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Deceased |
Death is the termination of the biological functions that define a living organism. It refers both to a particular event and to the condition that results thereby. The true nature of the latter has for millennia been a central concern of the world's...
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Hail is a form of solid precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, that are individually called hail stones. Hail stones on Earth consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 and 150 millimeters in diameter, with the...
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Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to other kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet. On Earth, it is the condensation of atmospheric water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall, often making it to the surface. Rain is the primary...
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Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft...
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Fog is a cloud that is in contact with the ground. A cloud may be considered partly fog; for example, the part of a cloud that is suspended in the air above the ground is not considered fog, whereas the part of the cloud that comes in contact with...
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Freezing rain is the name given to rain that falls when surface temperatures are below freezing. The raindrops become supercooled while passing through a sub-freezing layer of air, many hundred feet (or meters), just above the surface, and then...
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Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public...
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Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m / 6,939 ft) is the highest road in the central Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. Luz...
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| Individual time trial |
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An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally "against the watch"). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team...
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Injury or bodily injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical, and either by accident or intentional. Personal Injury also refers to damage caused to...
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| Thor Hushovd |
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The Bear (or Bull) from Grimstad |
Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Cervélo TestTeam. Hushovd is known for sprinting and time trialing. He is a former Norwegian time trial champion. He is the first, and to date the only,...
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| Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov |
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Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov (Russian: Сергей Валерьевич Иванов) (born March 5, 1975 in Chuvashia, Soviet Union) is a professional road bicycle racer since 1996. He cycles with Team Katusha. He has, however, been a professional since 1996 - being a...
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| Ivan Basso |
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Ivan the Terrible |
Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with Italian UCI pro tour team Liquigas. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field of the...
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Doping |
In sports, the use of performance-enhancing drugs is commonly referred to by the disparaging term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic...
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| Time trialist |
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A time trialist is a road bicycle racer who can maintain high speeds for long periods of time, to maximize performance during individual or team time trials.
In a traditional individual time trial, riders set off alone (not in a group or peloton) at...
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| Christophe Moreau |
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Christophe Moreau (born April 12, 1971 in Vervins) is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for the French team Agritubel. For many years Moreau was the only real French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France;...
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| Sérgio Paulinho |
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Sergio Paulinho |
Sérgio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (born March 26, 1980 in Oeiras) is a Portuguese road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana. He was a domestique in the 2007 and 2009 Tour de France.
After winning a bronze medal in the 2001 World Championships, in under...
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| Stuart O'Grady |
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Stuey |
Stuart O'Grady OAM (born 6 August 1973 in Adelaide), nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI Pro Tour Team Saxo Bank, who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004...
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| Alexander Vinokourov |
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Alexandre Vinokourov |
Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (Russian: Алексaндр Николаевич Винокуров, born September 16, 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer. He is...
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| Paolo Savoldelli |
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Il Falco |
Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.
Savoldelli is a climber but known for his fast downhill riding. He is nicknamed Il Falco (...
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| Tom Boonen |
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Tornado Tom |
Tom Boonen (born October 15, 1980 in Mol) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the Quick Step team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing...
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| Fumiyuki Beppu |
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Fumiyuki Beppu (Japanese: 別府史之, born 10 April 1983 in Kanagawa-ken) is a Japanese professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Skil-Shimano.
He turned professional with Discovery Channel, with whom he stayed until 2007.
In...
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| Team time trial |
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A team time trial (TTT) is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes...
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| Drizzle |
Drizzle (also called mizzle) is a light rain precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain, and generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in.) in diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus...
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| Blood doping |
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Blood doping is the practice of boosting the number of red blood cells (RBCs) in the bloodstream in order to enhance athletic performance. Because they carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, more RBCs in the blood can improve an athlete’s...
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| Thomas Voeckler |
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le chouchou |
Thomas Voeckler (born June 22, 1979 in Schiltigheim, Bas-Rhin) has been a professional road bicycle racer since 2001. He rides for Bbox Bouygues Telecom, formerly known as Bouygues Télécom Brioches la Boulangère and Bonjour. He comes from the Alsace...
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| Kurt Asle Arvesen |
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Kurt Asle Arvesen (born 9 February 1975 in Nesset) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer. Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset.
After winning the gold medal at the 1997 Under-23 World Championship as an amateur, Arvesen turned pro with Italian...
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| Jens Voigt |
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Boeing |
Jens Voigt (born 17 September 1971 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour Team Saxo Bank. Voigt is known as affable with a propensity to attack, and for his positive racing attitude. He...
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| Jaan Kirsipuu |
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Jaan Kirsipuu (born July 17, 1969 in Tartu) is an Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time....
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| Sylvain Chavanel |
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Sylvain Chavanel Albira (Born Châtellerault France June 30, 1979) is a French professional road bicycle racer. His brother Sébastien Chavanel is also a cyclist. Chavanel started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team...
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| Nicki Sørensen |
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Nicki Sørensen (born 14 May 1975 in Hillerød) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer currently riding for Team Saxo Bank. He has competed in five consecutive editions of the Tour de France from 2001 to 2005, riding as an all-round rider who...
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| Lars Bak |
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Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980 in Silkeborg) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer. He became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen. In 2004 they both switched to BankGiroLoterij where Lars...
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| Matti Breschel |
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Matti Breschel (born 31 August 1984 in Ballerup) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank.
He got his breakthrough with small Danish Team PH, finishing 6th at the U/23 Cycling World...
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| Giuseppe Saronni |
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Giuseppe Saronni (born 22 September 1957 in Novara), also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.
Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races. In...
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| Frank Høj |
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Frank Høj (born January 4 1973) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Saxo Bank. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for Collstrop-Lystex. His first win as a...
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| Fränk Schleck |
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Frank Schleck |
Fränk Schleck (born 15 April 1980 in Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer riding for Team Saxo Bank. At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on Team CSC, as Saxo Bank was then known, and they...
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| Kasper Klostergaard |
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Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (born 22 May 1983) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, riding for Danish based Team Saxo Bank. In the last part of the 2005 season, the then Glud & Marstrand Horsens rider was taken aboard Team CSC, as the team...
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| Tour de Romandie |
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The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI ProTour. It runs in the old Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year celebration of the Swiss Cycling.
The race...
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| Fabian Cancellara |
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Spartacus |
Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Saxo Bank. A time trial specialist, he has been three time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist. He is also a winner...
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| Karsten Kroon |
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Karsten Kroon (born January 29 1976 in Dalen) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Saxo Bank in the UCI ProTour bicycling series.
As an amateur rider, Kroon showed his talent by winning the professional race of...
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| Marcus Ljungqvist |
Marcus Ljungqvist (born October 26, 1974 in Falun) is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer, who has been active since 1998. He currently lives in Luxembourg, and is a member of Danish Team Saxo Bank of the UCI ProTour.
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| Andy Schleck |
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Andy Schleck (born June 10, 1985 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer who, since 2005, has been riding for Team Saxo Bank in the UCI ProTour series. He is the younger brother of Fränk Schleck, also at Team Saxo Bank...
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| Matthias Kessler |
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Matthias Kessler (born May 16, 1979 in Nuremberg), is a German professional road racing cyclist who rode for Astana.
Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1999, a year in which he also took the...
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| Franco Pellizotti |
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Franco Pellizotti (born January 15, 1978 in Latisana, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.
Pellizotti is known as a climbing specialist and won Stage 10 in the 2006 Giro d'Italia,...
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| Daniele Bennati |
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Benna |
Daniele Bennati (Born September 24, 1980, Arezzo, Tuscany) is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team Acqua & Sapone and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario...
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| Jason McCartney |
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Jason McCartney (born September 3 , 1973 in Honolulu) is an American professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour Team Saxo Bank. His 2004 Tour de Georgia stage win led to his being named the North American rider of the year" by VeloNews...
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| Freezing drizzle |
Freezing drizzle is drizzle that freezes on contact with the ground or an object at or near the surface. Its METAR code is FZDZ. When such drops land, it creates an icy layer of glaze. Freezing drizzle alone does not generally result in significant...
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| Janez Brajkovič |
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Janez Brajkovic |
Janez Brajkovič (born December 18, 1983, Metlika) is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for Astana on the UCI ProTour.
Brajkovič joined Discovery Channel midway through the 2005 season....
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| Alessandro Ballan |
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Bontempino |
Alessandro Ballan (born November 6, 1979 in Castelfranco Veneto, Veneto) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Lampre, and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with...
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| Eddy Mazzoleni |
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Mazzo |
Eddy Mazzoleni (born July 29, 1973 in Bergamo) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team.
He currently lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy. Mazzoleni is a talented climber and was a higher...
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| Manuel Quinziato |
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Manuel Quinziato (born October 30, 1979 in Bolzano) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Liquigas professional cycling team in the UCI ProTour.
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| Pierrick Fédrigo |
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Pierrick Fedrigo |
Pierrick Fédrigo (born November 30, 1978 in Marmande) is a French cyclist who rides for Bbox Bouygues Telecom in the UCI ProTour. He was the French national road champion in 2005 and won Stage 14 of the 2006 Tour de France in Gap and Stage 9 of the...
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| Juan José Haedo | Juan Jose Haedo |
Juan José Haedo (born 26 January 1981 in Chascomus, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional road racing cyclist and former track cyclist on Team Saxo Bank. He is the brother of Lucas Sebastian Haedo.
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| Vladimir Gusev |
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982 in Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Astana. Gusev has been a professional since 2004, spending...
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| Sandy Casar |
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Sandy Casar (born February 2, 1979 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a French professional racing cyclist.
Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. As a professional he has always ridden for Française des...
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| Overcast |
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Overcast or overcast weather is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring 95% or more of the sky.
Overcast happens when the entire sky becomes covered with clouds; hence the word to describe it. Sometimes clouds can be different colors such...
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| Vincenzo Nibali |
Vincenzo Nibali (born November 14, 1984 in Messina) is an Italian Professional road bicycle racer who rides for Liquigas cycling team on the UCI ProTour. Born near the Strait of Messina, Nibali's nickname is the "shark of the strait" or simply "the...
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| Matthew Goss |
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Matthew Harley Goss (born 5 November 1986 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer and track racer, currently riding for the Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank.
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| Andrey Kashechkin |
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Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakh: Андрей Кашечкин, born March 21, 1980) is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Astana.
Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
After the junior...
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| Nicholas Roche |
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Nicolas Roche (born 3 July 1984 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France) is an Irish professional road bicycle racer. He has twice been national champion and regurlarly finishes in the top ten in Grand Tour stages.
Roche is the son of former cycling...
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