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September 16 2012 ORICA-GreenEDGE Earn Bronze in Worlds Team Time Trial
ORICA-GreenEDGE rounded out the podium at the team time trial at the Road World Championships on Sunday. The six-man squad covered the 53.2 kilometer course in 1:04:07. The Australian outfit claimed the bronze medal with an average speed of 50.25 kilomete...
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September 16 2012 ORICA-AIS Earn Silver in Worlds Team Time Trial
ORICA-AIS earned the silver medal in the team time trial at the Road World Championships on Sunday. Crossing the finish line in Valkenberg in 46:55:82, the Australian outfit averaged a blistering pace of 43.72 kilometers/hour. "The girls turned themselv...
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September 13 2012 Cyclones Australian team for 2012 UCI Road World Championships
Cycling Australia today confirmed the Cyclones team for the 2012 UCI Road World Championships being staged in the Limburg region of the Netherlands, from 16 to 23 September 2012. Cyclones Team (RR = road race, TT = time trial) Elite Men 1. Simon CLARKE...
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September 10 2012 Simon Clarke wins Polka Dot Jersey at La Vuelta
's come as a good surprise for me to be able to contribute this win to our successes this year." "I'm happy to be able to do this for the team," Clarke added. "I'm especially happy to be able to do this for Shayne [Bannan] who has supported my developmen...
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September 10 2012 Craig Alexander Second at Ironman 70.3 World Championships
On an extremely hot race day Craig Alexander fell one short of retaining his 2011 title after a stunning bike leg by eventual winner Sebastian Kienle of Germany. We saw Kienle almost win the US 70.3 championship in April this year win a fast finishing Tim...
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September 9 2012 Simon Gerrans Wins GP Quebec
Simon Gerrans took a convincing win at the GP Québec following a late attack on the last lap of the WorldTour race. The Australian National Road Champion joined Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) up the road ahead of the penultimate climb. "It's fantastic to win t...
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August 25 2012 Tiffany Cromwell (Orica-AIS) Powers to Second in Plouay
Tiffany Cromwell finished a strong second at GP Plouay after instigating the race winning breakaway. The Australian has shown consistently strong form during the second half of the season, adding her first World Cup podium to a Giro Donne stage win and a ...
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August 24 2012 Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEDGE) Wins Poitou Charentres Overall
Luke Durbridge won the overall at the Tour de Poitou Charentres after moving into the leader's jersey on the stage four individual time trial. The neo-pro has won four individual time trials, two of which have set the scene for general classification vict...
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August 22 2012 Simon Clarke wins stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana
Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) claimed stage 4 of the Vuelta a España and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) moved into the overall lead at the summit finish at Valdezcaray on day that saw Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) lose his red jersey in rather contentious c...
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August 14 2012 Simon Gerrans powers to second in San Sebastian
Simon Gerrans won the Clasica San Sebastian bunch sprint to take second in the Spanish Classic. Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) slipped away from a group of around 30 riders that formed on the descent of the last climb to solo across the line for victory. Te...
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