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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
The 9th edition of the Tour of Qatar kicks off from Saudi Arabia beginning on Sunday, and it will offer cycling fans a chance to see some of the world's fastest sprinters ahead of the bigger races of the 2010 season. A solid lineup of riders are ready to contest the event, and it should be dramatic racing from start to finish. Defending champion Tom Boonen will lead the Quick Step team in Qatar, as...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
The Italian Lampre squad made some big moves and decisions in the off season. Not only did they sign Italian super sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, but their stage race leader Damiano Cunego declared that he was done riding for the classification in stage races and would instead shift his focus to one day races and stage wins in all three grand tours. Lampre, a relative outlier in 2009, should be a ofrce...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 25/01/2010
With a 2010 schedule full of challenges ranging from defending his Milan-San Remo win to the green jersey at the Tour de France to even a run at the rainbow jersey in Australia, Mark Cavendish has one big question mark on where he will race in May.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/01/2010
Mark Cavendish has been forced to delay the start of his 2010 season by an ongoing dental problem. The 24-year-old has become the world's premier sprinter and his goals for 2010 are to win the Tour de France green jersey – awarded to the most consistent finisher – and to win stages at the three Grand Tours – France, Italy and Spain. But his hopes may be hampered after it was announced...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/01/2010
Dental problems and an infection have resulted in Britain's Mark Cavendish delaying the start to his season.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/01/2010
• HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipe wins Clare-Tanunda stage • Henderson fifth on Team Sky's competitive debut in Australia Forty-eight hours after a one-two finish in the first event of the international cycling season, Team Sky could not maintain their perfect start in the second. Instead, stage one of the Tour Down Under saw order restored, and supremacy passing back to a familiar outfit, HTC-Columbia,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/01/2010
• HTC-Columbia will rebuff any attempt to sign their star rider • Owner is happy with competition from Team Sky HTC-Columbia are prepared to rebuff any approach from Sky for the British rider Mark Cavendish. With Sky having set a precedent with their pursuit and capture of Bradley Wiggins from Garmin, the US team are braced for any approach for their star rider. Today Bob Stapleton, the...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 18/01/2010
Riccardo Riccò has shrugged off comments made by Mark Cavendish that he is a "parasite" and insists he is remorseful about taking CERA before the 2008 Tour de France. Riccò’s 20-month ban for taking the banned blood boosting drug ends on March 18, just two days before Milano-Sanremo, which he hopes to ride. On Friday Riccò is expected to be the star of the Flaminia...
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The Corporate Bubble - Commentary by Phil Jones (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
If you haven't heard of Mark Cavendish , you should of. Six stage winner in last years Tour de France, he's one of the best cycling sprinters of all time. I read his auto-biography over Christmas, it's a cracker, honest, fiery, critical, one of those reads you can't put down. One particular element of the story I want to share with you. It relates to Cav's (his nickname) rejection of sports scientist...
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Euro Peloton - Pro Cycling News (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
The 2010 Santos Tour Down Under will kick off the new cycling season in the coming days, and some heavy hitters are heading to Australia to contest the 12th edition of the race. Below are the riders to watch for the first Pro Tour race of 2010. Allan Davis and Andre Greipel will command much of the pre-race hype as potential stage and overall winners. See summaries for each rider here and here . Both...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
Mark Cavendish signalled that the World Road Championships is a major goal for him over the next two years and this year's Championships in Melbourne, Australia, will sit alongside the Tour de France as one of his two major season objectives for 2010. "The World Championships is a big target. It'd be nice to win Milan-Sanremo with number one on my back, but in terms of wins, the Tour de France...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
• 'It's like a parasite coming back into the sport' • Ricco may line up against Cavendish in Milan-San Remo race Mark Cavendish has condemned the imminent return to cycling of Riccardo Ricco, the Italian rider who was ejected from the Tour de France two years ago and given a 20-month ban from the sport after testing positive for CERA, the third-generation form of the human growth hormone...
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Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
Mark Cavendish declared that he will only consider this year’s Tour de France a success if he finishes with the green jersey for top points winner.
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 12/01/2010
Mark Cavendish blasted the imminent return of Riccardo Riccò and said George Hincapie’s move to BMC was a “massive loss” as the British ace confronts the 2010 season replete with new goals and challenges.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/01/2010
Team HTC Columbia want Britain's Mark Cavendish to stand on the podium at the Tour de France this year as winner of the sprinter's green jersey.