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After receiving a last-minute invite to the Drapac Professional Cycling team launch, I made my way down to Solitaire Jaguar feeling very nervous. I…
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After a thrilling victory in stage seven of this year's Giro d'Italia, Adam Hansen is one Aussie rider with reason to celebrate what has…
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We talk to Jo Hogan about her highly successful season thus far ahead of the 2013 La Fleche Wallonne. Q: Hi Jo, thanks for…
GreenEDGEfans had the chance to fire some questions to Australian rider Will Clarke, who is racing in his very first Paris-Roubaix in 2013. Robin,…
I met up with Matt Wilson recently, former rider and now Directeur Sportif (DS) of Orica-GreenEDGE, to talk to him about his new role,…
GreenEDGEFans spoke to Adam Hansen, domestique for Lotto-Belisol who will be a key worker for the World Championship Road Race on Sunday on the…
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GreenEDGEFans caught up with Adam Hansen of Lotto-Belisol on the eve of the Tour de France. GreenEDGEFans: Adam thanks for sparing us your time…
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I still reckon BMC will work to make Team Sky protect Wiggins. Taking the yellow to early in a stage race cannot always be beneficial. Evans last year won the TdF in the last stage!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Porte and Rogers on the front again. Big day for Team Sky. They will be up for it. Forget foxing for TdF, riders love to win!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Europacar going on the attack! There are some many gaps and group. Love terrain changing the deal for a race. Sky being isolated a fraction by defending the Jersey
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
In the downhill of col de Richemond, the chasers are closing the gaps and it’s been a great display of downhill riding to try to cross the gaps. It’s only a 35 km’s to finish and if they can come together to form a solid group they could stay away.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
With 9 riders only getting 30 seconds on the yellow jersey (wiggins), they will probably be caught despite heroics of the decenders.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
The decent experts are showing their magic down and fortitude
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Australians Porte and Rogers working hard to Catch Evans (BMC) for Wiggins (Sky). In an interview with Matt Wilson with http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/05/31/exclusive-interview-matthew-wilson-greenedge/ Wilson mentioned Australians watched the tour on TV can be confused by multiple Australians on different teams there is a perfect example
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
OK back to cycling. Wow is that Cadel Evans in front of Wiggins? Evans and 3 teammates have 1 minute. If you look at my preview I ask whether BMC will try to break or tire Wiggins. Boy, they have done it and great job! But not on the climb on the descent
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
OK switching over to cruddy lap top, to be in front of TV and fire that I lit 3 hours ago for the family, hope it works but at least, I leave this cold room!…PS have to put some little ones to bed too!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Any chance that a race that rivals the big European tours like Giro/Tour or classics like Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege could develop outside of Europe? or are all big races going to be always in Europe? I would like to hear your thoughts!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
OK live coverage is coming up. Any votes on Eurosport who is the best. I like Matty Keenan. On SBS I like Dave Mackenzie’s comments. Anyone else have an opinion?
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
16 riders away with only 30 seconds between the 10 in front and 6 chasing. Gosh I would love to see this climb but alas its probably going to be all over by the time coverage starts 😀
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
I made mention in my interview with Simon Clarke http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/06/08/simon-clarke-opens-greenedge/ about his electronic shifter issues in the Haut Var http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=Final+Kms+of+Haut+Var+Stage+2&dashboard=2012/uci-world-calendar&id=yAYVnlM-Z7U&yr=2012 goto 6 minutes and see how hard he works and the cadence! he busts his way all the way to the end respect!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Dimitri Fofonov (AST), Alberto Losada (KAT), Kevin Reza (EUC), José Sarmiento (LIQ), Rémi Di Gregorio (COF), Egoi Martinez (EUS), Arthur Vichot (FDJ), Daniel Navarro (SAX) Maxime Médérel and Fabrice Jeandesbosz (SAU) have an advantage of six minutes. They have just started the climb. Daniel Navarro is a faithful lieutenant of Contador and an excellent climber, Egoi Martínez is an excellent climber wow they have 6 minutes!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Amaury Sport Organisation orgnaises the Dauphiné, Tour De France and the Paris-Roubaix etc its show casing of the French countryside must be phenomenal to tourism…cycling is great..cycling is a worthwhile business! Get on-board!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Contador signs a 3 year deal with Saxo http://www.feltet.dk/nyheder/alberto_contador_vender_tilbage_til_riis/ use google translator. For cycling info Google Translator is fantastic! My view on contador/clenbuterol is on my blogspot… if you can’t find it your not looking hard enough 😀 Gap is out to 5 mins!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Jeezables? featured beautifully on Danny MacAskill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw&feature=related How does he do that?
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Fofonov, Losada, Reza, Sarmiento, DiGregorio, Martinez, Vichot, Navarro, Jeandesboz, Mederel lead by 3:25 at 75 km’s. I’m leading 3 glasses to 2 against my wife!
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Frst KOM has come through on the cote de Corlier – 1 Kadri, 2 Edet, 3 Moncoutie, 4 Pauriol 5 Feillu, 6 Moinard that puts David Moncoutie is 2nd place equal with Nicolas Edet. So certainly Cofidis are out to try to take the Mountains Jersey after today.
Total KOM standings after first climb Kadri 36, Edet 37 and Moncoutié 37. Can the two Cofidies riders work together to spoil Kadri’s party
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
On another note Orica-GreenEDGE will be starting the Tour de Suisse on Saturday with Allan Davis, Baden Cooke, Cameron Meyer, Jens Keukeleire, Michael Albasini, Mitchell Docker, Sebastian Langeveld and Stuart O’Grady. They raced last night with the GP Canton d’Argovie. Defending Champ Swiss rider Michael Albasini came 4th
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Wow fast first hour at 48.3 km/h. 6 man break has only 6 seconds..doomed and Sky is controlling the peloton. Its hard for non-cycling people to understand how important it is to defend the leaders jersey. Teams will generally do their chances a disservice in order to honour the jersey. This is very important in races like Grand Tours. Tommie Vockler’s defence of the Jersey at last year’s TdF made him a national hero in France. Its often not about winning either, teams will honour the jersey by fighting for it even though their chances are slim. Cycling rocks! If I was in the trenches I would want a cyclist with me.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
just to make a fool of me a 4-man breakaway has been formed at the 16 km mark, Manuel Quinziato (BMC), Jurgen van de Walle (LTB), Edouard Vorganov (KAT) and David Tanner (SAX). David Tanner is an Aussie rider with Saxobank started out professionally as a stagiaire with barlowworld before slipping into Pro-con with red Rock and fly V before Bjarne Riis took him up. Riis seems to have a healthy respect for Aussie riders.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
over 10 K’s done and no one is interested in a breakaway…its raining! How many going to drop their bike on way day the climbs of the day.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
A few more additions to non-starters , Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano), Seb Rosseler (Garmin) and Seb Vanmarcke (Garmin)..2 talented Garmin riders out…saving themselves for Ryder Hesjedal to do the Giro/TdF double….can anyone do that?
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog
Good comment on Eurosport about tiring out the Leaders team and next day go on the attack. Australian Richie Porte doing and fantastic jon on front second Time trial for the Tasmanian.
STAGE 5 Critérium du Dauphiné: Live updates, blog