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Sep Vanmarcke, the beast of the Cobblestones

By @pmpalermo Fully immersed in the Northern Classics season , it is appropriate to focus on a group of riders who stands out above the rest and usually seems to be in contention for a type of races so special and hard that may intimidate the majority, as such they are the ones that at the…

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Belkin goes for Bos in Scheldeprijs

The Belkin Pro Cycling TEAM will work for Theo Bos on Wednesday in the Scheldeprijs. Sports Director Michiel Elijzen hopes that the team can help the sprinter to achieve a big result. “Looking at the course, we will have a very strong team at the start,” said Elijzen. “Normally a bunch kick decides the Scheldeprijs…

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MTN-QHUBEKA EXCITED TO RACE AT HOME MZANSI TOUR

Apart from the national championships, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung have yet to race in South Africa as a UCI Professional Continental Team. That will all change when the team line up for the Mzansi Tour starting in Johannesburg on Tuesday. A race that will showcase the beauty and diversity of our home country is one we…

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Tour of Flanders Conclusions

By @pmpalermo The Tour of Flanders has finished, second Monument of 2014 , which gave a sea of ​​emotions not only for what Fabian Cancellara accomplished today, but also for what many others who for good or bad have their place in this analysis.   1-Fabian Cancellara’s intelligence: impossible not to start with him, who rode with…

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 2014 – Stage 1 preview

By David Hunter It’s a challenging opening stage with 6 cat 2 climbs and 2 cat 3s. Here are the climbs in order: The riders get the joy of climbing the Gaintza twice. It is a brut of a climb, 2.3km at an average of 13%. The section from 1-2km is at 16% and this…

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The Fantasy Spring CyClassics – at least 5,000 Euros in prizes to be won.

For a lot of cycling enthusiasts, the spring is the nicest period of the cycling season. Classic races such as the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, keep many cycling fan glued to the screen the entire afternoon. According to tradition, the classics season starts with the Flemish opening weekend, featuring the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad…

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Belkin Team is ready for the first race

The Belkin Pro Cycling Team kicks off its 2014 season with the Tour Down Under, January 21 to 26. Robert Gesink leads the team that includes three Australians. Gesink, who has been doing well overseas in recent years with victories in Quebec and Montreal, looks forward to starting his season in Australia for the first…

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Campana and Lacambra Added To Management Team

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…

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