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Name the mystery rider    Photo © Pasquale Stalteri Photography / All Rights Reserved Miroir du cyclisme veut vos suggestions et commentaires. Que pensez-vous? Miroir du cyclisme wants your suggestions and comments. What's on your mind? s'il vous plaît laissez vos commentaires ci-dessousplease leave your comments below + Testez votre connaissance du cyclisme: Pouvez-vous identifier correctement le coureur mystère? Test your cycling knowledge: Can you correctly identify the mystery rider?...

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Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies to Announce New Women’s Team

Lex Albrecht    Photo © Pasquale Stalteri Photography / All Rights Reserved January 24, 2012 – U.S.-based Team Optum presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies is launching a new pro women’s road team this season in conjunction with its top level men’s squad. The roster of strong women riders includes five Canadians – Lex Albrecht, Leah Kirchman, Joelle Numainville, Denise Ramsden, and Annie Ewart. The team’s General Manager is a Canuck as well, Jacob Erker, of Symmetrics fame. The...

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2012 top WorldTour teams & rosters

© Pasquale Stalteri Photography / All Rights Reserved / 2011  UCI WorldTour GP de Quebec 2012UCI List of Top 15 WorldTour Teams and Rosters  in alphabetical ord...

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A look inside the FQSC

Photo: Pasquale Stalteri Photography / All Rights Reserved What does the FQSC do?A look inside the Fédé…by John Symon_________________________________ Recent comments by some Miroir du Cyclisme (MdC) readers included several criticisms of the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes (FQSC). So MdC contacted Louis Barbeau, director of the non-profit group which has governed cycling events in this province since 1960, to get his perspective on these. In terms of complaints against the FQSC’s...

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Les Mardis Cyclistes; Where does the Magic Come From?

Tino Rossi           Photo © Pasquale Stalteri Photography / All Rights Reserved  Les Mardis Cyclistes;  Where does the Magic Come From?  by Pasquale Stalteri & John Symon ___________________________________ Lachine seems to be a tiny oasis where road cycling is properly recognized in a country where the sport is otherwise almost forgotten. Here big crowds have turned out for 34 years to cheer as a field of up to 140 of the top senior men...

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Interview with David Veilleux

Miroir du Cyclisme January cover © Pasquale Stalteri Part 1 Part 2 Part...

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2012 SpiderTech roster confusion

2011 Quebec City UCI WorldTour © Pasquale Stalteri Photpgraphy / All Rights Reserved 2012 SpiderTech roster; Why the confusion? As mentioned earlier, the confusion about SpiderTech’s 2012 17-man roster seems to stem from the team’s own communications. The December 2 press release from SpiderTech (as posted in French on Veloptimum) makes no mention of seven returning SpiderTech team members: 1.      Flavio de Luna2.      Lucas Euser3.     ...

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SpiderTech 2012; mystery riders?

2011 Quebec City UCI WorldTour © Pasquale Stalteri Photpgraphy / All Rights Reserved SpiderTech 2012; Who are the 5 mystery riders? by John Symon A photo posted at the Cycle  Sports Management web site: http://cyclesportmanagement.com/ shows the 17-man SpiderTech team for 2012, but the team has only announced 12 of its riders to date. Can you identify the 5 others? 1.       Zach Bell * (photo) 2.       David Boily...

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