Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 24, 2009, 12:00 pm
2010 will see a big influx of new cycling teams, as Sky, Radioshack and BMC all plan on honing in on the highest level of the sport. Behind strong management, each of the above mentioned teams will be...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 23, 2009, 12:04 pm
Mark Cavendish enjoyed a banner 2009 season behind one of the best teams in the sport of cycling, Columbia-HTC. The Englishman was able to dominate in almost every sprint he contested in 2009, thanks ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 20, 2009, 4:27 pm
Initial reports from Alberto Contador's camp have the Spaniard staying with Astana for 2010. For one reason or another Contador has not bee able to get out of his Astana contract, and so he will r...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 18, 2009, 3:26 pm
Kim Kirchen left the best team of 2009, Columbia, to join the Russian Katuysha outfit for 2010. The climbing-oriented Kirchen will be one of Katuysha's strongest riders in 2010, but whether he'...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 17, 2009, 5:14 pm
Floyd Landis and his OUCH team have agreed to mutually part ways as the former stage race front runner plans to take on, according to an official press release, "the longer, tougher stage races offere...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 14, 2009, 12:41 pm
The Tour of Missouri has attracted a better field each time it has run. Behind top-flight management from Medalist Sports and challenging parcours despite a less than dynamic state layout, Missouri ha...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 13, 2009, 4:59 pm
One of the most interesting facts to come out of EP's recent poll (results below and still time to vote!) regarding past dopers is that those riders who were contrite and apologetic seem to fare f...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 12, 2009, 4:25 pm
Stijn Devolder has more than earned his salary over the past two seasons for his Quick Step team by winning the Tour of Flanders. The Belgian took top honors two years in a row at the Flemish monument...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 11, 2009, 2:52 pm
The strange and irritating saga of Alexander Vinokourov continues. In typical "Vino" fashion, the ex-doper and liar Vinokourov claimed that former teammate Andrey Kasheckin was a risk for the Astana t...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 9, 2009, 4:10 pm
... again in terrible rainy conditions, and this time it was the American Thomas Peterson of the Garmin team who was able to follow a blistering attack by Levi Leipheimer to take his ... no longer...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 7, 2009, 7:39 pm
It's one of the most mythical accomplishments in all of cycling: the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double. Many have attempted it, but few have been so lucky to accomplish it in the modern era ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 6, 2009, 5:23 pm
Over the course of the 2009 cycling season, names like Menchov, Contador, Gilbert and Cavendish were synonymous with big time performance. These riders, and others came to the fore for their respectiv...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 4, 2009, 2:41 pm
In this past year's Tour de France, Cadel Evans sank far down the overall classification, completely off form and without the legs to follow the other leaders at the Tour de France. Meanwhile, his...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Nov 2, 2009, 3:59 pm
Cadel Evans, like he did in Mendrisio at the world championships, acted swiftly and decisively over the final few weeks of the 2009 cycling season, and Australia's best stage racer has chosen to s...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 31, 2009, 10:19 am
Since the mass exodus of Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and a host of other talented cyclists from the Astana cycling team, the Kazakh-based squad has become a sort of refuge for riders who have had ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 28, 2009, 5:32 pm
Michael Rasmussen was on the precipice of greatness two years ago at the Tour de France before being unceremoniously booted from the race by his own team for lying about his whereabouts on a UCI form....
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 27, 2009, 3:42 pm
Gilberto SimoniAt 38 years of age, Gilberto Simoni seems at the end of the road in his professional cycling career. A hero in his home country of Italy, "Gibo" has two Giro d'Italia wins to his cr...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 26, 2009, 5:52 pm
The BMC cycling team is no longer a mid-level domestic squad. They have, over the past few months, morphed into a powerhouse team with an International roster capable of winning a variety of races in ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 24, 2009, 1:15 pm
Damiano Cunego has finally seen the light. Citing "stress" as the determining factor for a change of approach in 2010, the punchy Italian climber has decided that trying for the GC at grand tours is t...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 23, 2009, 5:43 pm
Huge news in the cycling world today as the world's best stage racer, Alberto Contador, was freed from his contract to the Kazahk-based Astana team. Contador can now move forward with signing with...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 22, 2009, 5:41 pm
In what is sure to be an annual occurance, the Amgen Tour of California today announced its official route and host cities, along with several big name American riders that will ride in the May stage ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 21, 2009, 5:10 pm
The embattled Astana cycling team announced the signing of Spanish climber David De La Fuente and Italian domestique Paolo Tiralongo recently, adding two nice support riders to the team of defending T...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 20, 2009, 3:02 pm
Alessandro Petacchi has been one of the world's top sprinters for the last ten plus years, but recently he has not been able to match up against the best riders in the world in many of the biggest...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 19, 2009, 3:59 pm
Tom Boonen recently made comment that he is thinking about targeting the world time trial championship next year in Australia. To say the least, this comment is hugely surprising. Yes, Tom Boonen is a...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 17, 2009, 11:22 am
Back in 2006, Philippe Gilbert took his first semi-classic victory at the Belgian one day race Omloop Het Volk after a successful amateur career that saw him win the points title and a stage at th...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 16, 2009, 3:48 pm
Over the course of 2009, now former Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel saw a cycling empire he created slowly deteriorate, leaving him with a new venture, but without the best stage racing rider in th...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 14, 2009, 3:58 pm
... the final climb, as he looks to build momentum for 2010. A top three is well within reach. Sammy Sanchez of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team hasn't had any huge results thus far in 2009, but he, ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 14, 2009, 2:33 pm
... line with a head start at 250 meters. His radio was useless in San Remo and look how he won: On grit and emotion ... pair of eyes, especially at these speeds! Look, I'm all for race drama, a...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 13, 2009, 5:10 pm
Juan Mauricio Soler burst onto the professional cycling scene in 2007 at the biggest bike race in the world, the Tour de France. A tall, gangly climber with a nose like a hawk, Soler drew wry comments...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 12, 2009, 5:44 pm
Since our last post over a week ago, a lot has gone down in the cycling world. Although it has only been 11 days, it feels like a lifetime. Hopefully EP is back on track, ready to post again on a dail...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Oct 1, 2009, 6:24 pm
With Cadel Evans' recent victory at the road world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland in the books, the attention now shifts to the Aussie's native country and the city of Melbourne and G...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 30, 2009, 7:05 pm
Sometimes it is very easy to forget that many of the top cyclists in the world are under 30 years old. And for most of us, we would likely look back on our 20's and remember that we made many judg...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 27, 2009, 7:06 pm
Evans needed a big win, and he got the biggest possible one day result in Mendrisio Cadel Evans, fair or not, has been categorized over his career as a follower, a wheel sucker, and an overly conserva...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 23, 2009, 8:15 pm
More from Mendrisio at the elite women's and junior men's time trials . . . Cervelo TestTeam's Martin Reimer. Reigning road champion of Germany at the tender age of 22. Where the truth b...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 22, 2009, 8:17 pm
As promised, on the scene pics from Mendrisio at this year's world championship . . . . Cancellara's TT training bike Mendrisio is bee-you-ta-full Cancellara looks relaxed and skinnier than...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 18, 2009, 9:09 pm
A quick note of apology for the lack of posts over the past few weeks. I had been preparing for a "procedure" on my knee (successfully completed yesterday afternoon), and so had to devote maximum time...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 15, 2009, 9:58 pm
As was the case in 2008, the 2009 world road championship will be contested on a hilly and challenging parcours, which should result in exciting racing an tense moments between most of the best one da...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 14, 2009, 5:32 pm
Alejandro Valverde, for the first time in his career, seems poised to win a grand tour. Behind solid rides in the high mountains and a good individual time trial, Valverde has held his adversaries in ...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 11, 2009, 2:59 pm
Bob Stapleton's 2009 Columbia-HTC team will go down in history as one of the most dominant teams in recent memory. Behind the best sprinter in the world Mark Cavendish and a lead-out train compris...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 9, 2009, 5:15 pm
When Ivan Basso was serving his two year suspension for "attempted" blood doping, the Italian claimed that he would show everyone that his results prior to his suspension were legitimate. He talked ab...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 8, 2009, 5:51 pm
Tom Danielson seemed on the brink of obscurity only a few months ago. Constant injuries, low confidence and budding talent all around him made it look as though the former phenom was headed for an ear...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 5, 2009, 11:42 pm
On the eve of the first tough mountain stage of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana, Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans stand about a minute down on the GC and seems in perfect position to make a run at the top ste...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 4, 2009, 3:12 pm
Jacopo Guarnieri may not be a name that you are familiar with right now, but over the remainder of 2009 and into 2010 the young sprinter of the Liquigas team will likely garner your and the rest of th...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Sep 2, 2009, 5:32 pm
Big week for American cycling. George Hincapie, after an amazing USPRO championship victory on home soil, announced that he is headed to the Swiss outfit BMC for 2010. The Greenville native was linked...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 28, 2009, 4:02 pm
Top notch cycling returns to the Greenville area this coming weekend with the Greenville Hospital System US Pro time trial and road cycling championships. Last year's time trial champion David Zab...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 25, 2009, 3:39 pm
Most cycling fans are aware of the top favorites for the overall title at the upcoming Vuelta a Espana. Names like Valverde, Basso, Sanchez and Evans are top of mind in the hunt for the golden race le...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 24, 2009, 12:38 pm
Floyd Landis has been put through the ringer over the past few years. Not only did he have to deal with a very public and drawn out trial for doping at the 2006 Tour de France, which he lost, but he a...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 21, 2009, 12:17 pm
Juan Jose Haedo burst onto the cycling scene back in 2006 at the first ever Amgen Tour of California. Riding for the now extinct Toyota-United team, Haedo upstaged some big names at that 2006 Tour, ta...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 20, 2009, 3:51 pm
The 2010 Tour of Missouri promises to be an exciting one, and many of cycling's top names have thrown their hats into the ring as participants in the seven day event. In addition to a strong Ameri...
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Briggs H. posted an article on Euro Peloton - Aug 19, 2009, 8:13 pm

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