 Chris Sutton
cyclingtime.com,
22 August 2011
"We don't exactly have the perfect lead-out train here"
Australia's Chris Sutton, 27, has had to wait for his sixth year as a professional to make his dream of winning a stage at a Grand Tour come true. But he rode to perfection in the finale of Stage 2 at the 2011 Vuelta a España to go to the finishing line at Playas de Orihuela.
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 Simon Gerrans
velonation.com,
7 July 2011
Talking Tour and supporting Wiggins
Simon Gerrans returned to the Tour de France this year as part of Sky Procycling’s ambitious selection for the event. The 31 year-old from Melbourne will back Bradley Wiggins’ bid to grab a podium place, but could have the chance to grab his second Tour stage victory along the way.
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 Richie Porte
saxobanksungard.com,
29 June 2011
Looking Forward To A Challenging Tour de France
This Saturday, the Tour de France is coming and for Saxo Bank-SunGard Aussie, Richie Porte it is going to be a very special race. Here are some of his thoughts prior to making his debut in the French stage race over three weeks.
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 Stuart O'Grady
Le Quotidien,
28 June 2011
«J'ai tout vu, j'ai tout connu»
Stuart O'Grady est le capitaine de route du Team Leopard-Trek. Il livre un discours passionnant et éclairé sur son métier, les Schleck, Riis, Contador et le Tour...
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Richie Porte
cyclingtime.com,
7 May 2011
"I’m here to work for Alberto"
It wasn’t planned for Richie Porte to ride the Giro this year. This is the race where he revealed his talent by claiming the pink jersey after the epic stage 11 to L’Aquila. He’s now starting the Giro d'Italia this year in the role of a helper for Alberto Contador.
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 Brett Lancaster
cyclingtime.com,
2 May 2011
"It’s gonna be a good Giro"
Brett Lancaster is busy in Turkey gearing up for his sixth Giro d’Italia, a race where he collected the best win of his career in the 1.1km prologue in 2005. Now, at the age of 31, the former Olympic champion is ready to lead out Tyler Farrar at the Giro starting next week.
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Stuart O’Grady
velonews.com,
17 April 2011
A bit of bullshit
Stuart O’Grady (Leopard-Trek) always talks from the heart, but nothing gets his heart racing more than Paris-Roubaix. The 37-year-old Aussie won the race in 2007 but last Sunday he didn’t make the time cut after a series of mishaps derailed his chances.
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 Mitchell Docker
velonation.com,
14 April 2011
"the fewer cobbles I ride, the better!"
For Mitch Docker, Paris-Roubaix has been a race where he has shown steady improvement, finishing an excellent 15th this year, just 47 seconds behind winner Johan Van Summeren. Docker took time out from recovering from his efforts over the pave to talk to VeloNation.
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 Simon Clarke
velonation.com,
10 April 2011
Ready for Roubaix
His name may not have figured on the Muur or Bosberg but Astana’s young Aussie Simon Clarke did a good job for his team in Sunday’s edition of the Ronde. Now he’s lining out in Paris-Roubaix, encouraged in ways by his ride last weekend, but aware that the terrain is very different.
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 Matthew Goss
cyclingtime.com,
10 April 2011
Making it to number one
Still number one on the UCI’s WorldTour rankings after the Tour of Flanders, Matt Goss speaks about his motivation prior to tackling Paris-Roubaix for the third time alongside Mark Cavendish, who will make his debut in the ‘Hell of the North’ on Sunday.
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Matthew Goss
De Telegraaf,
20 March 2011
Op de Poggio zag ik mijn kans
Matthew Goss was de verrassende winnaar van Milaan-Sanremo. Vorig jaar zegevierde de Australiër al in de GP Plouay, maar Milaan-Sanremo is zijn echte doorbraak naar de absolute wereldtop.
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Matthew Goss
velonation.com,
16 March 2011
Ready for Milan-Sanremo
It’s been a glittering season thus far for HTC Highroad rider Matt Goss, who has won seven races. Those victories include stages in the Tour Down Under, Tour of Oman and Paris-Nice, and he has also worn the leader’s jersey in each of those events.
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Simon Gerrans
cyclingtime.com,
9 March 2011
"It's a bloody hard race"
Simon Gerrans has the ambition to strike at the Ardennes classics again. Two years ago, the Australian made the top 10 at the Amstel Gold Race, Flèche-Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège but didn’t recover in time from a crash at the Criterium International to repeat his performance last year.
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 Michael Matthews
arueda.com,
9 March 2011
"Somos una generación muy buena"
Cuando a principios de año hablábamos sobre Michael Matthews (1990, Australia), avisábamos de que no tardaría en destacar y, probablemente, ya en el Tour Down Under brillaría "por primera vez a la altura de los mejores". No nos equivocamos. Pero lo cierto es que la apuesta era sobre seguro.
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Matthew Goss
cyclingtime.com,
7 March 2011
"this season has been the best start I’ve ever had to a year"
With wins at the Jayco Bay Crits (2 stages and the General Classification), the Cancer Council Classic in Adelaide, Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under and Stage 2 of the Tour of Oman, Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad has been one of the most impressive sprinters of the early part of the 2011 pro season.
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 Adam Hansen
cyclingtime.com,
1 March 2011
Cheese and Chocolate
Australian Adam Hansen of Omega Pharma-Lotto very generously gave up some of his spare time to chat to cyclingtime.com about cheese, chocolate, SRM's and the Belgian team's one-day terminator, Philippe Gilbert.
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