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Westra surprises!

26 April 2012

In the first stage of the Tour De Romandie Lieuwe Westra sprinted to second place behind Bradley Wiggins! In a similar sprint during Paris-Nice the Vacansoleil-DCM rider showed already to manage well in a flat sprint with a third place. "I did not feel good but was able to maintain myself easily in front of the peloton on the climbs"......

Triathlon victory for FFWD!

24 April 2012

FFWD Wheels sponsored athlete Emma-Kate Lidbury won the Challenge Fuertaventura! The British athlete lead from start to finish and completed the half Ironman distance in 4:32:41, almost three minutes before number two of the race. Lidbury is familiar with the Island where she spend most of the winter training for the season. "After spending some weeks at home in Oxford, I needed......

Feillu sprints to second place!

6 April 2012

Team Vacansoleil-DCM had a strong presence in the GP Pino Cerami with Feillu on second place! With one kilometre to go it was Marco Marcato who was leading the race after attacking at 20 kilometres before the finish with two others. As the peloton caught them it was Belgian rider Gaetan Bille who jumped out of the pack and was able......

Wout Poels Second in Sprint!

3 April 2012

Wout Poels surprised Team Vacansoleil-DCM by finishing second in the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclista Al Pais Vasco! It was no surprise that Poels finished second, but the way he did so in a bunch sprint was new for both the team and Poels himself. Being a climber who finished second on the Angliru last year, this sprint success was......

Monia Baccaille wins!

3 April 2012

Italian rider Monia Baccaille wins GP De Dottignies in Belgium! The complete team of MCipollini-Giambenini-Gaus worked hard to put Baccaille in a good position for the sprint. In the final metres Baccaille was able to take revenge for her second place of last year. This year the positions changed and Baccaille won before Emma Johansson who won last year. The famous Mario......