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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Rabobank
Rabobank’s endured a bit of a tough season so far. In fact, Rabobank (the company) admitted that it hesitated before renewing its sponsorship agreement with the squad. But success at the Tour de France has a funny way of healing all wounds and Rabobank comes to this year’s race with several riders capable of at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, kruijswijk, Mollema, rabobank, robert gesink, Ten Dam, tour de france
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Orica-GreenEDGE
Like any team new to the World Tour and the Tour de France, Orica-GreenEDGE brings a roster full of stage contenders to Liege. In fact, five of the nine riders on Orica’s roster have Tour stage wins on their resumes, led by Stuart O’Grady with three. Stage 1 is likely to be the team’s first … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, albasini, Cooke, gerrans, goss, langeveld, Orica-GreenEDGE, tour de france
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Omega Pharma-Quick Step
After all the hype surrounding the pick-ups made by Omega Pharma-Quick-Step this past off-season, the team’s biggest results this season have so far been earned by riders who were already on the team. But with classics stars such as Tom Boonen and Niki Terpstra staying home to prepare for the Olympics in London, the Belgian … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, leipheimer, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, terpstra, tony martin, tour de france
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Movistar
Movistar heads to this year’s race with a deeply talented roster full of riders who will challenge for stage wins and one or two who might score a high overall finish in Paris. Movistar will likely spend the first week trying to nab a stage win for Jose Joaquin Rojas while positioning the talented sprinter … Continue reading
Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Lotto-Belisol
For a major Belgian team like Lotto-Belisol, the season has two main points of interest: the classics and the Tour de France. In the classics, the team came up empty. Andre Greipel and Jelle Vanendert did their best to snag wins on the cobbles and in the Ardennes, but in the end they just didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, andre greipel, Lotto-Belisol, tour de france, van den broeck, vanendert
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Liquigas-Cannondale
After a disastrous Giro d’Italia in which the team failed to win a stage or mount a serious GC challenge, Liquigas-Cannondale heads to the Tour de France with Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan—the team’s most successful riders so far this season. Nibali last rode the Tour de France in 2009 and finished seventh in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, liquigas-cannondale, peter sagan, tour de france, vincenzo nibali
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