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Yaroslav Popovych Completes 2009 Astana Cycling Team Roster
Yaroslav Popovych, a top ten Tour de France and Giro d’Italia finisher, has signed a two-year agreement with the Astana Cycling Team. Starting in January 2009, the Ukrainian cyclist will join Johan Bruyneel’s team, which already includes top Grand Tour riders Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden.
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LanceArmstrong was pleased with the 2009 Tour de France route announced Wednesday
and looked forward to the possibility of trying to win the race once again.
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October 3rd, 2008PARIS, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) - Lance Armstrong’s will to succeed is one
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come next July when the Tour de France icon aims for an eighth yellow jersey.
While hoping to appease record-setting team leader Alberto Contador of
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The World Championships do not involve the teams, yet [...] - Contador Claims Team Backing From Astana Solid
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The seven-times Tour de France winning American announced his shock return to competition earlier this month and [...] - Lance Armstrong Confirms That He Will Ride For Team Astana In Historic Comeback
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– but he didn’t promise an eighth Tour de France victory.
“I will race in 2009 with Astana,” he told journalists in New York.
Armstrong, 37, said he [...] - Lance Armstrong Set To Join Team Astana, Say Kazakh Federation
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federation.
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news conference,” federation deputy president Nikolai Proskurin told Bicycle.net.
“This case is a sealed one.
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on Sunday, hinted he may quit the Astana team if it hires Lance Armstrong, who
has announced he is coming out of retirement to seek a record eighth Tour de
France title.
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He completed the 158.4 kilometre mountain ride from Oviedo to the Fuentes [...] - Flight Of The Contador As He Takes Lead Of The Tour of Spain
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Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) - Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who has signed for the disgraced Astana team, will not be a guaranteed a starting place in the 2008 race.
Patrice Clerc, the president of Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) [...]
