Alexandr Pliuschin sets sight on his second grand tour, Vuelta a Espana … The Moldavian Champion Alexandr Pliuschin is setting his eyes to Vuelta a Espana as he is keen to start his second grand tour race after Tour de France. Pliuschin told a famous cycling website that he is looking forward to support the [...]
Alexandr Pliuschin sets sight on his second grand tour, Vuelta a Espana …
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Tyler Farrar's Vuelta a Espana finishes at stage 8 – Cycling Update
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Tyler Farrar's Vuelta a Espana finishes at stage 8 – Cycling Update The 27-year-old is well known in Flanders and has been very impressive throughout his career as Farrar has the honour of winning the stages in all the three grand tours. Farrar fell on the ground after the crash as he was trying hard [...]
Cadel Evans: A long ride to the top step
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Cadel Evans: A long ride to the top step The young rider in his first grand tour wasn't able to keep the jersey – again, so close – but he would go on to claim it again in 2010. Despite his dramatic appearance at the Giro d'Italia, it took Evans a while to scale similar [...]
1200 wheels on Big Bear's roads
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1200 wheels on Big Bear's roads But they were not the oldest participants. That distinction goes to Kent Reed, 77, of San Diego who conquered the 70-mile Grand Tour. Craig Smith of Big Bear Cycling Association, which sponsored the event, was ecstatic at the response. … Read more on Big Bear Grizzly O'Grady joins GreenEDGE [...]
Gran Fondo and Taste of Palo Alto to celebrate bikes and food in downtown
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Gran Fondo and Taste of Palo Alto to celebrate bikes and food in downtown by Casey Moore Palo Altans will have the opportunity in September to participate in what event organizer Hunter Ziesing called "the latest and greatest Italian import" — the Gran Fondo, Italian for "big ride." On Sept. 17, San Francisco-based cycling … [...]
Jesse Sergent in Eneco Tour stage stunner
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Jesse Sergent in Eneco Tour stage stunner The World Tour event, known as the Tour of the Netherlands before Eneco became its sponsor, is one of the biggest races on the road cycling calendar outside the three Grand Tours. Sergent, 23, riding for Lance Amrstrong's RadioShack team, … Read more on Stuff.co.nz Cycling-Kittel's first Grand [...]
USA PCC: The Race with a Bad Name
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USA PCC: The Race with a Bad Name The largest crowds in the history of American bike racing, we were told. Just like the Grand Tours, we were told. There was a sprinkling of the shaved-legged, team-jersey types, but most of the crowd looked like they were headed to a family picnic. … Read more [...]
Blazin' Saddles: Boonen's bravery
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Blazin' Saddles: Boonen's bravery In non-scrotal-related news on Thursday, Slovakian sensation Peter Sagan took his second win of his debut Grand Tour – but quite frankly, given that the 21-year-old didn't do it with a hole in his perineum, he doesn't get half the praise he probably … Read more on Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) [...]
Busche to make Grand Tour debut in Vuelta Espana
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Busche to make Grand Tour debut in Vuelta Espana By Tom Held of the Journal Sentinel Matthew Busche will make his debut in cycling's Grand Tours when he takes the start line for Team RadioShack in the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday. It marks another step in his ascendancy to the top ranks of pro [...]
Americans sweep the USA Pro Cycling Challenge
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Americans sweep the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Those numbers are big news for the communities that hosted the race and for the state itself: Cycling fans around the world just got a grand tour of the Rockies over the course of the 518-mile race, and race organizers have just begun to calculate the … Read [...]
Vuelta a Espana Stage 10 Report & Results
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Vuelta a Espana Stage 10 Report & Results Typically a long distance individual time trial is not placed in the middle of a grand tour, it is usually within the final days, but this year the Vuelta a Espana organizers decided to place a 47 kilometer individual on stage ten of a twenty stage … [...]
More spokes for Australia's GreenEDGE
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More spokes for Australia's GreenEDGE Funded by millionaire Adelaide industrialist Gerry Ryan, GreenEDGE is bidding for UCI World Tour recognition, which would allow it to compete in all three Grand Tours. Ryan is uncompromising about wanting a local team, with Australians in management, … Read more on SuperSport.com Froome ascends to Vuelta a Espana lead [...]
New start, grand stage
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New start, grand stage It's a big result in cycling. I'm really happy with how I raced. It couldn't have gone better for my first Tour de France." An East Lyme native, Danielson had done grand tours before, but the Tour de France was nothing like he's ever experienced. … Read more on TheDay.com ExperiencePlus! [...]
Marcel Kittel to leave Vuelta after big splash
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Marcel Kittel to leave Vuelta after big splash Too tired to carry on, the 23-year-old German will exit the Vuelta after making a big impression in his grand tour debut. Kittel kicked to victory in Talavera de la Reina in stage 7 in what was the only “true” field sprint so far in this Vuelta. [...]
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