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From right to left: Andre Greipel, Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Jurgen Roelandts, Jelle Vanendert view thumbnail gallery New kit for Belgian team After finishing in fourth place for the second time at this year’s Tour de France Lotto-Belisol’s Jurgen Van Den Broeck believes that 2013 might be his year. The Belgian rider has been edging [...]
The Saxo Bank-Tinkoff team with 10 new riders for 2013 view thumbnail gallery Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank continue 2013 preparation in Canary Islands The Saxo Bank-Tinkoff team of Alberto Contador continued their pre-season preparation on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands by riding with approximately 20,000 cyclo-tourists along the coast of Las Palmas. [...]
Stage 1 winner Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) view thumbnail gallery Veteran sprinter believes he still has what it takes It’s been a season of frustration for Alessandro Petacchi and one he is looking to put behind him as he begins preparation for the coming season. Petacchi experienced one of his ‘lighter’ years in terms of significant [...]
World Champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC) signs autographs for his hometown fans view thumbnail gallery Belgian keen for better winter preparation than last year Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has confirmed that he will target the spring classics in 2013, and he explained why he will again look to peak for the Ardennes classics rather than the Tour [...]
Tony Martin (Germany) counts his world championship TT wins view thumbnail gallery Advisor lauds German’s defence of world title There were two conflicting schools of thought as to what constituted the best preparation for the men’s time trial at the road world championships in Valkenburg, but the final result vindicated those who felt that lining [...]
Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) couldn’t hide his delight at winning on home roads. view thumbnail gallery Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider looks to win World Ports Classic Tom Boonen’s victory in the first stage of the World Ports Classic was “good for the morale” and as preparation for the World Championships later this month. It was “a [...]
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) view thumbnail gallery Gesink and Mollema warm up for Vuelta a España The 2012 Tour de France was a largely disappointing one for Dutch outfit Rabobank and on completion of that race they immediately turned their focus towards the Vuelta a España, which is now less than two weeks away. The team’s [...]
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) view thumbnail gallery Belgian to continue Worlds preparation at Vuelta a España One of the forefront protagonists at the Olympic road race on Saturday, Philippe Gilbert, has been continuing to build up good form after what has been a rather disappointing season so far for the BMC rider. The Belgian, who attacked [...]
Dan McConnell leads the elite men’s race view thumbnail gallery Australian national champion ready for his second time at Games With the opening ceremony signifying the start of the London Olympic Games, most athletes will feel their own campaigns have now “really” begun. However, Australian cross country mountain biker Daniel McConnell was not able to [...]
Dan McConnell leads the elite men’s race view thumbnail gallery Australian national champion ready for his second time at Games With the opening ceremony signifying the start of the London Olympic Games, most athletes will feel their own campaigns have now ‘really’ begun. However, Australian cross country mountain biker Daniel McConnell was not able to [...]
