Interview Jonathan Tiernan-Locke: “Is significant in a race as hard as Liege that a rider with no doping history won”

By @pmpalermo How was it the first part of the season for you? The first part of this season has been a steep learning curve for me. It has also been a frustrating time as I’ve had a lot of small interruptions to my training, like a virus and a saddle sore etc. I’m mostly happy…

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Dan Martin: “Now I know I can win in the Ardennes”

By @pmpalermo Please tell us why you chosed Ireland as your nation? That’s a really tough question to give reasons for. My mother is irish and I don’t know why but I always felt more irish then british, even though I grew up in england and represented britain in 2 world championships as a junior, ireland…

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Tejay Van Garderen: “The plan is to help Cadel Evans at the Tour de France”

By  @pmpalermo Tejay Van Garderen is one of the best cyclists in the world, rank he earned with brilliant performances, such as the Tour de France 2012, in which he finished fifth overall and was the Best Young rider. Van Garderen has grown steadily since its debut in Rabobank, always working for others and learning…

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Nibali ready for Tirreno Adriatico

Astana Pro Team rider Vincenzo Nibali looks to defend his title as champion at Tirreno-Adriatico this week, and has spent the early season preparing in Argentina, the Gulf States and Italy, with this race as one of his primary objectives in the 2013 season. Nibali, who joined Astana Pro Team in the off season as…

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Bobbie Traksel: “I´m too friendly for this sport”

By @pmpalermo During the last Tour of Oman one cyclist was distinguished from the rest for it aggressive and brave kind of race that in fact was awarded with most aggressive rider t-shirt. Bobbie Traksel is no stranger in the bunch but caught the attention of Ciclismo Internacional so we decided to contact him to know…

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Thor Hushovd: “París Roubaix is my main goal”

By @pmpalermo A few hours of the start of the biggest race of South America we had the opportunity to speak with Thor Hushovd, one of the greatest figures presented by the argentinian competition this year. Hushovd, who spent the 2012 anonymous due to an infectious disease, he was confident that his recovery is complete and…

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Mathias Frank: “The race has built a very good reputation within the cycling world”

By @pmpalermo One team that decided to try at  this year Tour de San Luis, as Marco Pinotti  anticipated in this website, is the BMC  and although the Italian did not compete in Argentina, the formation of John Lelangue will align very good runners such as Tejay  Vangarderen, Thor Hushovd and Mathias Frank. Frank is a mix…

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Martin Hacecky: “We wanna be part of the game in San Luis”

By @pmpalermo When Tour de San Luis organizers unveiled the list of participating there was a  a small squad of Czech Republic, the ASC Dukla Praha, between World Tour “ “monsters” and national selections.  The intrigue of who writes increased over time, as different teams confirmed their riders, and the unknown Czech track team was still…

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Jurgen van den Broeck: “Winning the Tour de France is almost impossible”

by @pmpalermo Jurgen Van den Broeck needs no presentation. Fourth in the last Tour de France is one of the best riders in the present and absolute lider of Lotto-Belisol Team. Tall and thin, really good climber, this Belgium improved aganist the clock but he still knows that winning la Grande Bouclé is almost impossible because…

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