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PARIS, Oct 19, 2012 - The Lance Armstrong affair on Friday prompted a major sponsor to cut ties with cycling, in a warning shot to its embattled governing body, raising questions about whether the sport can ever restore its tainted image. Rabobank, which has sponsored a professional cycling team for the last 17 years, claimed the sport had been irrevocably damaged by a succession … [Read more...]
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...]
PARIS, June 4, 2010 - Russian rider Denis Menchov, competing in his tenth Tour de France, will spearhead his Rabobank team's challenge in this year's race which gets underway in Rotterdam on July 3. The 2009 Tour of Italy winner will be joined by Dutch climber Robert Gesink, who crashed out in the fifth stage of last year's race, and former world champion Spaniard Oscar Freire, winner of … [Read more...]
PERPIGNAN, July 8, 2009 (AFP) - The teams of Tour de France contenders Cadel Evans and Denis Menchov suffered further setbacks during the race's fifth stage on Wednesday. On the descent of the Cote de Treilles as the peloton upped the pace in chase of a six-man breakaway, 23-year-old Dutchman Robert Gesink crashed and picked up injuries to his wrist and left leg. He was later diagnosed … [Read more...]
BRIGNOLES, July 5, 2009 (AFP) - Rabobank team boss Erik Breukink confirmed at the Tour de France on Sunday that star rider Denis Menchov recently gave evidence to Austrian police investigating a suspected blood doping. During last month's Tour of Italy Menchov was handed a summons by Austrian police who are investigating a Vienna laboratory, Humanplasma, suspected of being at the heart of a … [Read more...]
This video is from the inside of the Rabobank team bus, while Denis Menchov goes down during the Giro time trial. The team riders reactions are priceless. This is a must watch video. … [Read more...]
Spanish cyclist Pedro Horrillo was brought out of an artificially-induced coma on Sunday the day after he sustained serious injuries in a crash during the Tour of Italy, race organizers said. The 34-year-old crashed into a ravine on the descent of the Culmine di San Pietro mountain about 70km into the 209km eighth stage and was airlifted to hospital in Bergamo. Horrillo sustained … [Read more...]
PARIS, May 4, 2009 (AFP) - Rabobank on Monday announced their team for the three-week Giro d'Italia which begins in Venice on Saturday. Russia's Denis Menchov will carry their hopes of a strong result in the general classification. Menchov won the Tour of Spain in 2005 and 2007 and finished fifth in last year's Giro. Rabobank team for the Giro d'Italia: Mauricio Ardila … [Read more...]
The Tour of Ireland organisers have confirmed the final three teams for the forthcoming Tour of Ireland 27th to 31st August 2008. The Rabobank name will be familiar to many cycling fans as the team from the Netherlands with many great riders over the years; Adrie van der Poel, Erik Breukink, Rolf Sorensen, Erik Dekker and Johan Bruyneel. Boy Van Poppel returns to Ireland for the second time. … [Read more...]
Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen said Friday he will appeal the decision of a Utrecht court which awarded him 665,000 euros (one million dollars) against his former Rabobank team for the way he was kicked off their 2007 Tour de France team. The 34-year-old, who instituted proceedings for unlawful dismissal demanding damages of 5.5 million euros, said: "We're appealing the decision from … [Read more...]