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Category Archives: Races
Pavé’s Vuelta a España Coverage
The 2011 Vuelta a Espana begins Saturday with a team time trial in Benidorm and runs a 3,321 kilometer route through Spain until Sunday, September 11th with a closing stage to Madrid. Though some are too worn out by a long race season to follow the third Grand Tour of the year closely, we here … Continue reading
Revenge at the Vuelta?
Last month, Bradley Wiggins indicated that he would ride the Vuelta a Espana as preparation for the World Championships. It’s hard not to think that he would also be riding it as a bit of season-salvage following a disappointing Tour de France, in which he crashed out with a broken collarbone on Stage 7. A vengeange-fueled … Continue reading
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Tagged Brajkovic, radioshack, rodriguez, van den broeck, vuelta, wiggins
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Weekend Preview – Poland, Denmark, & Spain
This weekend, three of August’s most important stage races wrap-up in Poland, Denmark, and Spain. Here’s a quick run-down what’s going on: 1. Last week, I predicted that Peter Sagan would win two stages and the overall at the Tour of Poland. Until today, the Slovakian Champion looked poised to fulfill that prediction, with two … Continue reading
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Tagged Burgos, Dan Martin, marco marcato, peter sagan, tour of denmark, tour of poland
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Weekend Preview – San Sebastian and Poland
The “second half†of the season gets underway this weekend, with Pro Tour races in Spain and Poland. For some, the weekend is the last bit of racing before a well-deserved post-Tour break; for others, it begins the final build-up to the Vuelta a Espana and the autumn classics. Saturday’s Clasica San Sebastian will … Continue reading
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Tagged Clasica San Sebastian, D. Martin, luis leon sanchez, peter sagan, samuel sanchez, tour of poland, weekend preview
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2011 Tour de France – Sprinter Check-up
Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France Prior to the 2011 Tour de France, we were asking ourselves some questions about what we could expect from the fast finishers in this year’s edition. Would Mark Cavendish continue his reign of terror? Could perennial … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Boasson Hagen, Cavendish, farrar, greipel, hushovd, petacchi, rojas, sprinters, sprints, tour de france
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Classics Hardmen in the Tour – A Performance Report
Pavé would like to thank Handspun, Clément, and Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Tour de France It’s no secret that we here at Pavé have a special place in our hearts for classics hardmen. How did those whose careers are defined on the pavé, hellingen, and April rain fare in this year’s … Continue reading