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BMC Announces 2012 Team Roster
BMC riders celebrate at the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Photo: Doug Pensinger, Getty Images Sport Today BMC Racing Team released their official 2012 roster. The squad, entering its second year as a Pro Team, has a lineup of 26 riders led by defending Tour de France Champion Cadel Evans and...
Tour de France Stage 10: Greipel wins over Cavendish!
Andre Griepel (OPL) won a disorganized sprint ahead of former teammate and number one adversary Mark Cavendish in today's stage to Carmaux. JJ Rojas and World Champion Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) followed in for third and fourth respectively. This is Griepel's first outright victory over...
Tour de France: Five Storylines
Five seems to be the theme of this year’s Tour de France here at Podium Cafe. Really, I don’t pretend to understand why. But I’m running with it, especially because I baked my brains out on today’s ride. There was sun! And hills! And it was so very awesome. There was sun on my back and...
Fashion Alert! Gilbert Goes Blonde
Do blondes have more fun? Apparently, that's what Philippe Gilbert thinks. Dude got his head stuck in a bleach bottle. I'm not sure this is good? That Belgian National jersey is nice, anyway.
PhilGil says no to Astana, gs breathes sigh of relief
According to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad there are only five teams left in the race to sign the best cyclist in the world - don't argue: my story, my rules - and Astana is not one of them. "The most important reason for us for signing somewhere is that Gilbert will have a good team around him,...
New Belgian team in the making: Omega and Lotto breaking up
According to Belgian newspaper De Morgen, the rumours which have been around for a while are true: Omega Pharma and Lotto are about to break up in 2012. One of them wants to be more Belgian, the other sponsor is aiming for a more international image. To find out which is which, and more importantly...
Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Côte-o-mania
While we wait for those Expert People to show up... Chris is somewhere in a car on the East Coast. Really, I didn't know they drove cars on the East Coast, I thought that was a Cali thing. Apparently, they do. Chris has the expert picks for our final race in the Temporary Experts Series. And...
How To Win Milano-Sanremo
The winter always feels forever long, but at last, we come now to Spring. In celebration, Italy brings us a bike race. Milano-Sanremo begins inland in Milano and crosses nearly 100 kilometers of flat plains. Then, it's on to the Passo Turchino which carries the riders to the coast. The race runs...
Giro di Lombardia: Cycling's Grand Finale
We come now to the final race of the year. We have descended the Poggio, paid tribute to the Koppenberg, survived le Trouée d’Arenburg and the Mur de Huy, frolicked through the Dolomiti, and partied in the Pyrénées. Voilà, we arrive at the grand finale, the Giro...
Amstel Gold Race: Pre-Race with Cunego and Friends
At the Lampre-Ngc camp they are busily preparing for tomorrow's big race day. Well, actually, they are probably all asleep by now. But anyways... Damiano Cunego had this to say about tomorrow's race: I have prepared very well and also in recent races I have felt good sensations that...
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