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Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is proud to welcome Thomas Campana and Manel Lacambra to its management team. Campana formally joins the team as the General Manager after acting in a consultancy role the past season. Lacambra joins the team as a sports director. Campana has a wealth of knowledge in professional cycling and spent a…
By @pmpalermo Why you signed for one year with Cannondale? Theres a lot of “unknowns” on both sides, for me it’s hard to know if I will adapt 100% to a completely new culture and team set up, for them it’s the same; how I will fit into their team environment with only 2 other english…
By @pmpalermo 1. What happened?you were listed to race Vuelta España and finally you´re not going.. I basically got to the middle of June absolutely exhausted and knew I needed some time off. I’d raced a lot and trained a lot in between races and it didn’t work so well for me…it was too much work…
By @pmpalermo Which was you reaction when you were informed about the proposal of the Malaysian federation? I see this as a clear sign of desperation from the incumbent President, Pat McQuaid. It is no wonder that many in the cycling family, as well as fans and sponsors, have lost faith in the UCI to govern…
By @pmpalermo How and when you started in cycling?who helped you? I started riding my bike when I was 12 years old. I had been riding my”school bike” around for some longer and longer rides, when some day my uncle came by and gave me an all new race bike. And that’s how I started. What…
By @pmpalermo You´re in your second year in Lotto…wich diferences you noted between amateur and pro cycling? The big difference is the style off racing. The pro’s race with more control and all the pro’s have a higher level. Till when do you have contract with the team? I have a contract untill the end of this…
By @sneaitsab Tony Martin has won the time trail in the Tour of Belgium. The German rider om Omega Pharma Quickstep rode faster than Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) and Artem Ovechkin (Rusvelo). Martin also has taken the lead in the General classification. The first best time of the day was for Artem Ovechkin. The Russian rider rode…
By @sneaitsab André Greipel has taken his second stage win in the Tour of Belgium. The Lotto Belisol rider beated Danny van Poppel and Tom Boonen in the bunch sprint after a hard stage with many climbs of the Tour of Flanders. At the beginning of the stage, five riders were breaking away. Their gap was…
Door @sneaitsab André Greipel heeft voor het derde jaar op rij de openingsetappe in de Ronde van België gewonnen. De Duitser van Lotto-Belisol was op de oplopende aankomst in Knokke-Heist sneller dan Belgisch kampioen Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) en Ramon Sinkeldam (Argos-Shimano). Greipel is ook de eerste leider. In hun thuisland waren het vooral de Belgen…
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…
By @sneaitsab Roman Kreuziger has won the Amstel Gold Race 2013. The rider of Saxo-Tinkoff won the race after a solo victory, before Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge). Favorite Philippe Gilbert finished fifth. Seven leaders with Johan Vansummeren and Mikel Astarloza took a lead of 11 minutes in the first kilometers of the race….
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…
After a strong showing in its first one-day race at the Italian tour Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetic professional cycling team, has received invitations to two prestigious tours of the “hors catégorie”. The team has made the list for the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey in April and…
By @sneaitsab Fabian Cancellara celebrated in the 111th edition of Paris-Roubaix. The Swiss rider of Radioshack-Leopard beat Sep Vanmarcke in a sprint on the Vélodrome of Roubaix. Niki Terpstra arrived 30 seconds later, and finished third. At the beginning of the race four leaders with Gert Steegmans, Mathew Hayman, Stuart O’Grady and Clement Koretsky took a…
Astana Pro Team rider Francesco Gavazzi is the new leader at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco following a podium sprint finish in Tuesday’s second stage. Gavazzi, from Italy, finished second behind South African rider Daryl Impey in the 170km stage from Elgoibar to Gasteiz, and with placement bonuses now moves into the overall lead at…
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…
The BMC Racing Team will field nearly identical rosters for upcoming cobblestone races in Belgium: E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke Friday and Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday. Greg Van Avermaet is a past third-place finisher (in 2008) on the BMC Racing Team’s E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke roster for the 211-kilometer race while Thor Hushovd is a past winner of Gent-Wevelgem (in…
Astana Pro Team rider Valerio Agnoli finished second on Monday in the opening stage of the Volta A Catalunya, sprinting to a podium spot from a late breakaway that started before the final climb into a flat finish on the Meditterranean coast. Agnoli, from Italy, was not supposed to be there. His job for the…