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German Teams Face Extinction As Milram Mulls Pulling The Sponsorship Plug
DORTMUND, Germany, Jan 7, 2010 (AFP) – German dairy company Milram said it is unlikely to renew its sponsorship of its top cycling team after their mutual contract expires at the end of this year.
The image of cycling in Germany has suffered badly from doping controversies, souring the media’s, [...]
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- Team Lampre To Get New Sponsor In 2010
October 31st, 2009Farnese Vini, the Italian wine and olive oil manufacture has become the new co-sponsor of the ProTour team Lampre for the 2010 season.
They are no stranger to pro cycling having been the co-sponsor of the Professional Continental team LPR Brakes. With the team dissolving at the end of the 2009 season, they decided to [...] - Petacchi Wins Giro Stage 3, And Claims Pink Jersey
May 11th, 2009Italian Alessandro Petacchi of the LPR team won his second stage in a row to take the lead in the Tour of Italy on Monday after a 198km third stage slog from Grado to Valdobbiadene.
Petacchi made the most of a crash near the front of the peloton around 10km from [...] - Cavendish Still Wearing Pink As Petacchi Wins Giro 2nd Stage
May 10th, 2009Britain’s Mark Cavendish retained the race leader’s pink jersey on Sunday after Alessandro Petacchi of LPR won stage two of the Tour of Italy at Trieste.
Petacchi just edged out Cavendish, who had taken the opening honors with his Colombia colleagues on Saturday in the team time-trial at the [...] - McEwen Suffers A Concussion But Avoids Broken Bones
April 16th, 2009BRUSSELS, April 16, 2009 (AFP) – Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen revealed on Thursday that he suffered concussion but did not fracture any ribs after falling in the Grand Prix de l’Escaut in Schoten, Belgium.
“I have concussion, but my ribs, my collarbone and my pelvis are all intact,” he told [...] - Alessandro Petacchi Claims Tirreno-Adriatico Stage Two
March 12th, 2009ROME, March 12, 2009 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race over 177km from Volterra to Marina di Carrara on Thursday.
The LPR Brakes rider edged out compatriot Daniele Bennati of Liquigas and Spaniard Koldo Fernandez in a sprint finish.
Frenchman [...] - Petacchi Scores The Double As Lequatre Keeps the Overal Lead
September 12th, 2008GATESHEAD, England, Sept 12, 2008 (AFP) – Italian sprint ace Alessandro Petacchi grabbed his second stage win of the Tour of Britain here on Friday while France’s Geoffroy Lequatre retained the leader’s yellow jersey.
Britain’s Rob Hayles just missed out on catching Petacchi on the line after a sprint finish [...] - Petacchi Makes His Return At The Tour of Britain
August 5th, 2008ROME, Aug 5, 2008 (AFP) – Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi, suspended
until the end of August for doping, will make his return to competition in the
Tour of Brtiain from September 7-14, according to reports here on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old has been listed among the riders competing in the race for
the newly-formed LPR-Ballan team.
[...] - Milram’s new identity – Erik Zabel hints at retirement at team’s launch
January 11th, 2008As Team Milram shifts its nationality from Italian to German, the team’s leaders naturally had to answer plenty of questions about its anti-doping program from the audience in Bremen, Germany at its team presentation on Thursday. Also hot topics were the shift in its country affiliation and the condition of its top sprinters, Erik Zabel [...]
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