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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Ever since next year's Tour route was announced and probably well before, Mark Cavendish has proclaimed his intentions of winning the Green Jersey that Thor Hushovd won last year. Of course, the God of Thunder's fashion sense has told him that Green will still be In next year so he'd like to keep it too. Then there's the like-minded Green obsessions of Ale-Jet, Benna, The Wenatchee Whippet, and several...
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PezCycling News.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Message by Edmond Hood We've said it before; if the stars are out, Pez won't be far away. The recent Amstel exhibition race on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, was contested by the likes of Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd - with Alberto Contador running out as winner. American Patrick Lyons was on the scene, mingling and racing with the stars. Here's what he had to say...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
By Bryn Lennon, Getty Images Sport Tom Boonen is a cross between a sprinter and a strong cobbled classics rider. He’s a multiple winner of both major cobbled classics, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. He’s also won six stages of the Tour de France along with the green points jersey in the Tour and the rainbow jersey of World Champion. Add to that most of the other cobbled races,...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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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ABC (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Cadel Evans abandoned Silence Lotto to join BMC Racing Team in a bid to strengthen his claim for a maiden Tour de France victory, but the wheels could fall off the twice runner-up's challenge before the race even starts.
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Attached is a poll to determine the Podium Cafe 2009 Rider of the Year. Barring a catastrophic outcome, the poll results will determine the winner. Poll compiled based on your submissions . Vote ends Friday at noon Pacific. Poll Who is the 2009 Rider of the Year? Cadel Evans Alberto Contador Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Thor Hushovd Edvald Boasson Hagen Philippe Gilbert Heinrich Haussler Andy Schleck...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Castelli unveiled its new "Dress Like a Pro" program at this year's Interbike show whereby regular consumers will now have access to exact same custom clothing pieces as supplied to the Cervelo Test Team - instead of diluted pieces that only look like the real thing. The program is in its second year, but the line is being re-launched this year with several redeveloped pieces thanks to work...
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Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
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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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Haussler looking forward to cobbles More RadioShack transfers confirmed Brailsford plans for 2010 Tour Aldag foresees exciting Tour Autopsy reveals no alcohol in Vandenbroucke's system Vandenbroucke: last calls from Senegal Valverde CAS hearing in November, but longer wait in store Vaughters already formulating 2010 Tour team
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
It was the first time Heinrich Haussler attended the official Tour de France route presentation in Paris' Palis des Congrès yesterday, and the German-Australian rider was impressed. Seated in the front row beside his team leader Thor Hushovd, Haussler had all the reasons to be present, as he won a stage in the Tour this year and fully revealed his potential since his joining Cervélo...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
MARK CAVENDISH said he expects to win more than six stages on next year's Tour de France after the race route was released yesterday.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Tour de France 2010 which was unveiled in Paris today will be one for the climbers with few sprint chances.
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
2009 green jersey winner Thor Hushovd aims to strike yellow as well as defend his points title in the 2010 Tour de France. The race kicks off in Rotterdam with an 8 kilometre prologue, something that Hushovd believes he is capable of winning. "I think I can perform really well in the prologue," the Norwegian sprinter told Cyclingnews after the 2010 route was announced in Paris. "I've...
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VeloNews (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Thor Hushovd wants to make it loud and clear: he’s intending on racing the 2010 Tour de France and defending his green jersey. There were some conflicting reports that the Norwegian winner of the 2009 sprinter’s jersey might skip the Tour, but the Cervélo TestTeam rider confirmed that next July will be much like this year. “Winning the green jersey was my major objective for...
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