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Results from TDF stage 17

July 20, 2011, 2:57pm

Stage 17

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 4:18:00
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:40
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:00:50
4 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:01:10
7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:15
10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:20
11 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
12 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:37
13 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:35
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:00
15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
16 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
17 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:04:26
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
21 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
23 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
24 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
26 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:34
27 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:53
29 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack
30 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:03
33 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
34 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:05:40
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:56
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
37 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
39 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
42 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
43 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
44 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:26
45 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
47 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:06:47
48 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:58
49 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
50 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
51 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
52 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:27
53 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
54 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:08:31
55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:08:51
56 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:09:57
57 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:42
58 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:12:36
59 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
60 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
61 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
62 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
63 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
64 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
65 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
66 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
67 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
68 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
69 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
70 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
71 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
72 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
73 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
74 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD
76 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
77 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:14:15
78 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
79 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
81 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
84 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
85 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
86 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
87 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
88 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek
90 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
91 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
92 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD
93 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
94 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
95 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek
96 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
97 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
99 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
100 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
101 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
102 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
104 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
105 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
106 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team
107 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
108 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
111 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
112 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
113 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ
114 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
115 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
116 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
117 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
118 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
119 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
122 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
123 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
124 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
125 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
127 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
128 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
130 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
131 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
132 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
133 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
134 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
135 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
136 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
137 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek
139 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
140 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
141 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
142 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
143 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana
144 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
145 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad
146 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
147 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
148 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
149 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
150 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
151 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
152 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
153 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
154 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
155 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar
157 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
158 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
159 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
160 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
161 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
162 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
164 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
165 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo
166 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad
167 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
168 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:14:35
169 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:20:38
DNF Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana

Points

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 20 pts
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 15
4 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 13
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 11
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 10
7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 9
8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 8
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
11 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 5
12 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
13 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 2
15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1

Intermediate sprint - Villar-Saint-Pancrace, km. 81.5

1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 20 pts
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 17
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 13
5 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
6 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10
7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9
8 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 8
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 6
11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
12 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 4
13 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3
14 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 2
15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 1

Mountain 1 - Côte de Sainte-Marguerite (Cat. 3) km. 71.5

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 2 pts
2 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1

Mountain 2 - La Chaussée (Cat. 3) km. 85.5

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 2 pts
2 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1

h4>Mountain 3 - Col de Montgenèvre (Cat. 2) km. 96.5<?h4>
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 pts
2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
3 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 2
4 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1

Mountain 4 - Sestrières (Cat. 1) km. 117

1 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 8
3 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4
5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 1

Mountain 5 - Côte de Pramartino (Cat. 2) km. 171

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5 pts
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
3 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 1

Young riders

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 4:18:00
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:40
3 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:10
4 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:02:20
5 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:26
6 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:34
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
8 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:03
9 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:05:40
10 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:05:56
11 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:58
12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:27
13 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
14 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:12:36
15 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
16 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
17 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
18 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
19 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
20 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:14:15
21 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
23 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
24 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
25 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
26 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
27 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
29 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team
31 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
32 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo
33 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
34 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
35 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:20:38

Most aggressive rider

1 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Teams

1 Sky Procycling 13:05:00
2 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:51
3 Saur - Sojasun 0:01:47
4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:59
5 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:02:43
6 AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:22
7 Team RadioShack 0:03:34
8 Leopard Trek 0:03:48
9 FDJ 0:03:57
10 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:22
11 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:45
12 Katusha Team 0:07:39
13 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:55
14 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:05
15 Pro Team Astana 0:08:42
16 Team Europcar 0:11:32
17 BMC Racing Team 0:11:58
18 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:13:00
19 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:14:07
20 Movistar Team 0:18:11
21 Lampre - ISD 0:18:38
22 HTC-Highroad 0:24:28

Tags: Results from TDF stage 17, 2011
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LEOPARD-TREK gets an energy boost from SIS

January 26, 2011, 9:36pm

Recognizing that hydration and recovery is equally as important to a cyclist as superior and diligent training methods, LEOPRAD-TREK has joined forces with Science in Sport (SIS) to help their riders gain that competitive edge even in the quieter moments of the race day.

“I tell the riders every day that the way they rest their bodies and allow themselves to recuperate is every bit as important as riding their bikes hard,” Team Manager Kim Andersen explained. “With a product like SIS, we can be sure that the riders are drinking the right things during the training sessions and races, and that they will have the right energy boost in their post-race cool downs.” SIS will provide its full range of energy, hydration and recovery products to the team,

including isotonic energy gel Go Gel, energy drinks GO, PSP22 as well as the recovery drink Rego.

General Manager Brian Nygaard is extremely pleased to have added this sponsor to the team: “We take very seriously what nutrition our riders take; the products that SIS will provide us with perfectly fit our needs. I believe that our riders will feel the benefit of fueling their bodies so effectively.”

Peter Slater from Science in Sport is equally pleased. “Effective sports nutrition plays an integral role in professional cycling; it is testament to our philosophy and product range that we continue to receive requests from professional riders for nutritional support. Working with riders from LEOPARD-TREK will help us continue to develop our range of energy, recovery and hydration products as well as ensuring the riders have the most scientifically advanced products on the market for racing, recovery and training,” he said. “It’s our policy to work closely with all our athletes
and their support network to help improve performance. We are hopeful and confident this partnership will help produce even more success.”

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Read more | Comments (0) | Updated on January 26, 2011, 9:50pm

Alessandro Petacchi: Cycling Tribe Interview

June 22, 2010, 6:55pm

By Jarrod Patridge

Q. Alessandro, congratulations on your recent win in Stage 4 at the Tour de Suisse. Nobody likes to see a bad crash likethat, can you talk us through the last 100 metres or so and tell us how you managed to stay out of trouble.

Of course it’s not completely satisfying winning in a sprint characterized by a bad crash. This time, I was lucky: at 250 mt to go, I had to slow down because of a rider that closed my path and so I chose the right side of the street: I took a look at my opponents on the other side and suddenly I saw a strange movement and I heard a strong sound of crash. I went on pedaling and I won, but I thought it would not have been correct celebrate the success.

Q. Do wins like this and your other successes at the Giro di Sardegna and Giro di Svizzera give you greater confidence for the upcoming Tour de France?

This victory is important for the morale, since it came after a bad period for me, full of crashes, illness and bad luck. Now I have quite good feelings and I know I can be competitive in Tour de France sprints against the best sprinters of the world.

Q. Can you give us an insight into the type of training you have to do for races such as the Tour de Suisse and Tour de France?

The training is quite always the usual, even if I had to add some kilometers to the normal quantity because I had to rest for 10 days because of the bronchial asthma that stopped me in the Giro d’Italia. For a sprinter, it’s important to train for stamina and the explosiveness at the same time, so the peculiar part of the training in view of Tour de France is focused on this target.

Q. Over the years you have had amazing success at all three Grand Tours, can you tell us which win gives you the best memories?

Giro d’Italia, for an Italian cyclist, is always something special, so when in 2003 I won the stage in Lecce conquering the pink jersey it was a dream come true: this is my best memory related to a Grand Tour. Of course winning in Tour de France is also an outstanding thing, it’s a worldwide stage for every cyclist.

Q. In 2004 you won a phenomenal nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, that's unheard of! Can you tell us what it meant to you as an Italian racing on home soil to have such huge success?

As already explained, every Italian kid that begins to pedal on a bike dreams to win in Giro d’Italia. So, to realize that dream is the top. In addition, if you can get the pink jersey too, you can live moments that you’ll never forget.

Q. Throughout all these years, who has been your toughest opponent and why?

I can tell that surely the toughest opponent has been Mario Cipollini: he was and he still is an example for all the sprinters and I’m very glad that I could compete, and even win, in sprints against him. Mario was for sure the best one.

Q. We have seen you racing on the Wilier "Ale-Jet" Superleggera this season, can you tell us how this bike helps you in a sprint, and will we see you on it at the Tour?

Of course I will ride my Wilier Superleggera “Ale-Jet”: it’s a very good bike, whose frame is the perfect mix of rigidity and driveability. Wilier fulfilled my requests and needs in a perfect way, the feeling with the bike was immediate and for a sprinter is not always so usual.

Q Down the track, when you decide it's time to retire from cycling, what do you see yourself doing?

I have another year of contract with team Lampre-Farnese Vini: I’m focused on performing the best for my team, then if at the end of 2011 I have the will to go on in the cycling world, I will evaluate the situation. But at the moment I can’t really tell what it will be for my future.

And finally...

Q. What is the weirdest thing you have ever been asked to autograph?

The skin of the fans: it happens sometimes, but it’s always so strange…

Tags: Alessandro Petacchi, Cycling Tribe Interview, Tour de Suisse
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Alex Morgan: Cycling Tribe Interview

April 26, 2010, 3:56pm

DOB: 18/7/1994

Sponsors: De Ver Bikes & the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS)

Coach: I’mcurrently in a transition between coaches. (Simon Quick (QuickCycle Coaching) and Dave Sanders)

Bikes: Road: De Ver Carbon Road Bike with the new 3R Racing Groupset

Track: De Ver Eclipse

Favourite Movie: Saving Private Ryan

School: Vermont Secondary College

CT: Alex, thanks for your time. You had a great summer. What was the highlight for you?

AM: No worries, I’m more than happy to support such a great website. The highlight of the summer was definitely winning the Gold Medal in the Men’s Under 17 Team Pursuit with my Victorian teammates at the National Championships. Not only did we win the gold by passing NSW just after the half way point but we kept going and broke our own Australian Record (3:21.589) by setting a new time of 3:20.439 in the 3km event.

CT: At only 15 years of age, the future looks promising. How did you get into cycling to begin with?

AM: I started riding my bike to school at about the age of 9 and completely fell in love with the sport. After a few years of riding for leisure I begged my parents to start cycling competitively and my Great-Uncle (President of Preston Cycling Club) sent them in the right direction. I went down to the local club and did a few novice clinics and before I knew it I was competing in (and winning) my first track race, which was in January 2008.

CT: Lets talk about the Australian Under 17 Team's Pursuit Australian record that you broke just over a month ago now. How regularly did you and your team-mates (Jack Cummings, Evan Hull and Tom Hamilton) train together during the lead-up?

AM: We started with one session every weekend then as we got closer to the event we did 2 sessions a week, one on the weekend and one at night in the middle of the week.

CT: What sort of training did you guys concentrate on?

AM: We did a lot of high cadence work on little gears as we ride on a restricted gear. Just to give you an idea of the gear we have to ride – the average cadence (rpm) for our current record is roughly 140rpm with an average speed of 53.88km/h.

CT: How did you all get along?

AM: We are all good mates. We have spent a lot of time together and get along very well. We still try to train together when we can find the time.

CT: How did race day itself unfold? Did it all just fall into place?

AM: Both the qualifying and final were in the evening so as teenage boys; we aimed for bit of a sleep-in. We then organised most of our clothing, equipment etc for that evening and went back to one of the rooms for an inspirational movie (Overcoming) and some lunch. The night itself was a blur. The qualifying round was all about saving as much energy as we could for the final, we were a bit up and down but qualified first with a time of 3:25.298. We came straight off the track and onto the rollers to get the lactic acid out of our legs, then a dry off and a drink. With that out of the way, our focus turned to the final. As the final came closer we started warming up on the rollers and put on our race kit (aero booties, aero helmets etc). Before we knew it we were in the gate and counting down to the start. A lot of thoughts run through your mind as you sit staring at the clock as it counts down. My mind turned to the hours and hours of training that we had done in preparation for this one moment. The clock hit 0 and we were off, but not for long, it was a false start by NSW and we had to roll around and start again. Once we were set again and took off it was just like clockwork. Every member knew his job and we were in control the whole way. As we passed NSW (about half way through) our starter dropped off as planned and myself and the two other boys gave it everything we had for the remaining distance. As we came through the line – completely exhausted – our eyes turned to the scoreboard, and there was 3:20.439 staring straight back at us. It was the happiest moment of my cycling career so far. All of the late nights and early mornings, every single training session devoted to that one moment, it couldn’t have turned out any better,

CT: What are your goals for this winter and into next year?

AM: I’m hoping for a good road season and to make the podium in the Road Race and Individual Time Trial at the National Junior Road Championships in September. After that I go into the Under 19 Men Category and hope to be selected for the Australian Junior Road Team next year.

CT: It is quite impressive how fast your have risen to where you are at currently. What do you put this down to?

AM: I put it down to a variety of things that have all combined together. The main ones are setting goals and achieving them, determination, focus, a great coach and a tremendous amount of support from my family.

CT: What are your plans post-school days? Where do you see yourself at when you are in your mid-twenties?

AM: I plan on completing my VCE and then hopefully riding for a professional road team in Europe, which would be my ultimate dream.

CT: In terms of your training. Could you take us through a typical week of training during your winter base period?

AM: It changes all the time because I’m still growing and getting stronger but a typical week would consist of a few light road rides, a light gym session, an ergo session (indoor trainer) and then a couple of bunch rides on the weekend.

CT: And a typical week in Summer?

AM: 3 track sessions, a weekly criterium and a few light road rides.

CT: Do you have a favourite ride or training session?

AM: There are quite a few rides that I enjoy – particularly around the Bright region – but my favourite training ride is the Myers Creek Ride. We ride from Ringwood to Healesville, turn left just after the Beechworth Bakery then up the steep 8km climb to the top of Myers Creek Rd. We then go to the bottom of Chum Creek Rd, turn right and head down the Healesville-Yarra Glen Rd to Yarra Glen, then home on Maroondah Hwy. It’s a 100km+ ride and is full of different types of terrain, coffee shops and weather conditions. It’s best to head out early as Maroondah Hwy can get busy on the weekends.

CT: Thanks for you time and all the best.

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