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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Ever since next year's Tour route was announced and probably well before, Mark Cavendish has proclaimed his intentions of winning the Green Jersey that Thor Hushovd won last year. Of course, the God of Thunder's fashion sense has told him that Green will still be In next year so he'd like to keep it too. Then there's the like-minded Green obsessions of Ale-Jet, Benna, The Wenatchee Whippet, and several...
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PezCycling News.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Message by Edmond Hood We've said it before; if the stars are out, Pez won't be far away. The recent Amstel exhibition race on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, was contested by the likes of Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd - with Alberto Contador running out as winner. American Patrick Lyons was on the scene, mingling and racing with the stars. Here's what he had to say...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
By Bryn Lennon, Getty Images Sport Tom Boonen is a cross between a sprinter and a strong cobbled classics rider. He’s a multiple winner of both major cobbled classics, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. He’s also won six stages of the Tour de France along with the green points jersey in the Tour and the rainbow jersey of World Champion. Add to that most of the other cobbled races,...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The moment happened in late March, in Santa Croce on the Arno River, near Pisa. At the end of a moderate day in the saddle, the Cervelo Test Team, feeling confident and on form, put five guys on the front of a large pack of sprinters, hopeful that Thor Hushovd could finish off the stage and send a message heading into Milano-Sanremo. Their move went unchallenged, but the pack split into two columns...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Attached is a poll to determine the Podium Cafe 2009 Rider of the Year. Barring a catastrophic outcome, the poll results will determine the winner. Poll compiled based on your submissions . Vote ends Friday at noon Pacific. Poll Who is the 2009 Rider of the Year? Cadel Evans Alberto Contador Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Thor Hushovd Edvald Boasson Hagen Philippe Gilbert Heinrich Haussler Andy Schleck...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Castelli unveiled its new "Dress Like a Pro" program at this year's Interbike show whereby regular consumers will now have access to exact same custom clothing pieces as supplied to the Cervelo Test Team - instead of diluted pieces that only look like the real thing. The program is in its second year, but the line is being re-launched this year with several redeveloped pieces thanks to work...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
So after f'ing this up in the VDS thread (I blame Will because... well... just because) I decided to redo it using Chris' actual final spreadsheet this time, rather than the actual non-official spreadsheet that I pulled out of my ass. So, following the rules as I remember them (must have one 25 point rider, no more than two 20 point riders, 25 riders total with a total cost of no more than 150 points),...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
It was the first time Heinrich Haussler attended the official Tour de France route presentation in Paris' Palis des Congrès yesterday, and the German-Australian rider was impressed. Seated in the front row beside his team leader Thor Hushovd, Haussler had all the reasons to be present, as he won a stage in the Tour this year and fully revealed his potential since his joining Cervélo...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
2009 green jersey winner Thor Hushovd aims to strike yellow as well as defend his points title in the 2010 Tour de France. The race kicks off in Rotterdam with an 8 kilometre prologue, something that Hushovd believes he is capable of winning. "I think I can perform really well in the prologue," the Norwegian sprinter told Cyclingnews after the 2010 route was announced in Paris. "I've...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Thor Hushovd wants to make it loud and clear: he’s intending on racing the 2010 Tour de France and defending his green jersey. There were some conflicting reports that the Norwegian winner of the 2009 sprinter’s jersey might skip the Tour, but the Cervélo TestTeam rider confirmed that next July will be much like this year. “Winning the green jersey was my major objective for...
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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) | 09/28/2009
Thor Hushovd has indicated that he may skip next year's Tour de France in order to focus on the 2010 World Championships in Geelong, Australia. In an interview published in Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet on Sunday the Cervélo TestTeam rider said that Paris-Roubaix and the World title would be his major goals next season. "I'm not sure if I will ride in the Tour de France next year,"...
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Dailydu Blog (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Chicchi nosed out Norway's Thor Hushovd of Norway and Argentine Lucas Sebastian Heado to win the 177.4 kilometre (110.3 mile) Chillicothe to St Joseph stage in three hours, 41 minutes and 41 seconds at an average speed of 47.85 kph (29.85 mph), the fastest of the week-long event. American David Zabriskie finished well back in the pack in 66th position but retained his overall lead heading into the...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) came from behind on Saturday to win a bunch sprint in stage 6 of the Tour of Missouri, holding off Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita) to win a Missouri stage for the second year in a row. Garmin-Slipstream's Dave Zabrikie "rode a wave of attacks" to preserve his overall lead headed into what race organizers promise is a difficult final...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour of Missouri due to illness shortly after losing his lead to Thor Hushovd of Norway.
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