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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The embattled Astana cycling team announced the signing of Spanish climber David De La Fuente and Italian domestique Paolo Tiralongo recently, adding two nice support riders to the team of defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. The only question regarding the signing though is why any rider would choose to ride for the Kazahk outfit. Now that Johan Bruyneel and most of the...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Astana have been filling the gaps left in their roster, with the likes of David De La Fuente, Enrico Gasparotto and Paolo Tiralongo. Slovene rider Gorazd Stangelj has now confirmed he will also be joining them. Speaking to the Astana fans website, the 36-year-old Liquigas rider revealed:"I signed a one-year commitment the day before the Giro di Lombardia. What forced me to do so was the...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... for the win by Filippo Pozzato. The Vuelta a España brought better days to Lampre as Paolo Tiralongo rode to a top ten placing in the general classification and Cunego won two stages in the high mountains. Mauro Santambrogio, meanwhile, picked off a semi-classic win in Italy. After the success of the Vuelta, Cunego’s fall campaign, including the Giro di Lombardia where...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... the team has signed four riders, all of them carrying at least some baggage into the 2010 season. Paolo Tiralongo, David de la Fuente, Enrico Gasparotto, and of course Alexander Vinokourov will be a part of an Astana team that will most certainly have an underdog role in 2010. Paolo Tiralongo, formerly of the Lampre team, comes to Astana looking to revive a career that...
