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    Cycling 2014

    Can it even go close to the epic 2013 Irish cycling had?

    Kicks off at the Tour Down Under were Deignan will make his Sky debut. Not a course that suits him so basically just a warm up for him I'd say.
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    Interview with a confident Sam Bennett: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/othe...1649927?page=1

    Netapp looking for a Tour wildcard rather than one for Giro.
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    Both Netapp and UHC miss out on Giro wildcards, but Netapp get into Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan San-Remo and Lombardy while UHC invited to Milan San Remo.

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    A piece on the new riders at An Post Chain Reaction:


    San Luis under way now and the Tour Down Under starts tonight- the 2014 season has truly begun
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    Netapp get a wildcard for Le Tour. Could Bennett feature? He'll have to show some real form in early season, but it's possible.

    He starts off at the Tour of Qatar- a great chance to go up against some of the world's top sprinters.
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    Marcus Christie gets in the break and comes 6th in his first pro race for An Post at Etoile de Bessèges. Decent start!
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    Felix English was 4th in the prologue of the Herald Sun Tour. He was best young rider.

    Slipped down the field on the first stage

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    Decent opening to the season for Bennett with three top tens in Qatar.

    Roche interview here: http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=...5&e=06ca824e5f He is planning for Tour of Oman, Heroica, Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo.
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    Another broken collar bone for Deignan: http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-n...in-real-doubt/
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    Roche on the attack today in Oman:

    Image borrowed from Sticky Bottle, which also has video highlights: http://www.stickybottle.com/races-re...on-the-attack/

    Bennett going rightly with a couple of top tens, although he wasn't in the front group today.
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    3rd for Bennett in the final stage in Oman. Very decent sprint. Hopefully he makes the breakthrough for the season soon.

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    Brammeier starts at Langawi this week. Martin will start with Tirreno Adriatico, Catalunya, Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne, Liege Bastogne Liege, Giro.
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    Brammeier 2nd on the first stage: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/le-...tage-1/results

    He also took first on all the king of the mountains so leads that classification and sits 3rd overall (due to intermediate time bonuses)
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    Brammeier 8th on stage 2. Clearly going well. There's a Cat 1 and HC climb later in the race, so chances are he'll have to mop up a lot of lower cat climbs to keep the mountains jersey- which all points to another breakaway. That in turn means he may have to drop time to allow that to happen.
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    Martyn Irvine won silver in the Scrath race in the World Championships. He won gold last year. Brilliant achievement

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    Ryan Mullen (only 19) was 4th in the Individual Pursuit (Irvine was 12th)
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    Nice one, meant to post that, but good that someone broke up my run so I don't look like too much of a mental case.
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    Just about to post it as well.

    The good start to the year has transpired.
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    Sam Bennett win a sprint today in Spain!

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    Sam Bennett's win is being called his first pro win (even on the likes of cycling news not just general media). Are the An Post team not pro? I thought Continental level teams were pro?
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