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Search Results for: "2012 team preview"
Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Euskaltel-Euskadi
A few months ago it looked as if this year’s Tour de France might have been the last for Euskaltel-Euskadi. Luckily, while Euskadi appears to be moving on, Euskaltel is reportedly stepping-in to fund the World Tour squad for a few more seasons. Crisis averted—at least for now. As to the race itself, Euskaltel-Euskadi comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, astarloza, egoi martinez, Euskatel-Euskadi, samuel sanchez, tour de france
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: FDJ-BigMat
FDJ-BigMat possesses one of the best young rosters in the sport—certainly in France. But while some teams might be tempted to rush young talent to the Tour de France, FDJ is resisting the temptation and leaving men like Arnaud Demare and Nacer Bohanni (the new French road race champion) at home. Instead, the team is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Bohanni, casar, Demare, FdJ-BigMat, fedrigo, Jeremy Roy, pinot, tour de france
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Garmin-Sharp
Garmin-Sharp is first of a few teams heading to the Tour de France with more than one GC option. In fact, they have three of them. Giro d’Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal leads the way in an attempt to do what no rider has done since Marco Pantani in 1998—win both races in the same season. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Dan Martin, Garmin-Sharp, hesjedal, slipstream, Tom Danielson, tour de france, vande velde
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Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Katusha
Russia’s Katusha Team comes to Liege Saturday with a two-pronged approach to this year’s Tour de France: help Denis Menchov obtain as high a GC finish as possible and win a stage or two (and perhaps challenge for the green jersey) with Oscar Freire. While not incredibly lofty, these goals might seem a tad unrealistic … Continue reading
Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Lampre-ISD
I hate to say it, but Lampre (along with a few other teams) might be proof that the World Tour’s automatic grand tour entry policy might need some tweaking. Yes, the team won two stages and the green jersey in 2010, but any team whose grand tour prospects hinge upon Alessandro Petacchi might need to … Continue reading
Tour de France 2012 Team Preview: Liquigas-Cannondale
After a disastrous Giro d’Italia in which the team failed to win a stage or mount a serious GC challenge, Liquigas-Cannondale heads to the Tour de France with Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan—the team’s most successful riders so far this season. Nibali last rode the Tour de France in 2009 and finished seventh in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, liquigas-cannondale, peter sagan, tour de france, vincenzo nibali
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