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2011 Tour de France Preview – Germany

Pavé would like to thank Handspun , Clément and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France. Germany comes to the Tour de France armed to the teeth with a roster of riders with diverse skills. It’s not a particularly difficult stretch of the imagination to say that it’s entirely possible for … Continue reading

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The Sticky Bidon – March 14, 2011

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, March 14, 2011 Tony Martin: 'Ik ben geen nieuwe Jan Ullrich' ("I am not the new Jan Ullrich") Maaskant drie dagen in ziekenhuis (Maaskant in hospital three days) Team NetApp With Wild Card Invitation To Tour De Suisse Riis still committed to a Contador bid to win three … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico

  Here’s this week’s Monday Musette: 1. It was an ironic yet predictable final weekend at Paris-Nice—ironic in that the usually warm and sunny end to the Race to the Sun was marred by cold and wet weather, and predictable in that pre-race favorite Tony Martin held on to his lead to take the first … Continue reading

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Weekend Preview: Paris-Nice & Tirreno-Adriatico

This weekend will see the further development of two of the early season’s most important, colorfully-nicknamed stage races, Paris-Nice (the Race to the Sun) and Tirreno-Adriatico (the Race of the Two Seas). Conventional wisdom says that Paris-Nice is the race of choice for stage-race specialists, and Tirreno-Adriatico is the race of choice for those developing … Continue reading

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Monday Musette – Weekend Wrap-Up

Here’s this week’s Monday Musette: 1. It’s only February, but if this past week’s Tour of Oman and Volta ao Algarve are any indicator, 2011 Tour de France is going to be an exciting race with a deep list of contenders.  In winning both races, Rabobank’s Robert Gesink (Oman) and HTC’s Tony Martin demonstrated significant … Continue reading

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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #3

#3 – Team HTC-Columbia (Preview Ranking: #3) What We Said: HTC suffered several key losses after a fantastic 2009 season. Marcus Burghardt, George Hincapie, Edvald Boassen Hagen, Thomas Lokvist, and Kim Kirchen all left for other teams—taking the bulk of HTC’s wins from 2008 and 2009 with them. But all is not lost, as two … Continue reading

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