Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
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...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Italy 1 Alessandro Ballan 2 Ivan Basso 3 Marzio Bruseghin 4 Damiano Cunego 5 Stefano Garzelli 6 Luca Paolini 7 Filippo Pozzato 8 Michele Scarponi 9 Giovanni Visconti Spain 10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 12 Oscar Freire Gomez 13 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa 14 Daniel Moreno ...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
I can't bring myself to do a mundane list of contenders; more talented people than I are typing away at such exercises everywhere, with Gavia's work at Steephill the first place to look. But I do loves me some team tactics projection, and I've never been shy about inserting facts based on what sounds good. Plus team tactics are always a bit of a curiosity at the Worlds, where trade team rivals are...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Preliminary Squadra Azzurri for Mendrisio (road) consists of: Happy Puppy Ivan Basso Alessandro Ballan Pippo Pozzato Stefano Garzelli Michele Scarponi Giovanni Visconti Marzio Bruseghin Matteo Tosatto Luca Paolini Mauro Santambrogio Final nine will come from this eleven. Now, happy puppy looks really good in the Vuelta, won two GT stages since....err...2004 Giro. He can win this thing, at least I hope...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Italian Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) won the Coppa Bernocchi yesterday in Legnano, Italy. The win came in front of national director Franco Ballerini, 25 days before he selects the nine-man World Championships team. Paolini formed part of an escape group that went free on the fourth of five times up the Morazzone climb. He sprinted ahead of Danilo Hondo (PSK Whirlpool), Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC)...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
The selected Italian riders for the road race are: Paolo Bettini, Davide Rebellin, Alessandro Ballan, Damiano Cunego, Luca Paolini, Gabriele Bosisio, Maurizio Bruseghin, Andrea Tonti and Matteo Tosatto. Reserve riders will be Leonardo Bertagnolli and Francesco Ginanni. Manuel Quinziato and Marco Pinotti will ride the time trial. The big story is the non selection of Pozzato and Di Luca. About this,...
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