Jeannie Longo
sports.fr, 10 August 2008
"Historique en cas de médaille"
A 49 ans, Jeannie Longo s'apprête à disputer à Pékin ses septièmes Jeux Olympiques, une performance rare qu'elle ne considère pas cependant historique en soit. L'éternelle championne française de cyclisme rêve encore de médaille sur un parcours qu'elle a reconnu jeudi.
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Nicole Cooke
cyclingnews.com, 10 August 2008
Heading for the bullseye in Beijing
Nicole Cooke is one of cycling's outstanding talents, but a lack of victories in World Championships and Olympic Games leave a hole in the young Welshwoman's palmares, one that she is determined to fill.
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Anna Sanchis
levante-emv.com, 9 August 2008
"El circuito es ideal para mí y si estoy bien puedo lograr un diploma"
La ciclista de Xàtiva llega en gran forma para la prueba en línea del domingo por la mañana.
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Jeannie Longo
eurosport.fr, 9 August 2008
"Je peux avoir ma chance"
Inoxydable championne bio et écolo, Jeannie Longo participe ce dimanche à ses septièmes Jeux Olympiques. Mais paradoxalement, c’est plus la climatisation que l’atmosphère viciée que la bientôt quinquagénaire redoute le plus.
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Edita Pucinskaite
cicloweb.it, 7 August 2008
«L'obiettivo è Pechino»
Edita Pucinskaite si è preparata in altura, nelle vicinanze di Livigno, ai prossimi Giochi Olimpici di Pechino. L’atleta della Nurnberger Versicherunger reduce da un buon sesto posto nella classifica finale del Giro d’Italia sta affilando quindi le armi per il grande appuntamento.
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Noemi Cantele
cicloweb.it, 7 August 2008
« Temo Germania e Usa »
Noemi Cantele, alla sua seconda esperienza olimpica, ci aiuta a conoscere i segreti della gara, primo grande obiettivo di questo suo 2008, in attesa del Campionato Mondiale che si correrà a Varese, sulle sue strade.
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Judith Arndt
cyclingnews.com, 7 August 2008
Turning silver to gold
As the silver medallist from Athens in 2004 - and after a dominant first half season - Judith Arndt of Germany and Team Columbia goes into the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games race as one of the overwhelming favourites.
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Emma Davies Jones
pezcyclingnews.com, 6 August 2008
"It is still a very male-dominated world"
I offered to take Eurosport commentator and pro bike racer Emma Davies Jones to the finish of stage 19 on the Tour and I managed to get a few questions in during the journey…
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Karin Thürig
Télévision Suisse Romande, 2 August 2008
"Douze concurrentes peuvent prétendre au podium"
A 36 ans, Karin Thürig s'investit toujours à 100% dans son sport. Médaillée il y a 4 ans, la Lucernoise fait partie des prétendantes au titre en contre-la-montre à Pékin.
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Shanaze Reade
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 August 2008
"it's as if you have landed on Mars"
Shanaze Reade was a world champion in two disciplines in 2007. In only her second ever track event she teamed up with Victoria Pendleton to win the inaugural 500-meter team sprint world title in March. Then, in July, she won the elite women's final at the BMX World Championships in Canada.
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Emma Pooley
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 August 2008
"I can't just sit around, eating pie!"
Emma Pooley was spotted after her fourth place at the British National Road Race in 2005 and soon signed for Team Fat Birds UK. Pooley has had several successes on the road including first in the Rund um Schönaich in 2007 as well as the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in 2008.
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Nicole Cooke
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 August 2008
"It's just like at any other race really"
Nicole Cooke took up cycling at an early age and became the youngest ever woman to win the national road race the age of 16. Cooke went on to win La Flèche Wallonne and the World Cup before becoming a professional with the Ausra-Gruodis Safi squad.
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Wendy Houvenaghel
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 August 2008
"I always smile"
Wendy Houvenaghel, like many of the British Olympians, manages to combine track and road riding but specialises in the former. A late developer, it was not until 2005 that Wendy competed at World level, winning the track World Cup in the 3km individual pursuit.
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Victoria Pendleton
cyclingweekly.co.uk, 1 August 2008
"Free drinks, free food, it's fantastic"
Victoria Pendleton was originally spotted as a 16 year old by the British Cycling assistant national track coach, Marshall Thomas. She is a prodigious talent on the track taking countless world titles, with the sprint being her speciality.
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Georgia Gould
cyclingnews.com, 1 August 2008
Going fast on the way to Beijing
Georgia Gould is just three weeks away from her first Olympic race. She is one of two women who will race in the stars and stripes representing the United States mountain bike team in Beijing, China.
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Karin Thürig
Télévision Suisse Romande, 28 July 2008
"Douze concurrentes peuvent prétendre au podium"
A 36 ans, Karin Thürig s'investit toujours à 100% dans son sport. Médaillée il y a 4 ans, la Lucernoise fait partie des prétendantes au titre en contre-la-montre à Pékin.
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