Craig MacLean
veloresults.co.uk, 19 June 2006
Craig MacLean - World Championship Silver Medallist
It's been another successful British track championship for the Scottish contingent with two of the blue riband events coming north of the border, the Kilometer to World Champion Chris Hoy and the Sprint to World’s Silver Medalist Craig MacLean.
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Dario Cioni
pezcyclingnews.com, 15 June 2006
Hello From Suisse
If you want the real low-down on pro bike racing and in particular who’s gonna win Le Tour, then ask a pro bike rider. Currently in action in the Tour de Suisse, Italian Liquigas pro Dario Cioni gave us his insight.
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Danilo Hondo
cyclingnews.com, 15 June 2006
Making the most of things
Whether or not Danilo Hondo consciously used the drug Carpehdon or not will probably never be decided in a courtroom, but he will continue to deny it until the end of his days and wonder why he tested positive. But if the former Gerolsteiner rider has been dragged through the mud by doping charges a
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Ryder Hesjedal
velonews.com, 14 June 2006
"I had to play catch up"
Ryder Hesjedal followed up his fourth overall at the Volta a Catalunya in Spain with a strong 17th overall at the Dauphiné Libéré and is now ranked 45th in the ProTour - not since the glory days of Steve Bauer has a Canadian been so high in the international rankings.
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Viatcheslav Ekimov
cyclingsafari.com, 13 June 2006
Eki on Eki: Part 1 - The Early Years
He’s ridden and completed fourteen Tours de France, one Giro, several Vueltas, and has a palmares that stretches from here to Russia. But just like mere mortals, Ekimov had to get his start somewhere, and we wanted to hear his story straight from the source. This is part one of "Eki on Eki."
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Viatcheslav Ekimov
cyclingsafari.com, 13 June 2006
Eki on Eki: Part 2 - The Pro Years
After taking the amateur cycling world by storm, Viatcheslav Ekimov looked for new challenges in 1990 as he decided to turn professional in the sport of road cycling. Opting to not join the Russian professional team in its first year of existence, Eki looked for a strong, well-established squad wher
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Bernhard Kohl
t-mobile-team.com, 13 June 2006
"I started to grow wings"
Bernhard Kohl's third place in the tough Dauphiné Libéré in France was the best performance of his career so far.
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Alejandro Valverde
cyclingnews.com, 13 June 2006
Up for a challenge
It's been another year of firsts so far in 2006 for Caisse d'Epargne-Iles Balears rider Alejandro Valverde, the highlight being wins in both La Flèche Wallonne and Liége-Bastogne-Liége. With wins at the Tour de Romandie and Vuelta al Pais Vasco to his credit, his next challenge is the Tour de France
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Chechu Rubiera
chechurubiera.info, 13 June 2006
"I am not a winner"
Chechu has a gap! There is a mad chase! A Gerolsteiner rider closes him down, and Bettini is chasing too. Rubiera looks over, and Schumacher is the Gerolsteiner rider. He pulls through, and he and Rubiera have a small gap... They are working like dogs with a scramble behind. Basso tries to counter,
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Pedro Arreitunandia
teambarloworld.com, 12 June 2006
"good results but no success"
In 2005 the Basque rider won stages in the Vuelta a Murcia and the Euskal Bizikleta, but this year success is harder to get.
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Linus Gerdemann
cyclingnews.com, 12 June 2006
The next German wunderkind?
At the 2005 Tour de Suisse, a young CSC rider had his first big moment. Linus Gerdemann, then 22 years-old, won the seventh stage by attacking out of a highly-experienced, six-man breakaway group. Bjarne Riis' model student gave a flash of his talent for the first time in his career as a pro.
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Tom Boonen
cyclingnews.com, 12 June 2006
Winning is easy when you are having fun
It's been quite a year for Tom Boonen. World champion's jersey, lucrative contracts, countless victories and the adoration of a devoted Belgian public. That blend is a potent mix and makes it all the more likely he'll keep racking up the wins.
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Chris Wherry
dailypeloton.com, 10 June 2006
Back to Health, Back to Philly
Missing out on the Tour of California and the Tour of Georgia due to illness, Chris Wherry is looking forward to defending his title at the Wachovia USPRO Championships in August.
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George Hincapie
cyclingnews.com, 8 June 2006
King of the GC jungle
During last year's Dauphiné Libéré George Hincapie won two stages before heading to France to help secure Lance Armstrong's seventh Tour victory. This year, the week-long tour is one of Hincapie's final preparation races before he tackles France in July as one of Discovery Channel’s GC hopes.
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Aaron Olson
dailypeloton.com, 8 June 2006
"La bella vita!"
A tough european debut hasn't deterred the american. His season, which started with the eight day Tour of California late in February, has been busy. After that race, he finished 70th in the five day Vuelta a Castilla y León in Spain and followed Paris-Roubaix with the six day Tour of Georgia.
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Judith Arndt
t-mobile-team.com, 7 June 2006
"The payoff for hard team work"
Judith Arndt is on a roll: The former World champion has been on top of her game for weeks now. Ever since her impressive showing at the Gracia Orlova stage-race in Czech Republic, it looks like nothing can stop her. Thanks to her World Cup win in Montreal, the 29-year old rider now leads the UCI wo
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