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MILAN (Italy) - Eight new riders, including Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez will join the Rabobank team in 2011, it was reported Friday from the Dutch team that has said it had completed its recruitment for the 2011 season. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne), who won the Clasica San Sebastian this year. The Dane Matti Breschel (Saxo Bank), second in the recent World Championships, has also … [Read more...]
BOURGES, France, Oct 8, 2009 (AFP) - France's Anthony Ravard claimed victory in the Paris-Bourges semi-classic Thursday, finishing ahead of compatriot Romain Feillu and Denmark's Matti Breschel. Ravard, a 27-year-old who rides for the AG2R-La Mondiale team, dominated the bunch sprint for the line after 193.3 km of racing in near perfect conditions. Both Breschel and Feillu returned … [Read more...]
Norway's Thor Hushovd had to search hard for words to describe his feelings at joining the pantheon of cycling greats to have won the rainbow jersey at the world road race championships. Hushovd, a one-day classics specialist who has stage wins from all of the Grand Tours and two Tour de France green jerseys, came into Sunday's blue riband event of the competition with only two teammates for … [Read more...]
[06.08 18:40] On a sunny Friday, Team Saxo Bank forced the peloton to its knees during the 185 kilometer long third stage of Tour of Denmark from Hadsten to Vejle. The pure massacre ended in a double up triumph for Team Saxo Bank with Matti Breschel and Jakob Fuglsang as kings of the pack. From the gun, four riders managed to slip away but as Team Saxo Bank led by Alex Rasmussen, Michael … [Read more...]
WETTINGEN, Switzerland, June 15, 2010 - Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) came through to win the 192km fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Tuesday, although a mass crash marred the final sprint. German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), held up by the crash 50 meters from the finish line, kept hold of the leader's yellow jersey. The pile-up occurred when Martin's … [Read more...]
Team Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara crushed everyone in today's Paris-Roubaix and secured Team Saxo Bank The Double. The queen of the classics was however invaded by 19 riders after 60 kilometers of foreplay and Team Saxo Bank was represented in the break by Dane, Kasper Klostergaard who also showed the Team Saxo Bank colors in last year's edition of Paris-Roubaix. The already violently … [Read more...]
by Justin Davis PARIS, April 10, 2010 (AFP) - Fabian Cancellara has issued a warning to Paris-Roubaix rival 'Tornado' Tom Boonen as the Belgian embarks on a quest to equal the all-time record in the world's toughest one-day classic. A three-time winner including the past two years, Boonen is being tipped to equal the achievement of countryman Roger de Vlaeminck who claimed four … [Read more...]
Team Saxo Bank totally dominated Dwars door Vlaanderen and Matti Breschel took the win in convincing style. Today, Team Saxo Bank took on the series of Belgian Spring races by participating in the 204 kilometer long race, Dwars door Vlaanderen with Fabian Cancellara, Frank Høj, Kasper Klostergaard, Anders Lund, Matti Breschel and Gustav Larsson and Baden Cooke who won the race in 2002. The … [Read more...]
[28.06 17:18] Twelve riders were representing Team Saxo Bank during today's Danish national championships in the town of Sønderborg. André Steensen, Matti Breschel, Nicki Sørensen, Anders Lund, Kasper Klostergaard, Lasse Bøchman, Jakob Fuglsang, Frank Høj, Alex Rasmussen, Chris Anker Sørensen, Michael Mørkøv and Lars Bak were to ride the 196 kilometres by going ten large and ten small … [Read more...]
[07.06 16:09] On the final stage of Tour of Luxembourg a group of riders was allowed to escape early but shortly after Team Saxo Bank went to the head of the field to take control of the events among the favorites between Mersch and Luxembourg. On the final laps of the circular route in the capital of Luxembourg where the riders climbed the steep hill of Clausen with the finish line on the top … [Read more...]