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Will the UCI Kill the Radio Star?

As the radio ban debate is taking full flight at the moment, two opposing parties have been set; The UCI with their desire to rid the peloton of radio equipment, and the riders, teams and most cycling fans who feel that radio’s play a key part in professional cycling. The UCI’s argument was first implemented … Continue reading

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2010 Team-By-Team Season Review: #5

#5 – Rabobank (Preview Ranking: #9) What We Said: Rabobank’s another risky team to place in the top-10 as their performances often fall short of their expectations given the level of talent they have on the squad.  Rabobank’s success hinges upon the seasons of four men in two major departments: the classics with Lars Boom … Continue reading

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Stybar to Quick Step?

This morning, Cyclingnews reported that reigning cyclocross World Champion Zdenek Stybar is on the verge of signing with Quick Step, moving over to the perennially classics-oriented road team and potentially signaling a career change. Stybar, who had a dominant start to the season, has lost ground to his rivals in both the Superprestige and GvA … Continue reading

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2010 Tour de France Preview – Part 3

Here’s the third installment of Pavé’s 2010 Tour de France Preview.  I’ll wrap things up tomorrow with the final installment, and then present some interesting questions to be answered during this year’s Tour on Friday.  In case you missed them, here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of the Preview.  As always, share … Continue reading

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Pavé’s 2010 Season Preview – Part 3 (Teams 10-6)

Here’s Part 3 of Pavé’s 2010 Season Preview.  Today we take a look at the first half of the Top-10.  For at look at Parts 1 and 2, click here and here respectively.  We’ll wrap it all tomorrow with a look at what I consider to be the 5 best teams in the sport.  As … Continue reading

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Tour de France Preview – Les Équipes du Tour – Part Trois

Here’s Part Trois in our team-by-team preview of this year’s Tour de France. Tomorrow will be the last 5, including some we missed earlied due to rosters not being finalized. You can read Part Une here, and Part Deux here. Don’t forget to add us to your RSS reader, follow us via Blogger, and keep … Continue reading

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