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High Road’s Big Day

Date: April 23rd, 2008 |

Team High Road’s Kim Kirchen won the 72nd and Gregory Henderson won le Tour de Georgia’s third stage as the sun crossed another continent later that same day. Those victories continued the string commenced about a week earlier as sprinter Mark Cavendish repeated as winner of Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen. High Road’s success has [read more]

Upcoming races and their profiles!

Date: February 7th, 2008 |

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February 17-24 is the Tour of California, which begins with a Prologue in Palo Alto.
March 1 is the Omloop Het Volk, which kicks off the Spring Classics. With Filippo Pozzato as the defending champion, it should be a good indicator of the condition of the Cobblestone warriors.
March 2 is the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Tom Boonen [read more]

Team High Road Wins TDU’s 2nd Stage

Date: January 23rd, 2008 |

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German rider Andre Greipel frustrated all the local riders by outsprinting them to the finish of the second state of Australia’s Tour Down Under. This represents the first stage win for Team High Road under its present name. Here a link to the UK’s Daily Telegraph video that includes the finish. [read more]

Welcome Back Pro Tour Cycling With The Tour Down Under

Date: January 17th, 2008 |

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The Down Under’s first stage will kick off on Tuesday, January 22nd, and the Tour Down Under Classic on Sunday, January 20th. A full field will be competing, including local favorites CSC’s Stuart O’Grady and Robby McEwen of the Lotto team. CheChu (Jose Luis Rubiera) will make his Team Astana debut. This [read more]

Big Spill at Revolution 2 in Melbourne!

Date: December 23rd, 2007 |

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In the Future Stars Double Kilo Dash, Trevor Griffiths dominated the Under 18 Men’s racing with three wins from three starts, even if much of the field was nursing injuries from the spectacular final lap pile-up in the opening 2000 metre scratch race. Riders tangled at fourth wheel entering the back straight, and slid [read more]

A Cavendish Cavalcade

Date: April 3rd, 2008 |

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Mark Cavendish, the Team High Road sprinter from Great Britain who made his name riding indoor tracks, won the second and third stages of the Three Days of De Panne and followed it with a respectable finish in the closing time trial. Cavendish had to sprint from deep in the pack to win [read more]

Quick Step’s Qatar Quest

Date: January 29th, 2008 |

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Team Quick Step sent a very strong team to Qatar, obviously intent to have Tom Boonen leave wearing the winner’s Gold Jersey. They have made their intentions known at every step so far.
David Millar obviously wanted to make a statement with his new team Slipstream/Chipotle. He practically dragged his following four [read more]

Credit Agricole’s Mark Renshaw Wins First Stage of Tour of Australia

Date: January 22nd, 2008 |

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The Australian outsprinted Spaniard Jose Rojas of Caisse d’Epargne to take his first tour victory on his native soil in the first stage raced in 2008. Cycling.tv broadcast only about 25 minutes of hilites, but here is a link to the official race complete report.
It wasn’t in real time but it certainly [read more]

New North American Team With A Special Twist

Date: December 27th, 2007 |

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Team Type 1 consists exclusively of riders who suffer from Type 1 Diabetes. Here is a link to their official web site. According to a recent Cycling News report, Team Type 1 intends to participate in North American UCI sanctioned races during the 2008 season.
I sure hope the entire story is [read more]

Happy Holidays!

Date: December 13th, 2007 |

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It’s been awhile since any of us have posted over here, but don’t think that means we haven’t been thinking about it. So, let us take a moment to wish you all a very happy holiday season, with a little help from the folks at Specialized, who put together this lovely melody - played entirely [read more]