UCI World Tour teams Leopard Trek and Rabobank announce Tour line-ups Treble Tour de France stage winner Jens Voigt will lead the Leopard Trek team in this September’s Tour of Britain, in a six rider line which also includes 2006 Tour of Britain winner Martin Pedersen. Riding alongside Leopard Trek in the 96 rider peloton will be fellow UCI World Tour team Rabobank, whose star studded … [Read more...]
Team Leopard-Trek Announced In Luxembourg
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After more than half a year of solid efforts, including meticulous planning, rider recruitment and rigorous application processes, the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project has finally come to full fruition. The team’s General Manager, Brian Nygaard revealed today to a packed house of media that the much anticipated Luxembourg-based team will be called, Team Leopard- Trek. The official presentation of … [Read more...]
Luxembourg Team Signs Wagner and Pedersen
November 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
German rouleur Robert Wagner and Danish sprinter Martin Pedersen join Luxembourg team With its latest signings, the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project has taken further steps towards building one of the strongest teams suited both to performing well in the great one day Classics as well as capable of controlling the peloton during long wind-swept Grand Tour stages. Wagner and Pedersen are two … [Read more...]
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles For Travel-Weary Cyclists
April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Missing out on riding a major bike race with 257.3 kilometers and 31 climbs on the menu would probably be welcomed by most people. But not Europe's cycling elite, who on Friday and Saturday employed every method possible to defy the travel chaos besieging the continent and threatening their participation in Sunday's Amstel Gold Race one-day classic. Some, like Britain's Bradley Wiggins … [Read more...]