Michael Valgren Andersen
Cafe Roubaix, 18 November 2014
A year in the pro peloton
After a great season, in which he got to make his Grand Tour debut and raced at the World Championships in Ponferrada, Michael Valgren sat down to talk for Cafe Roubaix about his experience as a neo-pro and his plans for 2015, a season in which he can land a big win.
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Michael Rogers
CyclingTips, 14 October 2014
Interview part II: Tinkov’s Grand Tour challenge, personal goals and more
Although Alberto Contador crashed out of the Tour de France and was thus unable to fight for what was the team’s biggest season goal, overall victory in the race, Tinkoff Saxo nevertheless had a very strong Grand Tour campaign during 2014.
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Michael Rogers
CyclingTips, 13 October 2014
Interview part I: how the clenbuterol case made me a better rider.
Sidelined for several months this season as a result of his positive test for clenbuterol at last year’s Japan Cup, Tinkoff Saxo rider Mick Rogers has said that while his suspension – later reversed by the UCI – was a very stressful period, that it ultimately made him a much better rider.
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Michael Morkov
PezCyclingnews, 23 July 2014
PEZ Tour Talk: Michael Mørkøv
Ed Hood’s first hectic day on this year’s Tour de France was meant to be a rest day, but not for Ed. After the mussel party with OPQS, there were rider interviews to get. First up was PEZ favourite; Michael Mørkøv of Tinkoff-Saxo.
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Michael Rogers
Ride Cycling News, 15 July 2014
Alberto, no apologies. You’ve done us proud…
With about 94km to go in the 10th stage of the 101st Tour de France, the two-time champion, Alberto Contador landed with a thud on the ground. He would later discover that his tibia was broken in the incident but that didn’t mean he’d surrender and quit the race immediately. As one of the favourites
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Jay McCarthy
Ride, 14 June 2014
Everything started to fall into place
For his day job, Rupert Guinness writes about sport. He started with rowing and he’s regularly covered rugby but it’s cycling that has been the biggest influence on his professional life. As a journalist for Fairfax Media, he has covered some of the world’s biggest bike races and this May he was bac
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Nicholas Roche
RoadCycling UK, 7 May 2014
Nicolas Roche targets Giro d'Italia top ten.
Irish ace Nicolas Roche targeted this year’s Giro d’Italia as soon as Belfast’s Grande Partenza was announced and, with the countdown to the first stage almost over, the Tinkoff-Saxo man is relishing the prospect of riding on the Emerald Isle.
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Michael Rogers
Ride, 6 May 2014
The Giro. That’s the plan…
Last week in an exclusive interview with Mick Rogers many topics were raised. He had just returned to his home in Switzerland after his first race since being cleared to compete again by the UCI. One early question was: Do you know if you’re going to the Giro?
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Michael Rogers
Ride, 24 April 2014
Rogers: “My goal is to ride the Tour de France…”
On the afternoon of 18 December 2013, two days before Michael Rogers turned 34, he was a professional cyclist employed by the Saxo-Tinkoff team. It was the end of another successful season, his 14th as a pro, and he had taken his daughters to their swimming lessons near his European base in Mendrisi
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Matti Breschel
Cycling Updates, 26 February 2014
Interview Matti Breschel.
Matti Breschel is a Danish classic rider from team Tinkoff-Saxo. In 2010 Matti managed to win the semi-classic Dwars door Vlaanderen. He also got close to some very big wins a few times he for example finished 2nd and 3rd once in the biggest one day race of them all: the World Championships. Some in
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Michael Valgren Andersen
Cycling Updates, 16 January 2014
Interview Michael Valgren Andersen.
Michael Valgren Andersen is a big Danish cycling talent. He won Liège – Bastogne – Liège twice in a row, which shows he could very well be a future star in the hilly classics. Besides being a star in the hilly classics Michael has the ambition to improve his time trial and do well in the shorter sta
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Michael Morkov
Pez Cyclingnews, 14 January 2014
PEZ Talk: Michael Morkov.
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Michael Morkov is one of the few pro cyclists who excels on both the boards and the road. We interviewed Michael during his ‘off season’ of training camps and track racing to chat about the sixes and the upcoming 2014 road season in the new look Tinkoff-Saxo squad.
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