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Old 21-06-2012, 20:57
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Garmin-Barracuda:

Tom Danielson
Tyler Farrar
Ryder Hesjedal
Robbie Hunter
Dan Martin
David Millar
Christian Vande Velde
Johan Vansummeren
David Zabriskie
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:03
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Rabobank:

Laurens ten Dam
Robert Gesink
Steven Kruijswijk
Bauke Mollema
Mark Renshaw
Luis Leon Sanchez
Bram Tankink
Maarten Tjallingii
Maarten Wynants
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:11
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Astana:

Alexandr Vinokurov
Jani Brajkovič
Borut Bozič
Dmitry Fofonov
Andriy Grivko
Maxim Iglinskiy
Andrey Kashechkin
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Robert Kiserlovski
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:16
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Lotto Belisol:

Lars Bak
Francis De Greef
André Greipel
Adam Hansen
Greg Henderson
Jürgen Roelandts
Marcel Sieberg
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Jelle Vanendert
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:18
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Omega Pharma-Quickstep:

Chavanel
De Weert
Devenyns
Grabsch
Leipheimer
Martin
Pineau
Vandenbergh
Velits
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:22
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Euskaltel-Euskadi:


Samuel Sánchez
Gorka Verdugo
Mikel Astarloza
Egoi Martínez
Rubén Pérez
Pablo Urtasun
Gorka Izagirre
Jorge Azanza
Amets Txurruka
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:23
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Katusha:

Giampaolo Caruso
Oscar Freire
Vladimir Gusev
Joan Horrach
Aliaksandr Kuchynski
Denis Menchov
Luca Paolini
Yuriy Trofimov
Eduard Vorganov
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Old 21-06-2012, 21:25
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RadioShack-Nissan:

Fabian Cancellara
Tony Gallopin
Chris Horner
Andreas Klöden
Maxime Monfort
Yaroslav Popovych
Frank Schleck
Jens Voigt
Haimar Zubeldia.
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Old 21-06-2012, 22:16
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RadioShack-Nissan:

Fabian Cancellara
Tony Gallopin
Chris Horner
Andreas Klöden
Maxime Monfort
Yaroslav Popovych
Frank Schleck
Jens Voigt
Haimar Zubeldia.
Poor Gallopin. The only youngster stuck in with that mob of old fogeys. It'll be like going on holiday with your parents
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Old 21-06-2012, 23:08
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Poor Gallopin. The only youngster stuck in with that mob of old fogeys. It'll be like going on holiday with your parents
Have to say I was totally underwhelmed when I saw that team.
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Old 22-06-2012, 19:08
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UK championship races on Sunday - highlights on ITV4 on Monday at 19:00
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Old 22-06-2012, 20:19
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Have to say I was totally underwhelmed when I saw that team.
Despite having no veterans, Garmin are close behind RSNT's average age with only two riders under 30. Putting Hesjedal as leader so soon after the Giro suggests a lack of depth in the squad.

With Vino back again for Astana there does seem to be a shortage of young talent to nudge the over-35's into retirement.

Given the two favourites odds are to narrow to be worthwhile, who are people backing if there is going to be an upset?
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Old 23-06-2012, 12:06
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Sir Chris Hoy refutes suspicion of Carr-like tax arrangements on his website:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ived-loan-firm
http://www.chrishoy.com/
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Old 24-06-2012, 17:13
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Tom Boonen Belgian Champion 2012
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Old 24-06-2012, 22:52
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Tom Boonen Belgian Champion 2012
And some other winners that are likely to feature in big races over the next 12 months:

France - Nacer Bouhanni (very talented young sprinter)
Germany - Fabian Wegmann
Ireland - Matt Brammeier
Italy - Franco Pellizotti
Netherlands - Niki Terpstra
Norway - Edvald Boasson Hagen
Russia - Eduard Vorganov
Slovakia - Peter Sagan (who else...)
Spain - Francisco Ventoso

And the British champion, in case you don't know and want to watch the highlights on ITV4 tomorrow:

Spoiler
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Old 24-06-2012, 23:54
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At least that means Movistar still have the Spanish champ.

Sagan, eh? Who'd'a thunk it?
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Old 25-06-2012, 00:15
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At least that means Movistar still have the Spanish champ.

Sagan, eh? Who'd'a thunk it?
I forgot the biggest surprise, the Schleck Family Invitational, aka the Luxembourg RR was won by... Laurent Didier!
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Old 25-06-2012, 01:31
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I forgot the biggest surprise, the Schleck Family Invitational, aka the Luxembourg RR was won by... Laurent Didier!

The one who isn't a Schleck won it! pmsl
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Old 27-06-2012, 21:03
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Radio 5 Live Sport preview of the Tour: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...0626-2334a.mp3
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Old 30-06-2012, 10:31
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The first of the ITV4 and SBS Tour podcasts have been uploaded:
http://downloads.itv.com/podcasttdf.xml
http://feeds.feedburner.com/cyclingcentral

and a chat with the ITV presenter Ned Boulting:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBikeShow

TV schedule for the Tour:
http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/search.shtml?query=cycling
http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/tour...live-schedule/ plus evening highlights.
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Old 30-06-2012, 11:12
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I thought it started tomorrow but it's today !

Early starts on Eurosport as well - 12.30 for the next few days (1.15 for the prologue today)

This is going to require some personal schedule rearrangements !
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Old 30-06-2012, 15:38
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Decent ride from Gilbert, didn't think he'd be as high. Could ride into yellow tomorrow with that.
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Old 30-06-2012, 15:52
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Sagan's on the road now, could be looking at the leader tonight. Got Zabriskie to chase ahead of him
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Old 30-06-2012, 15:59
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...and Sagan slips...
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