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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Robert Gesink of Rabobank and Marianne Vos of Team DSB Bank have been elected Cyclists of the Year in the Netherlands. Dennis van Winden of the Rabobank Continental Team was named best young rider. The selections were made by the readers of Wielermagazine and the members of Club '48, an organisation of former riders. Gesink, 23, won the award for the second year in a row, and was the 13th Rabobank...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
OK, not completely, but wunderkinder Lars Boom, 'cross god of past winters, is making a full transition to the road in 2010. From the Rabo Sport site: "I will ride the Dutch championship beginning in January and also one or two cross races." More really is not [possible? happening?], said the Brabander. "The ['cross] World Cup? No, absolutely not. I want to focus on the spring classics....
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Xacobeo-Galicia Cycling Team announced today that it has released eight riders from the squad for the 2010 season. Included on the list are David Herrero, who placed second on a stage of the Vuelta a Espana behind Lars Boom in Cordoba. He finished the race 28th overall. Also exiting are Iban Mayoz, Ivan Rana, Eduard Vorganov, who has joined the Katusha team and Spaniards Juan Francisco Mouron...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Lars Boom closed his season at the Giro di Lombardia Saturday in Como, Italy, but his thoughts have already turned to winning some of cycling's biggest one-day races next spring. The former cyclo-cross World Champion made a successful switch to the road this season and is keen to improve on his impressive debut season. "I am meeting with the team and trainers this week to see what needs to be...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The final monument of the 2009 cycling season, the Giro di Lombardia, runs this Saturday in the beautiful Lombardy region in northern Italy. A star-studded field is ready to attack the hilly parcours , and the list of potential winners is long. Although Lampre's Damiano Cunego will be the strong favorite heading into the race as he searches for his fourth Lombardia title, there are a host of other...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Unfortunately I saw almost nothing of the U23 race or time trial this year, thanks to generally hectic times, but if it seems unimportant, here is some information to make you (OK, me) wish we'd watched it. The U23 races have been run since 1996. [Prior to that there were amateur events of a similar nature.] Excluding last year's results -- give those kids some time -- here are some names from past...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Fresh from 12th place overall at the Vuelta a España, Johnny Hoogerland is confident that the Dutch team can be a force at this week's World Championship road race on Sunday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Hoogerland will race alongside Robert Gesink, Karsten Kroon, Lars Boom, Sebastian Langeveld and Koos Moerenhout in Sunday's road race. Hoogerland, who will make his World Championship debut in...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Lars Boom and Johnny Hoogerland have used their good results at the Vuelta a España to earn a place on The Netherlands' World Championships team. The Dutch Federation announced today five of the six riders for the race next week in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Robert Gesink, currently second overall in the Vuelta, Karsten Kroon and Koos Moerenhout will join Boom and Hoogerland. Laurens ten Dam,...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Team Milram's Dominik Roels is satisfied with his showing in his debut Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España. He took third behind winner Lars Boom on stage 15 into Córdoba yesterday after he attacked on the final descent. "It is my first three-week Tour and so far it has been great," he told Cyclingnews . The race started nearly three weeks ago with four stages through The Netherlands...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Talk about versatility. World cyclo cross champion in 2008, Under 23 Time Trial and Cyclo cross Champion in 2007 and now stage winner in his first Grand Tour stage. Lars Boom further underlined his huge potential when he soloed to victory on state 15 of the Vuelta a España. Pedalling a small gear and leaving his breakaway companions floundering behind him, the 23-year-old took off on the second...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Dutchman Lars Boom has claimed victory in the 15th stage of the Tour of Spain.
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Dutch rider Lars Boom won the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Monday, finishing 25 minutes ahead of the pack.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
CORDOBA, Spain (AP) -- Dutch rider Lars Boom won the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Monday, finishing 25 minutes ahead of the pack as Alejandro Valverde of Spain retained the overall lead.
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Race leader Alejandro Valverde and his Caisse d’Epargne team declared an unofficial rest day as Lars Boom (Rabobank) won stage 15 out of a 13-rider break. Boom attacked a large breakaway on the second of two trips up the Category 2 Alto de San Jeronimo and soloed in for the victory more than 90 seconds ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) with Dominik Roels (Milram) third. Behind —...
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