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Cunego choses Vuelta/worlds combination over Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Italian gunning to win rainbow jersey four years after taking silverAbsent from today’s announcement of the lineup of the Lampre-ISD team for the Tour de France, Damiano Cunego has structured his season around trying to become world road race champion on a course that should suit his characteristics.
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Tour de France: Martin Velits replaces injured Vandenbergh on Omega Pharma Quick Step team by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Tour debut means twin brothers will compete together in raceOmega Pharma Quick Step rider Martin Velits will join his twin brother Peter on the already-announced lineup for the Tour de France, marking a very rare occasion for siblings to race together on the same team in the race.
As was the case in the p... → Read More
Petacchi and Scarponi head twin Lampre-ISD challenge at Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Sprints and climbs targeted by Italian team, Lloyd also selectedSix-time stage winner and 2010 Maillot Vert Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as heading the Lampre-ISD team’s sprint ambitions for the Tour de France, with the 38 year old showing solid form recently after a quiet start to the year. Last month ... → Read More
Turtur calls on Bobridge and Hepburn to knuckle down after drink-drive incident by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 “It's a crazy situation that I can't understand,” states former team pursuit gold medalistOlympic gold medallist in 1984, Mike Turtur has said that Jack Bobridge and Michael Hepburn are at a crucial point in relation to their Olympic ambitions, with both riders have been disciplined by Cycling Australia for a drink-driving incident.
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Démare, Chavenel, Voeckler among seven French riders preselected for Olympic berth by Kyle Moore - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Jalabert choosing from a mixture of sprinters and attackersLaurent Jalabert has preselected seven riders for the French Olympic team, as reported Monday by L’Equipe. The list contains a variety of sprinters and veteran attackers who may be suited to the primarily flat Olympic course in London.
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Daryl Impey: I always wanted to race the Tour, now that dream is a reality by Xylon van Eyck - Monday, June 25, 2012 Giro, Tour de France and Olympics part of the South African’s big yearDaryl Impey’s dream season continues after being named in the Orica-GreenEdge Tour de France line up at the weekend. The South African made his Grand Tour debut earlier this year at the Giro d’Italia and wasn’t in the team’s initial Tour de France pl... → Read More
Jonathan Vaughters Interview: New backer, July targets and chasing Giro-Tour double by Shane Stokes - Monday, June 25, 2012 Garmin-Sharp team manager speaks in final countdown to Tour de FranceWhile at least one other team has had a month to forget, the past few weeks have been good ones for the Garmin-Barracuda team. The American squad took the Maglia Rosa in the Giro d’Italia, lost it, regained it and held it until the end with Ryder Hes... → Read More
Brian Vandborg Interview: New direction with Team SpiderTech by Ed Hood - Monday, June 25, 2012 Dane to miss Tour this year, twelve months after riding for Contador in the race It’s late June and ‘all roads lead to Liege’ and le Tour – but only if you’re a World Tour team.
A man who has spent the last three years on the ‘big loop’ around France is 30 year-old Dane, Brian Vandborg.
Last year he was a key member of Saxo... → Read More
Cofidis team all behind Rein Taaramäe in the Tour de France by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 25, 2012 Estonian looking to better eleventh place of 2011; white jersey a possibilityThe Cofidis team has announced the names of the nine men that it will be sending to the Tour de France, which starts in the Belgian city of Liège on Saturday, June 30th. The team is one of four Professional Continental outfits awarded a wild card by... → Read More
Rabobank extends with Dutch cycling but also voices reservations by Shane Stokes - Monday, June 25, 2012 Doping rumbles from 2007 could have prompted a withdrawalThe Dutch national federation KNWU has received a boost of a renewed sponsorship agreement with Rabobank, its current sponsor, but it has emerged that there was a danger that backer could have pulled out.
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Sharp joins Slipstream Sports as co-sponsor of Team Garmin by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 25, 2012 “Garmin-Sharp” registered in time for the Tour de FranceOn the day that Team Saxo Bank announced a co-sponsorship deal with Tinkoff Bank, Slipstream Sports - currently known as Garmin-Barracuda - also has some good news. The team has struck a deal with electronics giant Sharp with immediate effect, which... → Read More
Tinkoff returns to cycling as Team Saxo Bank co-sponsor through 2013 by Ben Atkins - Monday, June 25, 2012 Danish bank also re-commits for another year to “Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank”Tinkoff Bank, also known as Tinkoff Credit Systems, was revealed as the new co-sponsor of Team Saxo Bank at a press conference in Hellerup, Denmark, in a deal that will last through 2013. Oleg Tinkoff, former head of the eponymous Professional Contin... → Read More
Gerras, Goss and Albasini spearhead Orica GreenEdge challenge in Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Monday, June 25, 2012 Anticipation building about first ever Australian ProTeam participation in world’s biggest eventPinpointing stage wins as the big target for its first-ever participation in the biggest race in cycling, Orica-GreenEdge has unveiled a promising lineup for the Tour de France team. As expected, three of the team’s most successful riders make the sq... → Read More
Nationals Roundup: Terpstra and Wegmann repeat as national champions by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 24, 2012 Hear from winners in Switzerland, Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and moreThe Sunday before the Tour de France sees many national championships contested across the European nations. As the action wraps up and the new national coloured jerseys are being sewn, VeloNation provides news and reaction from many of the big... → Read More
Brammeier grabs third successive Irish road race title in Clonmel by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 24, 2012 Roche and Lavery net silver and bronzeTiming his final attack perfectly and kicking clear with less than three kilometres to go, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Matt Brammeier soloed to victory today in the Irish road race championship in Clonmel. The 27 year old reached the line five seco... → Read More
Nacer Bouhanni times it perfectly to grab first French tricolor by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 24, 2012 Démare takes second as FDJ-BigMat puts youthful sprinting on displaySurviving an early crash, along with wind and rain blanketing much of Europe, Nacer Bouhanni took an eye-opening win in the French national road race championship, outdueling trade team-mate Arnaud Démare and Adrien Petit (Cofidis) in the fast finale... → Read More
Boonen continues domination of 2012 with second Belgian road race title by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 24, 2012 Outsprints Goddaert and Vandousselaere; D’Hoore takes women’s victoryShowing that his preparation for the Olympics is perfectly on schedule, Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won his second Belgian national road race title in Geel, outsprinting Kristof Goddaert (AG2R-La Mondiale) on a day fraught with bad weather a... → Read More
Video: Irvine hoping for success in Irish road race championships, on course for Olympics by Shane Stokes - Sunday, June 24, 2012 ‘My numbers are all good’: Happy with preparation for track omniumSeveral weeks before he lines out in the omnium races at the Olympic Games, Martyn Irvine is currently competing in the Irish road race championships. Although much of his focus has been on track racing for the past two years, he’s hoping to be able ... → Read More
Pieter Weening with the form to surprise in Dutch national road race by Kyle Moore - Sunday, June 24, 2012 Orica-GreenEdge transfer remains understated and under the radarHe has relatively few race days so far during the 2012 season, with his season start not occurring until April, but Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) has hit the ground running on his new Australian squad. He will contest the Dutch road race champion... → Read More
Jimmy Casper gunning for elusive first French national title by Kyle Moore - Saturday, June 23, 2012 First flat French nationals course in years has sprinters salivatingJust as there is a new crop of French sprinting talent beginning to emerge, France’s fast men should get their chance in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux on Sunday in the national road race championship of France. The 2012 course is basically flat, and has... → Read More
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