Alessandro Gambino and Filippo Barazzuol have signed a contract with the GT-Brondello Pro Team for 2010. The news comes after the team has already signed two mountain bikers: Paolo Montoya and Marco Osella. Barazzuol has done well at mountain bike races like the Ironbike and is an accomplished marathoner. He will attend the Italian marathon series races such as the Marathon Tour and the PiemonteMTB as well as the Italian National Marathon Championships. Gambino finished third at the Italian cyclo-cross …
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A cyclist has been named sportsman of the year in Morocco. Abdelaati Saadoune received the honour in the North African country, ahead of football player Marouane Chamakh and track athlete Amin Laalou. Saadoune, 34, is the current leader of the UCI’s Africa Tour. This year he won the overall title in the Tour du Faso, and was fifth in both the road race and time trial at the African Championships, as well as second in the Moroccan national time trial. He won two stages in the Tour of Rwanda, in which …
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In the third installment of 2009 highlights, Cyclingnews asks more industry insiders how they saw things this past year. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Daniel Benson (Managing Editor, Cyclingnews ) Best performance: They say the sign of a champion is how they bounce back from adversity or defeat, and Cadel Evans’ ride in the Wolds proved exactly how big a champion he is. The Australian had a disastrous Tour de France – from competitors sniggering at his attacks to being dropped as soon as the road …
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Xavier Tondo is planning to ride his first Giro d’Italia in 2010, to help support Cervelo TestTeam captain Carlos Sastre. The 31-year-old Spaniard is joining the Swiss-based team after having ridden for various Professional and Continental-ranked Spanish teams, most recently for Andalucia-Cajasur. The 31-year-old told Marca.com, “I am more than satisfied with the planning the team has prepared for me. And I’m really looking forward to the Giro. I know I will go to Italy with one goal: to work …
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Marcus Burghardt is preparing to start a new stage in his career, as he gets ready to ride for BMC Racing Team in 2010. The German had spent all five of his pro years with T-Mobile and then Columbia-HTC. “I can tell how the time flies by, or shall I say, sprints by,” the 26-year-old said on his website, marcus-burghardt.com . “They were good years, in which I learned a lot. There were highs and lows, as every athlete experiences.” His first career highlight was “unquestionably” …
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After leaving Lampre at the end of 2009, Mauro Santambrogio is off to a US-based team to help the current and former World Champions at BMC Racing Team. “I cannot wait to get back into the game,” he said. “The idea of riding for a U.S. team is really exciting and also somewhat intriguing.” He picked to ride for BMC for the coming year for one simple reason: “I had confidence in these people. In my opinion it is the team of the future.” Santambrogio, 25, has ridden …
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The Astana team will likely have a strong Kazakh flavour for the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, where the team will aim to defend Alberto Contador’s title. The team indicated this on Saturday when Kazakh Federation Vice President Nikola
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After being out of contention for much of the race, American Jonathan Page (Planet Bike)
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The World Cup mountain bike race in Houffalize, Belgium, scheduled for May 2010 will most likely not be held, due to financial shortfalls. The news is expected to be officially announced Monday night. The Houffalize Commune is expected to cancel the race due to an 80,000 Euro shortfall, according to the Belgian website Actu24.be. The city “will not bear the burden alone,” said Mayor Mark Capri. The race would be cancelled entirely “unless we have the promise of support” from …
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