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Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – People’s Choice Classic Preview

By David Hunter Let’s get the party started! We start with a 51km dash around the streets of Adelaide. 30 laps of the 1.7km circuit and watch as the pace increases every time around the circuit. It’s sad to say it, but this year we don’t have Andre Greipel. Mr TDU is staying in Europe…

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Australian National Road Race 2015 Preview

By David Hunter The riders return to the familiar lap circuit around Mount Buninyong. It’s 183.6km of pain, with 18 laps of the punishing circuit. The climb itself is around 3km at 6%. The final 1km of it is very tough, and much more than 6%. This is where the crucial move usually takes place.

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Interview: Alessandro Petacchi

By David Hunter This is what you call a palmares:- 22 stage wins in the Giro, 20 stage wins in the Vuelta, 6 stage wins in the Tour, winner of the points classification in all 3 Grand Tours, winner of Milan-Sanremo, Paris-Tours and Scheldeprijs. Easily, one of the most decorated and successful sprinters ever. Well…

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Preview: Australian National TT Championship 2015

By David Hunter At last, cycling is back! The season kicks off with the Australian National Championships. The Criterium is on Wednesday, followed by the TT on Thursday 8th, with the Road Race on Sunday 11th. Back in 2014, it was Michael Hepburn that took a surprise win. He defeated Luke Durbridge by 11 seconds….

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U23 and Junior report: Gianni Moscon (interview)

By Jakob Lloreda Ciclismo-Internacional opened a new section (U23 and junior report) in which the aim is to shed light on the evolution of some of the world’s most talented up-and-coming youngsters. We will try to in light our readers about the future stars of the sport, where their come from, their dreams, strengths or…

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Riders to Watch in 2015 – Hugh Carthy (interview)

By David Hunter It’s nice to come across a rider that breaks the mould. In British sport, it’s very unusual to come across young people who move into Europe, at an early age. There are very few footballers doing this and only a handful of cyclists. The Yates twins cheated and joined an English speaking…

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Lotto Soudal – In Search of Points/The Changing of the Guard

By David Hunter 2015 is a big year in the life of Lotto. They have ended their long running sponsorship with Belisol and have joined up with Soudal, a Belgian producer of silicon. Almost immediately there were changes: Greipel will not ride the Tour Down Under(one of his favourite races with 16 stage wins) and…

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U23 and Junior report: Erlend Blikra (interview)

By Jakob Lloreda Ciclismo-Internacional opened a new section (U23 and junior report) in which the aim is to shed light on the evolution of some of the world’s most talented up-and-coming youngsters. We will try to in light our readers about the future stars of the sport, where their come from, their dreams, strengths or…

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