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August 9 2008 Olympic Gold for Sanchez
Spain's Samuel Sanchez outsprinted Italy's Davide Rebellin for Olympic gold at the Beijing road race last weekend. Both riders were battling with equal weapons: The new DURA-ACE 7900 components that were introduced recently and that will be available to c...
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July 18 2008 Cavendish Collects 4th Stage Win
Mark Cavendish has won his fourth stage of this year's Tour de France, taking the Stage 13 bunch sprint into Nîmes follwing the 182km race from Narbonne. The Team Columbia rider from the Isle of Man has proven tough to be nearly unbeatable in the sprint...
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July 6 2008 Thor Takes TdF Stage 2
Crédit Agricole rider Thor Hushovd has taken out stage 2 of the Tour de France, sprinting to victory at the uphill finish of Saint Brieuc. "It was a really hard sprint, with the wind in the finale and in the climbs, but I knew it was a sprint that fits m...
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June 23 2008 Athertons ride new SAINT to World's double
This weekend, Downhill mountain bikers Gee and Rachel Atherton each took victory at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy. Both were riding the new Saint components, featuring awesome brake performance and a crsipy shift feeling,...
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June 19 2008 Early victories on new Dura-Ace
Markus Fothen celebrated the biggest victory in his career yesterday by winning the 5th stage of the Tour de Suisse. The German rider of Team Gerolsteiner was riding the new DURA-ACE 7900 groupset, providing the ideal balance of lightweight, stiffness and...
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June 2 2008 Dura-Ace 7900 Series
Osaka, Japan Shimano introduces the all new 7900 series Dura-Ace. Dura-Ace must always be the best. That's the development philosophy of Shimano. We keep pursuing performance without compromise by adopting advanced technology and upgrading the quality...
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May 15 2008 VIC to Host Champions of Cycling
Cycling Australia today welcomed the joint announcement of the Steering Committee for the 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships and confirmation Melbourne will host a round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics for the next three years. "Cycli...
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April 18 2008 New SAINT Launch
The new Saint keeps its basic characteristics like top-level durability and reliability for extreme mountain biking such as Down Hill, Freeriding and Extreme All Mountain. At the same time, this new group is completely different and promises much much more...
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March 26 2008 Lifecycle Expedition Departs from Perth
Shimano Australia is a proud sponsor of The Life Cycle, 3 guys riding from Perth to Sydney to raise $10,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The 3-man team will be cycling across Australia unassisted - carrying all their own supplies - leaving Perth...
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March 6 2008 Gilbert Victorious with Dura-Ace Tubeless
Française Des Jeux rider Philippe Gilbert proved the competition worthiness of Road Tubeless wheels as he crossed the line first after a 22km solo break away with his Dura-Ace WH-7850-SL wheels in the Omloop Het Volk. The Belgian semi-classic race tradi...
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