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George Bennett: “Catalunya is a race I’d love to target”

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…

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Tiernan-Locke: “A difficult debut at the team isn’t what I had imagined”

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…

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Brian Cookson: “I am confident that the voting delegates will protect the UCI’s reputation in September”

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…

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Lasse Norman Hansen: “I chose Garmin because they gave me a possibility of combining track and road”

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…

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Dennis Vanendert: “My dream is to win in Flanders, Liege and become world champion”

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…

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Tour of Belgium:Tony Martin won the ITT

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…

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Tour of Belgium.Greipel again

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…

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Ronde van België:Greipel won

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…

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