cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
It is confirmed: After the signing of Levi Leipheimer and Sergio Paulinho to the new American team RadioShack - built around Lance Armstrong - more Astana riders are to leave the Kazakh squad to continue their support of the seven-time Tour de France winner next year. Andreas Klöden, a podium contender himself, as well as Yaroslav Popovych and Gregory Rast will follow team manager Johan Bruyneel,...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Tuttobiciweb.it had a story in which the Shack! is now up to 23 riders for the season with a few more signings...Though depending on what happens with the Pro Tour situation, they might have to make a few more to get the whole team squared away.... The new reported signings are... Sam Bewley and Bjorn Selander of the Trek-Livestrong Team. Selander had good results this year all around with 5th overall...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Lance Armstrong's team RadioShack has started to build for the one-day spring Classics. Director Sportif Dirk Demol said on Tuesday that Lithuania's Tomas Vaitkus and Switzerland's Grégory Rast will join the new team along with some Belgian one-day specialists. "The emphasis is, of course, on the Tour, but we want to do well in the Classics also," Demol told Het Nieuwsblad . "Tomas...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
L'Equipe reported this morning that along with Andreas Kloden , Yaroslav Popovych , Gregory Rast and Haimar Zubeldia , to which we can probably safely add Horner and Levi, Andy Schleck is close to a move to the new Radioshack team....while negociations are at an advances phase...the refusal to take older bro Frank seems to be the fly in the ointment. According to Armstrong, Frank would serve a a 'break'...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
• Tour de France line-up confirmed by Kazakh team • Armstrong and Contador backed by previous podium finishers Astana has announced its line-up for the Tour de France, with its challenge built around the 2007 winner, Alberto Contador, as its leader and the seven-times champion Lance Armstrong. The Kazakh team said the two stars will be backed by past Tour podium finishers including Andreas...
Tour de France 2007 (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
Astana named the final three riders to its Tour squad this morning: Gregory Rast, Dmitriy Muravyev, and Sergio Paulinho. It's the first Tour for Muravyev, a pro since 2002, and 3-time Kazakhstan TT champion. He's Astana's only Tour rookie. Left off the Tour roster were Chris Horner, Jani Brajkovic, Thomas Vaitkus, and Benjamin Noval. Versus should do whatever it takes to get Horner in the booth as...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
News reports are comin' in that nine riders have agreed to terms and re-upped their contracts with Astana. The riders are Andreas Klöden, Chris Horner, Assan Bazayev, Maxim Iglinskiy, Steve Morabito, Dmitriy Muravyev, Daniel Navarro, Gregory Rast and Michael Schär. Both reports I've read say the Bruyneel has had his phone ringing a lot recently with guys wanting to sign with the team but...
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