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Cervelo TestTeam: The Legend
Cervelo Test Team was the best team to barely ever happen. After CSC dumped Cervelo as bike sponsor, the Canadian bike company started to put together one a solid team for all types of races. Thor Hushovd, the God of Thunder, was the Classics genius who paired with cobbles-specialist Roger Hammond to make an irrestistable […]
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and K-B-K Video with Team 1t4i
And so it begins. Classics season is underway, and we jump start the season with a few predictions, a little insight and a video of this weekend’s two big races, Omloop and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Thanks to Shimano, fans can see the reconning mission of pro racers just before the race. For one team, this is […]
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2011 in Review: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Tomorrow marks the real start of the European professional calendar: Omloop. The less Eurocentric audience may fall into the amateurish and immature habit of referring to this Belgian Classic as Ompoop, which, though funny, is an insult to a great race that demands respect. I would caution against ompooping around more familiar cycling fans. Ompoop.
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview
The real kick-off of the cycling season in Europe is the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, hereafter referred to simply as Omloop. It’s not cycling season until the best riders in the world hit Flandrian roads in the early spring. After weeks of races in warm, exotic climes, ProTour riders will head to Belgium for the […]
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2011 in Review: UCI Road World Championships
Though the name was bandied about before the race, Mark Cavendish was only a light favorite among a number of heavyweights. Nevermind that he’d just won five stages in the Tour de France, bringing his career total to 20 Tour stages wins.