.
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Chris Hoy
veloresults.co.uk, 28 August 2006
Super Champion
Concluding our series of interviews with Scottish medalists at the Brirish Track Championships we have pleasure in bringing you the words of World Kilometre Champion, Chris Hoy.
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Vassili Davidenko
nyvelocity.com, 28 August 2006
"This will be my last season on the bike"
Vassili Davidenko is a bad-ass bike racer. Starting in Tblisi, Georgia in 1983 at just 13 years old, he first rose to the top of the Soviet cycling world, training under the rigorous schedule of the world’s best amateur program. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 80s he had the opport
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Xavier Florencio
cyclingnews.com, 28 August 2006
Unforeseen victory
Xavier Florencio sprung a surprise on everyone when he won the Clasica San Sebastian, one of the toughest single-day races on the ProTour calendar. At 26 years old he might find his big win marks the perfect moment to make the jump to mix it with the elite riders of cycling.
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Dario Cioni
pezcyclingnews.com, 28 August 2006
"It’s good to be back in the Vuelta"
Pez has pleasure in hooking-up again with Italian professional, Dario Cioni of the Liquigas team to give us his inside story on the Vuelta. We'll be in touch with him throughout the race to hear his thoughts; we first spoke to him shortly after the prologue team time trial.
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Filip Meirhaeghe
velonews.com, 27 August 2006
"People in Belgium forgave me."
With his 18-month suspension up, and his motivation to race returned, Meirhaeghe returned to mountain-bike racing in 2006. After a season of ups and downs, Meirhaeghe says he's back.
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Robbie McEwen
The Australian, 26 August 2006
McEwen eyes tour treble in Spain
Robbie McEwen will be aiming for stage victories in all three grand tours in the same calender year when he tackles the Tour of Spain, beginning today. McEwen, with three stage wins each at the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, is chasing something that has only been done by three other riders.
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Floyd Landis
bicycling.com, 25 August 2006
Skewered by the press
In excerpts from an exclusive interview with Bicycling, Floyd Landis talks about the difference between cheating and being cheated, what it feels like to be skewered by the press and forced off his bike--and how he pulled off perhaps the greatest feat in Tour De France history.
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Tom Danielson
velonews.com, 25 August 2006
"I'm ready"
Tom Danielson will line up Saturday as an outright protected team captain for the first time of his career, poised to improve on his seventh place finish in last year's Vuelta a España.
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Alessandro Petacchi
eurosport.co.uk, 24 August 2006
"I just want to finish"
Riding his first major race since the knee injury that sidelined him for three months, Alessandro Petacchi said he would be content merely finish the Vuelta Espana, which starts on Saturday with the prologue in Malaga. Petacchi shares his thoughts on his comeback, the Vuelta and team-mate Erik Zabel
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