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Vuelta al País Vasco 2014-Stage 5 preview

By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap It looked like going the way I predicted when Contador attacked, with Valverde in his wheel. Unfortunately Alejandro was unwilling to do any work(on a few occasions) and Wout Poels got away to claim a brilliant victory.Valverde managed to pinch 2 seconds on Contador, whilst Kwiatkowski finished 7 seconds down…

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Interview: Sonny Colbrelli

By David Hunter Who is Sonny Colbrelli? He’s 23 years old, Italian, and rides for Bardiani – CSF. He is a very talented rider, who has the capability to become one of the new stars of Italian cycling. He is a very fast finisher, after a hard race, in the same type of mould as John…

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 2014 – Stage 4 preview

By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap A perfect prediction from myself. Everyone knew that this was the sprint stage, so much so, that only Ruben Fernandez went in the break. When he was brought back, with over 30km to go, there wasn’t any other attacks. As I predicted Swift is no where near the quality needed…

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The 28 sectors of pavé of Paris-Roubaix

By @pmpalermo On Sunday the hardest and most exciting of all the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, such a unique race that only a few can win and as such, deserves separate coverage.  So you do not miss any details of “The Hell of the North” during transmission, we leave all sections of pavé that the protagonists must overcome located…

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The second line takes over in SKY

By @pmpalermo From stellar confirmation during the 2011 Tour of Spain of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome as three-week-long Grand Tour (a Grand Tour is three-week lonm) exceptional riders, all were smiles within Team Sky squad, that without going any further, was left with the last two editions of the Tour de France and with…

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 2014 – Stage 3 preview

By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As I predicted the break made it! Despite picking Tim Wellens, here is what I said about Tony Martin, “The big German likes to warm up for his TTs and this could be a chance to do just that.” Only Sky and Orica tried to bring him back and as…

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Vuelta al País Vasco: Stage 2 preview

By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Contador the King! Alberto continued his fine winning streak with an outstanding display of climbing. He went with the attack of Valverde, and then destroyed him in the last kilometre of the climb. It was a typical Contador attack and he continued on the descent to claim the stage and…

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Worldwide stars at Giro del Trentino, Wiggins surprisingly back on the scene

16 teams enrolled, Team Sky replaces Richie Porte. Five Grand Tour winners at the start, including Horner and Evans, challenging Colombian climbers (in wait of Nairo Quintana) Seven World Tour teams (Astana, AG2R LaMondiale, Cannondale, BMC, Lampre-Merida, Movistar, Team SKY) made the final 16-outfit list along with 9 Continental-Pro lineups, including Italian Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, Neri Sottoli Yellow Fluo, Bardiani-CSF…

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