Rob Britton
Velo News, 15 Enero 2016
I have a special eye on the Tour of California
Rob Britton’s podium performance at the USA Pro Challenge last year capped off what turned out to be a dream season for the Canadian. Although he was forced to watch his former team SmartStop fold, he signed a two-year deal with the newly named Rally Cycling (formerly called Optum) and says he’s rea
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Laurens Ten Dam
CyclingNews, 15 Enero 2016
For the love of cycling, Ten Dam sets out for California
In recent years, there has been an increasing tendency for footballers from Europe’s top leagues to cross the Atlantic and seek one final, hefty pay day in Major League Soccer, but Laurens ten Dam can only smile when asked to compare his relocation to the United States in 2016 with those of Messrs.
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Bob Jungels
CyclingNews, 15 Enero 2016
Jungels targeting Giro d'Italia and Worlds in 2016
Bob Jungels (Etixx-QuickStep) will target both the Giro d'Italia and the World Championship time trial in 2016. The Luxembourg dual road race and time trial champion made good on his promise as a stage racer last year when he finished 27th in his first Tour de France.
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Marcel Kittel
Pez Cyclingnews, 14 Enero 2016
Etixx’s Marcel Kittel Gets Pez’d!
“I’m not a replacement for Cavendish because I am myself.” That is what Marcel Kittel had to say when asked about there being any pressure coming to Etixx – Quick-Step after Mark Cavendish. The big German had much to talk about at his Spanish training camp: Sprinting, lead-outs, Tom Boonen, Classics
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Caleb Ewan
Bike Exchange, 14 Enero 2016
The Jet Set for Take-off in 2016
We caught up with Australian cycling gun Caleb Ewan on the eve of his 2016 cycling campaign. Although the young sprinter has been making waves on our shores for years with his impressive palmares, he's now looking to make a name for himself on the international stage and build on one of the most suc
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Rigoberto Uran
Alps&Andes, 12 Enero 2016
Choosing to forego revenge, and looking to the future instead
When Rigoberto Urán was only 14 years old, his father was gunned down near Urrao, Colombia. Most said he died at the hands of paramilitary forces, but considering the mood in Colombia at the time, it could have been any number of groups, for any number of reasons. As Urán himself has said in the p
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Jonathan Vaughters
Velo News, 12 Enero 2016
On Rolland: ‘He was training like someone was training in 1975’
Cannondale’s new French star for the Tour de France Pierre Rolland has so much room for improvement that manager Jonathan Vaughters said he was shocked this winter during testing.
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Canuel Karol-ann
CyclingNews, 12 Enero 2016
Canuel revels in new position with Boels Dolmans
Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM) wins the finale stage 7
Karol-Ann Canuel (Canada)
Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM) sits down after winning stage 7
Breakaway riders Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM) and Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS)
Women's winner Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM)
The Velocio-SRAM rider
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Shaw Patrick
Ride, 12 Enero 2016
Ready for the Tour Down Under
Of the 15 finishers in the Australian championship road race on Sunday, there were four from the Avanti-IsoWhey team. In ninth place in a race with just 15 finishers was Pat Shaw, a rider from Ballarat who regularly animates the NRS scene with colourful language, strong racing, and a committed work
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Wouter Wippert
CyclingNews, 12 Enero 2016
Wippert targeting stage one success
Wouter Wippert returns to the Tour Down Under 12-months on from his final day stage win with his new Cannondale team looking for a repeat victory. The 25-year-old, who won nine races in the two seasons he spent with the Drapac Pro-Continental team, explained to Cyclingnews that starting the Australi
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Dennis Rohan
CyclingNews, 12 Enero 2016
I want to make history at the Tour Down Under
Rohan Dennis has made no bones about the fact that he wants to win the Santos Tour Down Under for a second consecutive season and put himself in the history books. In an interview on Tuesday, the BMC rider said that he’s on winning form and that his BMC team’s advantage is that they have two cards t
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Jesse Sergent
Rouleur, 12 Enero 2016
Portrait: Jesse Sergent
That collarbone-breaking crash shaped his 2015 season; it was four months till Sergent raced again. He calls the year a “write off as far as results go”. But the incident certainly doesn’t have to define his career. Collarbone mended and clad in new team kit as we talked at pre-season training camp
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Leah Kirchmann
Pedal, 11 Enero 2016
Interview with Leah Kirchmann and 2016 Liv-Plantur Team Launch
Check out this interview with Canada’s Leah Kirchmann, former triple national champ (Road, ITT, Crit), in conjunction with the recent launch of the 2016 Liv-Plantur women’s racing team at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. The 10-rider team, representing five different nations, includes returni
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Jonathan Page
Cyclocross Magazine, 10 Enero 2016
Jonathan Page and his familiar life as a domestic pro
For the first time in a while, Jonathan Page is lining up at today’s Cyclocross National Championships as a longshot in most fans’ minds. Racing and living in the States this year, one would have expected to see the former European-based American on more UCI podiums and near the top of the list of f
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Marco Pinotti
Ride, 8 Enero 2016
BMC Racing’s Marco Pinotti on Rohan and Richie
The morning after BMC Racing netted first and second in the Australian time trial championships, RIDE spoke to the team’s manager Marco Pinotti to get his appraisal. The Italian is impressed by the efforts of the champion, Rohan Dennis, as well as BMC’s new Tasmanian arrival Richie Porte…
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Daniel Martin
CyclingNews, 8 Enero 2016
I feel reinvented
After eight years in the Slipstream sports set-up, Dan Martin is about to embark on a new adventure with the Etixx-QuickStep team. The last two seasons have been tough for Martin with crashes at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Vuelta a España, but he’s ready to bounce back in his new team.
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