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The Exotic of Europe

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Most people think in summer spring they think of a wild week of beaches and bikinis. Though that type of vacation is a week of crazy fun, but for me was little bit different.
I start went down to the France, the country with beautiful and romantic language. In Paris (The Fashion City of France) where [...]

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Indoor Cycling

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

The first official artistic cycling World Championships were held in 1956. This sport is most popular in Germany, where there are no fewer than 10000 licence holders. As a sport, artistic cycling is a bit like ice-skating or gymnastics. It is a discipline requiring skill, balance, concentration and courage. The competitors (entering either as individuals [...]

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Cross-country Mountain Bike World Cup

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The Olympic Champion, Julien Absalon, has won at Houffalize for the first time. It is the French rider’s 13th World Cup win and he logically takes the lead in the overall standings.

Nino Schurter made a big impression with his second place, the best result of his career. Christoph Sauser also put in a great performance [...]

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Italy’s Damiano Cunego of the Lampre team is the new leader of the UCI ProTour after winning the Amstel Gold Race on Holland.

Cunego beat Frank Schleck (CSC) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) in a thrilling sprint to the finish at the summit of the Cauberg climb after an exciting race through the twisting hills of [...]

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British Cycling returned to Aigle, Swizerland, this week to train on the BMX track at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in preparation for the European BMX Championships.
British Cycling was the first National Federation to send its athletes to train on the track after its reconstruction a year ago. The track was completely modified to resemble [...]

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A record field of more than 400 competitors will line up at the start of the first leg of the 2008 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Olympic Cross Country competition this weekend.
Some 273 men and 130 women are expected on the start line in Houffalize, Belgium, on Sunday April 20. This represents a World [...]

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The Tour of Taiwan provided the highlight in March with the American John Murphy emerging victorious by the tightest of margins in cold pre-summer weather.
An expanded race of eight stages, the Tour of Taiwan got off to a splendid start with Wong Kam Po of the Hong Kong national team registering the first of his [...]

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The Tour of Flanders is one of the biggest races in the World Cup Series. The race runs in parallel with the men’s (Pro Tour) event, with the closing kilometres covering the same parcours. The legendary climbs of the Muur (in Geraardsbergen) and Bosberg (11% and with 400 metres of cobbles) just 12 kilometres from [...]

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Greipel to defend his ProTour lead

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Get ready for an intense week of ProTour action, starting this Sunday with the Tour of Flanders.

More than two months since he secured his strong opening lead in Australia’s Tour Down Under, German Andrei Greipel will be back in ProTour action this Sunday - in one of cycling’s most hallowed Classics.

The High Road sprinter was [...]

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Contador claims historic Giro win

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has become the first non-Italian to win the Giro d’Italia since 1996.
The Spaniard beat Italy’s Riccardo Ricco by one minute 57 seconds, despite failing to win a stage of the three-week long race.
Marzio Bruseghin finished third, 2:54 behind Contador.
The final stage, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno [...]

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