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• Wallonie Good Soil For Robbie McEwen
  September 29th, 2011
  

  Team RadioShack’s Robbie McEwen seems to like the races in the French speaking part of Belgium. After winning a stage in this year’s Tour de Wallonie, he won today’s opening [...]

• GreenEdge Adds Belgian Classics Hopefuls To Roster
  September 9th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Sept 9, 2011 (AFP) – Australian cycling outfit GreenEdge have added up-and-coming Belgian Jens Keukeleire to their line-up, it was announced on Friday. GreenEdge are set to become the [...]

• McEwen Concerned By Lack of Tour Sprint Stages
  July 6th, 2011
  

  CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 – Australian Robbie McEwen said he is concerned about what he feels is a recent trend to reduce victory opportunities to sprinters on the [...]

• Tiago Machado Can Surprise In The Tour of Italy
  May 3rd, 2011
  

  Team RadioShack’s Portuguese rider Tiago Machado will start as the leader of the squad in the Tour of Italy that begins on Saturday May 7th in Torino. As a climber [...]

• McEwen Predicts Fireworks As Ocre Jersey Fight Begins
  January 21st, 2011
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia – Veteran sprinter Robbie McEwen expects a fight to the death for the Tour Down Under title as the lead changed hands again Friday two days before the [...]

• Goss Leads Down Under, Matthews Wins Stage 3
  January 20th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia – HTC-Highroad’s Matthew Goss reclaimed the leader’s ochre jersey at the Tour Down Under as fellow Australian Michael Matthews romped to victory on stage [...]

• Robbie McEwen In Leader’s Jersey In Santos Tour Down Under
  January 19th, 2011
  

  Team RadioShack’s Robbie McEwen will start in the ochre leader’s jersey in Stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under. After two 3rd place finishes in the open days, Robbie [...]

• Cav Goes Down, As Swift Swoops The Win
  January 19th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift claimed his first major win of the season after surviving the crash-marred finale to the second stage of the Tour Down [...]

• Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter to Team RadioShack
  December 23rd, 2010
  

  Sprinters Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter are joining Team RadioShack in 2011. Both riders were part of the Pegasus Sports project which failed to get a ProTour or Professional Continental [...]

• Sport Stars Rogers, McEwen Make Sea Rescue
  December 23rd, 2010
  

  SYDNEY – Australian sports stars Mat Rogers and Robbie McEwen kept their wits when they inhaled poisonous gas on a motor yacht, jumping into the sea to rescue a fellow [...]

• Eight Fly V Australia Riders To Step Up In 2011 Season
  November 17th, 2010
  

  Pegasus Sports confirmed that eight riders from its 2010 Fly V Australia squad will make the transition to the European peloton in 2011. For the past two years, the Fly [...]

• Pegasus Sports Professional Continental Team for 2011
  November 2nd, 2010
  

  Brisbane, Australia: The Australian Pegasus Sports professional cycling team has missed out on a ProTeam license and will register as a UCI Professional Continental team for 2011. Pegasus Sports is [...]

• McEwen Quits Katusha Team For New Australian Team
  September 10th, 2010
  

  Australia’s Robbie McEwen will leave the Katusha team at the end of the season to help spearhead a new Australian outfit, the cyclist said. “Confirmation. I have signed with an [...]

• McEwen Axed From Australian Team For Worlds
  August 23rd, 2010
  

  SYDNEY, Aug 23, 2010 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen has been sacked from the Australian road team to race in the world championships in Australia in October, reports said on Monday. [...]

• Greipel Wins Sprint, As Tuft Still Leader At Eneco Tour
  August 19th, 2010
  

  ARDOOIE (Belgium) – Germany’s Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Eneco Tour du Benelux Thursday in Ardooie Belgium, where he was in the sprint against the Australian [...]

• McEwen Smiling With Stage 1 Win At Eneco Tour
  August 18th, 2010
  

  Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen (Katusha),who has been injury-prone over the past two years, was smiling today, after winning the first stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux in Rhenen . [...]

• Hushovd Says Green Jersey Battle Is On Big Time
  July 14th, 2010
  

  GAP, France – Norwegian Thor Hushovd said the battle for the Tour de France green jersey is now on after seeing Italian rival Alessandro Petacchi reduce his points competition deficit [...]

• McEwen Doubtful To Continue Tour
  July 9th, 2010
  

  GUEUGNON, France – Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen’s Tour de France campaign could come to a premature end due to a bizarre crash incident at the end of the sixth stage [...]

• Cameraman Sanctioned For Causing McEwen To Crash
  July 9th, 2010
  

  GUEUGNON, France – Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen was left nursing back injuries Friday after he crashed just after the Tour de France sixth stage when he was obstructed by a [...]

• Cavendish Strikes Again, Wins Stage Six
  July 9th, 2010
  

  GUEUGNON, France – Briton Mark Cavendish of the HTC-Columbia team won the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Friday, with Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara retaining the race leader’s yellow [...]

• Veteran Rodriguez To Make Tour Debut With Katusha
  June 25th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 25, 2010 (AFP) – Spanish veteran Joaquin Rodriguez will make his Tour de France debut with team Katusha in the Tour de France from July 3-25. The 31-year-old [...]

• Katusha To Bring Pozzato and McEwen To Giro
  April 29th, 2010
  

  Italian Filippo Pozzato and Australian Robbie McEwen will lead the roster for the Katsuha Team at the Giro d’Italia.The Giro will start on May 8th from Amsterdam. The Russian team [...]

• An Aggressive Armstrong Attack, Another Greipel Win
  January 22nd, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 22, 2010 (AFP) – An audacious Lance Armstrong attack failed to break Andre Greipel’s stranglehold on the Tour Down Under on Friday as the [...]

• Greipel Tightens Grip
  January 20th, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 20, 2010 (AFP) – Germany’s Andre Greipel extended his dominance of the Tour Down Under into stage two Wednesday, but a trailing Lance Armstrong [...]

• Australian McEwen Not To Race Again This Season
  September 1st, 2009
  

  PARIS, Sept 1, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Robbie McEwen of the Katusha team has called an end to his “disastrous season” which has been marred by a bad fall and [...]

• McEwen Postpones Comeback Over Knee Pain
  August 18th, 2009
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug 17, 2009 (AFP) – Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen has been forced to pull out of his competitive comeback race, the Eneco Tour, after feeling pain in his [...]

• Three Riders Refuse Katusha Anti-Doping Rules
  June 7th, 2009
  

  Three prominent members of the Katusha cycling team are refusing to comply with new anti-doping rules imposed by the Russian-backed outfit, a team official said on Sunday. The trio who [...]

• Robbie McEwen Rules Out Tour de France After Breaking Leg In Crash
  May 31st, 2009
  

  Australian sprint star Robbie McEwen has ruled himself out of taking part in the Tour de France after undergoing surgery on a fractured tibia. The 36-year-old Katusha rider underwent surgery [...]

• McEwen’s Belgium Curse Strikes Again, With Bozic In Lead At Tour of Belgium
  May 28th, 2009
  

  KNOKKE-HEIST, Belgium, May 28, 2009 (AFP) – Australian sprint star Robbie McEwen will miss the Tour de France after undergoing leg surgery following his second crash in Belgium in the [...]

• McEwen Suffers A Concussion But Avoids Broken Bones
  April 16th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• Robbie McEwen Looks To Switch Teams To Help Tour Chances
  December 15th, 2008
  

  Australian Robbie McEwen says he hopes a change of team can help him return to Tour de France glory next year. McEwen, a 12-time Tour de France stage winner and [...]

• Robbie McEwen Wins Paris-Brussels Classic
  September 13th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 13, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Robbie McEwen won the Paris-Brussels classic cycling race for the fifth time on Saturday. The Silence rider, who has won the event four [...]

• Robbie McEwen Leads Australian Sweep In Hamburg
  September 7th, 2008
  

  HAMBURG, Germany, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen advanced Australia fair by winning the 213.7km Cyclassics ProTour event ahead of compatriots Mark Renshaw and Allan Davis as the green [...]

• Russian Team Katusha Signs McEwen and Karpets
  September 1st, 2008
  

  PARIS, Sept 1, 2008 (AFP) – Future Russian cycling team Katusha, to be created from the Tinkoff formation, on Monday announced the recruitment of experienced Australian Robbie McEwen and Russian [...]

• Cadel Evans Is Recovering In Time For Alps
  July 19th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – For someone who finished the runner-up by just 23 seconds last year, it is understandable that Cadel Evans is taking [...]

• Cavendish Looks To History-Making Tour Stage
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – If team Columbia deliver their ‘train’ on time again for Britain’s Mark Cavendish, sprint rivals Oscar Freire and Robbie McEwen [...]

• Cavendish Takes The Wind Out Of McEwen Sails
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen’s bid to add to his impressive haul of wins on the Tour de France was kicked into touch [...]

• French Sprinter Romain Feillu Wearing Yellow, As Cofidis Rider Dumoulin Wins Stage 3
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Romain Feillu took the biggest accolade of his career Monday when a successful breakaway that foxed the sprinters’ teams [...]

• Robbie McEwen Is A Little Off Target, As Renshaw Delivers For Hushovd
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen’s bid for a first stage win on this year’s Tour de France was postponed for another day [...]

• Manxman and Cavendish Sets Their Sights On Some Sprinters Glory
  July 5th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling commentator Phil Liggett may have been joking when he said the three legs on the Isle of Man flag would come [...]

• What They Are Saying Ahead Of The Tour de France
  July 4th, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – A selection of what they’re saying ahead of this year’s Tour de France, which begins here Saturday and ends on July 27: “If [...]

• Robbie McEwen Sees Alejandro Valverde Striking First Blow
  July 4th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – In terms of team bonding, Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen has done little to curry favor with team-mate Cadel Evans ahead [...]

• Cadel Evans’ Tour de France Yellow Jersey Bid Puts McEwen In The Shadow
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Evans’ yellow jersey bid puts McEwen into the shade GOSSAU, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Robbie McEwen’s annual battle for the Tour de France green jersey has been [...]

• Robbie McEwen Bags Season’s First Win In Romandie
  May 1st, 2008
  

  FRIBOURG, Switzerland, May 1, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of Silence Lotto, bagged his first win of the season by outsprinting the bunch on the second stage of the [...]