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• A Focus On Team BMC Pro Cycling
  February 6th, 2010
  

  So when was the last time you got to ride with two world road champions, and one US road champion at the same time? Well, for me this dream come true happened on January 27th, 2010 at the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp media day.
  Bicycle.net was invited to the training camp [...]

• Team BMC Pro Cycling Training Camp Photo Gallery
  January 30th, 2010
  

  On January 27th Bicycle.net was invited to attend the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp in Agoura, CA. We had the rare opportunity to not only interview the riders but to actually go on a ride with the team. Just for a minute imagine the thrill to ride with;
  *Cadel Evans – 2009 World [...]

• More Freedom With New Team BMC, Says Evans
  November 2nd, 2009
  

  SYDNEY, Nov 2, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans said Monday his switch to the American BMC team gives him the freedom to plan his own programme.
  Evans, a two-time runner-up on the Tour de France, in 2007 and 2008, has announced he will leave [...]

• Valverde Facing Tough Road To Rainbow Jersey Win
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  MENDRISIO, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde will find out on Sunday whether his recent Tour of Spain triumph costs him the chance to finally be crowned world champion.
  The Spaniard begins the blue riband event of the world road race championships, a 262.2km [...]

• Italy Names Formidable Team For Worlds Road Race
  September 14th, 2009
  

  ROME, Sept 14, 2009 (AFP) – Alessandro Ballan and former Tour of Italy winners Damiano Cunego and Ivan Basso have been named in a formidable Italian team for the world road race championships later this month.
  Although Ballan is the reigning champion his Lampre team-mate Cunego is the form man of [...]

• BMC Announces the Signing Of Two More Riders For 2010
  September 9th, 2009
  

  On the heels of signing some of the most established riders in the peloton such as Georges Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Alessandro Ballan, Marcus Burghardt and Steve Moribito, BMC is reiterating its dedication to building a team of youthful talents by signing Mauro Santambrogio (25) from Italy and Alexander Kristoff (22) from Norway.
  Cut his [...]

• BMC Racing Team Signs “Big George” Hincapie, Alessandro Ballan, And More
  September 1st, 2009
  

  BMC Racing Team announces the signing of the current World Professional Road Champion, current US Professional Road Champion and proven, successful new riders for the 2010 season. They look forward to an aggressive 2010 schedule focused on a higher level of professional racing
  The BMC Racing Team has acquired the current World Professional Road Champion from [...]

• Italy’s Ballan Wins Tour of Poland, Greipel Takes Final Stage
  August 8th, 2009
  

  KRAKOW, Poland, Aug 8, 2009 (AFP) – Italy’s Alessandro Ballan, of the Lampre team, won the 66th edition of the Tour of Poland here on Saturday after the seventh and final stage.
  The 136km stage, from Rabka to Krakow, was won by Germany’s Andre Greipel of the Columbia squad.
  [...]

• Menchov Crashes On Team Time Trial
  July 7th, 2009
  

  MONTPELLIER, France, July 7, 2009 (AFP) – Russian Tour de France contender Denis Menchov got off to the worst possible start in stage four’s team time trial when he crashed at one of the early corners Tuesday.
  Menchov was the first of his nine-man Rabobank team to come crashing down [...]

• Armstrong ‘Not Giro Favourite’ Says World Champ Ballan
  May 5th, 2009
  

  ROME, May 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Alessandro Ballan says former Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso is the favourite for this year’s event over debutant Lance Armstrong.

  Seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong will be competing in his first Giro after coming out of retirement last year. [...]

• Alessandro Ballan To Focus On Milan San Remo
  March 5th, 2009
  

  Ballan focussing on San Remo and northern classics
  ROME, March 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion Alessandro Ballan said he would be focusing on the Milan-San Remo and northern classics in the early part of this season.
  The Italian also claimed he was looking forward to competing in May’s Giro d’Italia [...]

• Italy’s World Champion Ballan To Race In The Tour of Latium and Paris-Tours
  October 1st, 2008
  

  World champion Ballan to race Paris-Tours, Tour of Lombardy
  PARIS, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s newly-crowned world men’s road race champion Alessandro Ballan will race the last two classics of the season, the Paris-Tours on October 12 and the Tour of Lombardy six days later, his Lampre team said on Thursday.
  [...]

• Lloyd The Only Aussie Survivor Of The Worlds Slaughter
  September 29th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  VARESE, Italy, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) – Matthew Lloyd took the unenviable
  honor of being the only rider from Australia’s team here at the world
  championships to survive the unforgiving men’s road race on Sunday.
  Won in thrilling fashion by Italian Alessandro Ballan ahead of compatriot
  Damiano Cunego and Matti Breschel [...]

• Alessandro Ballan Keeps The Rainbow Jersey in Italy
  September 28th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  Former Tour of Flanders champion Alessandro Ballan heralded a new era for the Italians at the world championships by upstaging Paolo Bettini to win the coveted rainbow jersey.
  In a race tipped to see a duel between two-time defending champion Bettini and three-time [...]

• Alessandro Ballan of Lampre Wins Tour of Spain Seventh Stage
  September 6th, 2008
  

  Italian Alessandro Ballan of Lampre won Saturday’s seventh stage of the Tour of Spain, a 223.2 km ride from Barbastro to La Rabassa in Andorra, to take the overall lead as the peleton moved into the mountains.
  Riders had to negotiate not just the climbs but the unseasonably inclement weather [...]

• Kurt Arvesen Breaks Duck, But Ready To Fly For CSC
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – CSC’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen is digesting his maiden stage win on the Tour de France as quickly as he can. After all, he knows he has plenty of work ahead to keep him occupied this week.
  Arvesen did justice [...]

• Kurt Arvesen of CSC Saxo Bank Wins Stage 11 As Cadel Evans Remains In Yellow Jersey
  July 16th, 2008
  

  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second doping positive control at the race.
  Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway beat Swiss Martin Elmiger and Alessandro Ballan of Italy to [...]