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2010 Life for Mark Cavendish: The Face of a Franchise . . . and All the Pressure

Mark Cavendish enjoyed a banner 2009 season behind one of the best teams in the sport of cycling, Columbia-HTC. The Englishman was able to dominate in almost every sprint he contested in 2009, thanks to names like Hincapie, Barry, Boasson Hagen, Lovkvist, Kirchin, and others. But all those names and others are gone from Columbia-HTC for 2010, leaving Cavendish to shoulder the load once again for Columbia,...

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First Edition Cycling News, Monday, November 23, 2009

Evans honoured with third 'Oppy' Vuelta to include summit finish on Cima Rubiera Petacchi scouts proposed Milano-Sanremo finale Devolder to concentrate on Spring Classics, skip the Tour AG2R La Mondiale name 2010 roster Italy's Da Ros receives 20-year doping ban Vorarlberg-Corratec signs three young Austrians Lövkvist unsure of Tour leadership in 2010

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Petacchi scouts proposed Milano-Sanremo finale

Italy's Alessandro Petacchi rode the proposed finale of the 2010 Milano-Sanremo twice on Saturday and has reported that the revised route could play into the hands of late attackers. The final kilometre cuts straight into the centre of town, avoiding the waterfront used in the last two years and the Via Roma where Petacchi won in 2005 . "It's shorter than the traditional route. My impression...

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Lampre's Cunego looks ahead to Milano-Sanremo

Damiano Cunego and team Lampre-Farnese are already looking ahead four months to Milano-Sanremo, one of Italy's biggest one-day Classics. Former winner and sprinter Alessandro Petacchi signed for the team in August and will add another dimension for the race. "When there is someone like him to carry to the sprint it's good to also have an outsider [for the victory too]," Cunego told La Gazzetta...

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Hondo returns to ProTour with Lampre

Danilo Hondo has confirmed that he will move to Lampre for the 2010 season and will work in cooperation with fellow sprinter Alessandro Petacchi as both make their return to the ProTour. The German rode in 2009 for the Czech Professional Continental team PSK Whirlpool-Author. The 35-year-old told Cyclingnews that he will work to set-up sprints with fellow Lampre-newcomer Petacchi, but will also have...

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Second Edition Cycling News, Friday, November 6, 2009

Vila in contact with Astana, Lampre Good news for Fignon in cancer fight Contador demands strict anti-doping policies at Astana Bettini to appear at Gran Fondo Colnago San Diego More delays for Valverde CAS hearing Tour of California women's event endangered Klöden, German prosecutors agree to end investigation Cavendish, Greipel dominate 2009 sprint scene

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Cafe Chat: Tyler Farrar Comes of Age

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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Lampre announces new co-sponsor

Italian wine and olive oil producer Farnese Vini has decided to move up into the highest category of pro cycling and become the co-sponsor of Italian ProTour team Lampre next year. Farnese Vini started its sponsorship of a cycling team in 2009, when it became the co-sponsor of Professional Continental team LPR Brakes, which had Danilo Di Luca and Alessandro Petacchi under contract. The team, however,...

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First Edition Cycling News, Monday, October 26, 2009

Contador awarded the Vélo d'Or in Paris Team Type 1 signs-up European talent Mosquera eyes start in mountainous 2010 Giro Ballan to race Giro for first time Moser: Giro's mountains to decide race outcome Henn moves upstairs as Milram restructure Petacchi ready for Giro battle with Cavendish Schleck to prepare for Tour with Spring Classics

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Petacchi ready for Giro battle with Cavendish

Italy's Alessandro Petacchi is looking forward to the 2010 Giro d'Italia and a possible duel with Brit Mark Cavendish. Petacchi attended the unveiling of the 2010 route Saturday in Milan, a race with seven possible sprint stages. Cavendish, "is yet another rival and I hope he races. If he is there it's better," said Petacchi. "The more sprinters there are the more chances we have for...

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Lampre signs Spezialetti, Bernucci

Italian team Lampre-NGC signed Alessandro Spezialetti and Lorenzo Bernucci today, according to Tuttobiciweb . The two Italians join sprinter Alessandro Petacchi in making the jump from LPR Brakes. Lampre's star rider, Damiano Cunego, helped convince his team to offer a two-year contract to Spezialetti. "I already worked with him during my years at Saeco," said Spezialetti, 34. "Damiano...

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VDS 2009 Dream Team, Redux

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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Alessandro Petacchi Prepping for Huge Season with Lampre in 2010

Alessandro Petacchi has been one of the world's top sprinters for the last ten plus years, but recently he has not been able to match up against the best riders in the world in many of the biggest races due to being on a non-Pro Tour team. He rode for the LPR team over the past two seasons, and although he had good results throughout the year, he missed out on the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, and...

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Reports claim Cannavaro decision imminent

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has already met with anti-doping officials following his positive drugs test and a decision on his case could come later today, Italian media has reported.

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Delightful uncertainty key to late-season classic

When the drama of the grand tours has passed and the leaves begin to fall, the classics riders know it's time to come out and play, and what better playground than the road from Chartres to Tours in the first week of October. Paris-Tours is generally seen as a sprinter's haven, a race where the likes of Petacchi, McEwen and Zabel have battled it out in the past, although there's a place for those...