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• Menchov Spoke To Vienna Doping Investigators
  July 5th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• Inside The Rabobank Team Bus At Menchov Goes Down At Giro
  June 8th, 2009
  

  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.

• Pedro Horrillo Showing Signs Of Improvement After Giro Crash
  May 17th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• Menchov To Lead Rabobank In Giro d’Italia
  May 4th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• Rabobank, TopSport – Vlaanderen, and Pinarello Complete Tour of Ireland Line Up
  August 9th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Rasmussen Appeals Compensation Decision
  July 25th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Freire Ends Cav’s Run As Evans Looks To The Alps
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  DIGNES LES BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Rabobank sprinter Oscar Freire of Spain ended the triumphant victory run of Britain’s Mark Cavendish by taking the Tour de France 14th stage here on Saturday.
  Australian Cadel Evans retained the leader’s yellow jersey one second [...]

• Freire Takes Stage 14, Evans Retains Yellow Jersey
  July 19th, 2008
  

  DIGNES LES BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Oscar Freire, riding for Rabobank, won the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 194km ride from Nimes to Dignes Les Bains, while Australian Cadel Evans retained the leader’s yellow jersey one second ahead of Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck.
  [...]

• Rabobank’s Dennis Menchov Yellow Jersey Dreams Get Serious Setback
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got caught napping in a hectic finish to the 208km stage.
  Menchov, a two-time Tour of Spain winner, found [...]

• Judge Rules Team Rabobank Must Pay Rasmussen 1.1 Million
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, July 2, 2008 (AFP) – Dutch team Rabobank must pay Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen nearly 700,000 euros (1,1 million dollars) for the way it kicked him off its 2007 Tour de France team, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  While wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, Rasmussen was thrown out the [...]

• Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen Banned For Two Years
  July 1st, 2008
  

  PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen, who was thrown out while leading the 2007 Tour de France for lying about his whereabouts, has been banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation (FMC), the sport’s world governing body UCI said on Tuesday.
  Rasmussen was thrown [...]

• Lars Boom Is Crowned The Dutch Road Race Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  OOTMARSUM, The Netherlands, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Lars Boom, of the Rabobank team, was on Sunday crowned Dutch road race champion after finishing two seconds ahead of teammate Koos Moerenhout and Steven de Jongh here.
  Boom, 22, of the Netherlands, is the reigning world cyclo-cross champion.
  Marianne [...]

• Dennis Menchov Headlines Rabobank Team For Tour de France (Tdf Roster)
  June 24th, 2008
  

  THE HAGUE, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov, one of the pre-race favorites, has been named as team leader for the nine-man Rabobank squad for the July 5-27 Tour de France, the Dutch team announced here on Tuesday.
  Menchov, a double winner of the Tour of Spain [...]

• Rock Racing Registers Solid Performances At Tour of California – Press Release
  February 25th, 2008
  

  Pasadena, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2008) Michael Creed’s extraordinary ride Sunday capped an impressive performance for Rock Racing at the Amgen Tour of California.
  Attacking from the start of the 93-mile (150 km) stage, Creed played an instrumental role in a pair of breakaways that stayed clear of the peloton on a rain-soaked, bone-chilling ride from Santa [...]

• Leipheimer and Gesink work together and win together Stage 3 Tour of California
  February 20th, 2008
  

  VeloGuy spent the end of the race sitting in the finishing shoot with camera in hand watching for the leaders to cross the finish line. Sitting next to him was a Rabobank team member. The Rabobank team member told our reporter that Leipheimer and Gesink agreed to work together rather than against themselves [...]

• Michael Rasmussen to sue Rabobank – Does anyone really care
  December 18th, 2007
  

  Michael Rasmussen is apparently planning to take Team Rabobank to court to contest his withdrawal from the Tour de France and his dismissal from the team this summer. The 33 year-old Dane has hired Dutch lawyers, who have confirmed to the Belga press agency that they have been engaged.
  Rasmussen was fired from Rabobank this summer [...]