Monthly Archives: August 2011

Monday Musette – ENECO, London, & Utah

  Here’s this week’s Monday Musette: 1. The big news from this weekend’s ENECO Tour was Edvald Boasson Hagen’s 22-second defeat of Philippe Gilbert. (It says a lot about Gilbert’s season when he makes more news by losing a race than he does by winning it.) But his victory in today’s Belgian time trial championship … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – August 12, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, August 12, 2011 Jurgen Van Den Broeck's future to be known next week Svein Tuft to Leave Team SpiderTech for a Place on the World Tour Ben Hermans to move from RadioShack to Leopard Trek Allan Peiper to take up Director of Competition role with Garmin-Cervélo in 2012 … Continue reading

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Weekend Preview: Eneco, Utah, and Transfer Season

This weekend sees the culmination of two races on opposite sides of the globe, the Eneco Tour, and the Tour of Utah. Both wrap-up on Sunday. The Eneco Tour has given flatlanders an opportunity to test post-Tour or non-Tour legs alike. Perhaps the biggest news coming out of Eneco was the prologue victory of Taylor … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – August 11, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, August 11, 2011 Jan Ullrich rides in Italy as Max Kraft Vaughters leaves world champion Hushovd off Garmin’s Vuelta squad Van Garderen's Future Secure After HTC-Highroad Demise Rojas extends contract with Movistar Philippe Gilbert edges towards move to BMC Racing – Telegraph Fernandez on his way to Cervélo … Continue reading

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Discuss: Renshaw to Rabo – an end to Cav’s dominance?

Yesterday, Cyclingnews reported that Rabobank has signed Mark Renshaw, and will support him as their number one sprinter. This comes as something of a surprise this transfer season, as it was widely speculated that HTC’s Mark Cavendish was looking to bring his leadout train with him to his new destination – likely to be Team … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – August 10, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, August 10, 2011 Alex Rasmussen Signs With Garmin-Cervelo Mark Renshaw in talks with Rabobank Pieter Weening confirmed for GreenEDGE Casper to Ag2r La Mondiale, Poels and Ruijgh extend with Vacansoleil DCM The biological passport « Seen any cool links we missed? Share ’em in the comments below!

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