Posted on 04 November 2008
Team Astana is wasting no time in the off season resting up and taking holiday. This week three of the team leaders travel to San Diego, California, USA to carry out testing in the wind tunnel. Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer will each spend time in the tunnel perfecting their positions with the […]
Tags: Alberto Contador, Astana, Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer
Posted on 31 October 2008
Included in Interbike 2008 Best of Show Category
It’s a brave new world in caloric intake and First Endurance is coming on strong with the 400-calorie shot (don’t call it a gel), which also has a massive 1,500mg of electrolytes and 1,000mg of amino acids. The fact that it doesn’t have gelling agents and it doesn’t […]
Posted on 23 October 2008
The 2007 Tour winner Alberto Contador, Team Manager Johan Bruyneel and Team Director Alain Gallopin attended the official presentation of the route of the Tour de France 2009 in Paris on Wednesday and offered their reactions to the parcours for next year’s race:
Alberto Contador: “Just like every year, it looks like a Tour for a […]
Posted on 18 October 2008
by Cathy Mehl
Team Astana brought the dynamic-duo of Chris Horner and Jani Brajkovic to race in the 102nd Giro di Lombardia Saturday, backed by a strong team of riders looking to do something special late in the season. While Horner made all the right moves throughout the day, it was Brajkovic who took over in the closing kilometers in […]
Posted on 14 October 2008
As Lance Armstrong fine-tunes his race schedule for 2009 we’ll try to keep you updated on his plans. Last week the UCI gave him permission to start the Tour Down Under in January and he had previously announced his participation in February’s Amgen Tour of California. Now Lance has accepted the offer by Giro d’Italia […]