Denifl best Austrian rider, another top 10 finish
The Tour of Austria's fifth stage from Bleiburg to Deutschlandsberg though not the hardest one was still very challenging. The 150.3 km course contained two mountains, one of them a category 2, plus the heat and the last steep short climb to the finish certainly made this stage an interesting one. Stefan Denifl (AUT) was again the best-placed rider today for Cervélo TestTeam finishing again in ninth place just behind the GC favorites. The Belgium Nick Nuyens (Rabobank) took the stage win out of a break, ahead of Giovanni Visconti (ISD - Neri) and Egor Silin (Team Katusha). The overall ranking is still led by Riccardo Ricco (Ceramica Flaminia) while Stefan Denifl is back in the 9th position in the GC and will also wear again tomorrow the jersey for the best Austrian rider.

"Today the peloton were racing at a very high speed. On the top of the first mountain, at about 50 km, a break away was built but unfortunately without any Cervélo TestTeam riders in it," explained Jens Zemke, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam after the race. "The lead group was 13 riders strong, until the end of the stage. Then they lost some riders but five survived over the second mountain and also in the final short and steep ramp to the finish, despite hard work from our team at the front of the peloton in the last ten kilometers. Stefan again showed a great performance on the final climb and took the ninth spot behind the escape group and the big names like Ricco and Emanuele Sella (CarmioOro NGC), confirming with that finish, his top ten GC position. Unfortunately we did lose a rider today. Dominique Rollin (CAN) had to give up the race on the second mountain. It is a challenging tour especially also in this heat," informed Jens Zemke.

The sixth stage of the Tour of Austria takes place tomorrow from Deutschlandsberg to Laxenburg over 231.8 km. Cervélo TestTeam riders are still very motivated to tackle the challenge of the Tour's longest stage.



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Martin Reimer finishes top ten in 6th stage Tour of Austria
The sixth stage of the 62nd Tour of Austria from Deutschlandsberg to Laxenbrug finished in a mass arrival after the long 231.8 km course. The Cervélo train did the work for Martin Reimer (DEU) and he paid them back for the effort with a 7th place finish in the race which was won by the German sprinter Andre Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia). Robert Förster (Team Milram) took second spot while Ben Swift (Sky Professional Cycling Team) completed the podium today in third. In the overall ranking, Riccardo Ricco (Ceramica Flaminia) stays in the lead and the TestTeam's Stefan Denifl (AUT) holds his 9th GC position.

"It was a super-long stage. We were riding over 231.8 km and in addition 10 km of it was neutralized," explained
Jens Zemke, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam. "The conditions on this long stage were also not very easy as it was quite thirsty weather with 33 C. I have no idea how many bottles the riders emptied today but I can tell you it was a lot. Today's race was dominated by four riders, who managed to build up a successful break away. But the peloton chased them back 15 km from the finish and Columbia set the pace so that a sprint arrival was guaranteed. We brought Martin in position and he had a good top ten result and Stefan Denifl stayed in his position in the GC. Tomorrow will be a decisive stage for the GC. We are hoping that Stefan will have a good time trial and can keep his position in the GC or even improve it."

The Tour of Austria heads into the final weekend with the seventh stage an individual time trial competition (26.3 km) from Podersdorf am Neusiedler See to Illmitz.



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Denifl moves up to 7th in GC at Tour of Austria
Cervélo TestTeam's Stefan Denifl (AUT) rode a great individual time trial on the 26.3 km course around Podersdorf am Neusiedler See to finish 12th today in the seventh stage of the Tour of Austria. Denifl finished 1:20 behind the winner Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) from the Netherlands. Second place went to the German Patrick Gretsch (Team HTC-Columbia). Third place went to Artem Ovechkin from Russia (Team Katusha). The race was overshadowed by a crash involving the GC leader Riccardo Ricco (Ceramica Flaminia), who crashed with a motorbike. Though he was bleeding, Ricco finished the race and is still in the lead of the GC. With his excellent time trial today, Denifl moves up to seventh in the overall GC.

"We have reached our aim to stay in the GC top ten with Stefan," said a satisfied Jens Zemke, Sports Director. "It was a nice stage with a flat course though once again we had to fight against the heat. The technically easy course starts at Lake Neusiedler, providing beautiful scenery for a fight against the clock. Stefan was strong and can really be proud of his performance. The 12th spot in this high-class field is enormous. Tomorrow we would like to bring the 7th GC place home with Stefan as well as making a good stage result with our other riders."

Tomorrow's 8th stage from Podersdorf to Vienna, over 122.8 km, will be the final one in the 62nd edition of the Tour of Austria. The course, which includes 10 loops around the Burgtheater in Vienna at the end, is quite flat.



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Stefan Denifl is 7th in final GC at Tour of Austria
For the native Austrian Stefan Denifl, his home country tour concluded today with an excellent 7th place in the overall ranking. On the last stage, 122.8 km from Podersdorf to Vienna, Cervélo TestTeam again rode very offensively finishing 4th and 5th in the final sprint with Roger Hammond (GBR) and Martin Reimer (DEU). The team also worked hard for the strong GC showing of Denifl, who finished today's stage in 43rd, the same time as stage winner Graeme Brown (Rabobank). Germans Robert Förster (Team Milram) and André Greipel (Team HTC - Columbia) finished in second and third respectively. Riccardo Ricco (Ceramica Flaminia) was the overall winner of the 62nd edition of the Tour of Austria even with his big crash with a motorbike yesterday.

"Today's stage was again a tough one. Racing in temperatures of 36°C is not easy," explained
Jens Zemke, Sports Director, Cervélo TestTeam. "On the final stage, a group of four Austrians found their chance and escaped but were chased back about 10 km from the finish by the sprinter teams. Our guys, after this long 8-stage tour, were quite aggressive today proven by the Roger's fourth place and Martin's fifth place finish in the bunch sprint. Stefan came in on at a safe 43rd place in the same time as the winner and confirmed his 7th overall rank. I have to say "chapeau" a (tip of the hat) to Stefan - he did a respectful performance for a just 22-year-old rider. The equipment, we have to add, helped us a lot. For example Stefan's P4 is a perfect match for him and he felt very good during the time trial. It is also the reason, for sure, why he is getting stronger and stronger in the time trial and could made the jump from the 9th to the 7th place in the GC. All in all, I am really satisfied with the Tour of Austria. It was a well done tour and we were always present on the podium with Stefan as the best Austrian rider."

After the Tour of Austria, a portion of the riders will be going to Switzerland to do high altitude training, to prepare for the last part of the cycling season.



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Xavier Florencio update
When Xavier Florencio Cabré (ESP) was withdrawn from the 2010 Tour de France line-up, we indicated a full review of the situation. These are the outcomes:

1. The rider did indeed have the ailments as stated. The product he used to self-medicate is the most commonly sold over-the-counter medication to treat this ailment in Spain.
2. The rider understands and accepts the steps taken by team management to protect him and the team. In fact, this case has demonstrated why a policy to clear any medication in advance with the medical staff is so important - regular doctors and pharmacists are often not aware of the limitations placed by WADA on professional athletes.
3. The team's medical staff has changed the medication to conform with Cervélo TestTeam policy. As such, the rider will be allowed to return to racing as soon as he is declared fit by the Chief Medical Officer of the Cervélo TestTeam. We expect this to be on July 31, at the traditional Spanish race Clásica Ciclista de San Sebastián.



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Thor Hushovd won Natourcriterium Roeselare
Thor Hushovd (NOR) easily beats his breakaway compatriots Cancellara and Van den Broeck.


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Cervelo's Heinrich Haussler back on the bike following surgery
The new Australian is starting slow, but still hopes to "do a few beautiful races before the year is over."

Alexander Wetterhall and Daniel Teklehaymanot have signed with Cervelo TestTeam as stagiaires for the remainder of the season.

It's good to see CTT supporting young riders and bringing them up the ranks. It reminds me of the likes of Ken Tyrrell and Eddie Jordan getting hold of young drivers and helping them into F1 (Jackie Stewart, Michael Schumacher, and many others).

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Wetterhall and Teklehaymanot join Cervélo TestTeam as stagiaires
For the rest of the season, Alexander Wetterhall from Sweden (German wiki) and Daniel Teklehaymanot from Eritrea will join Cervélo TestTeam as stagiaires.

The 24-year-old Wetterhall, from southern Sweden, started his career as a mountain biker before moving to road cycling in 2008. Already in his first year on the road, he became Swedish National Champion in the individual time trial. The 2010 season also started promisingly, with overall victory in the Irish tour FDB Insurance Rás and a stage victory in the Ringerike Grand Prix. Wetterhall will join the team next week in the Post Tour of Denmark, which starts on the 4th of August.

In addition to Wetterhall, Cervélo TestTeam will welcome another international rider into its ranks.
Daniel Teklehaymanot, a 21-year-old rider from Eritrea, is one of the most promising African riders. In 2008 he won his first national title in the road race and also claimed victory in the individual time trial (category U23) at the African Championships. A year later he took two stage victories at the Tour of Eritrea and finished 6th overall in the Tour de l'Avenir. This season he already has a stage win in the Coupe de Nations Ville Saguenay to his credit and took second place in the Berner Rundfahrt. His first appearance in the Cervélo TestTeam colors is planned for the one-day race Chateauroux Classic de l'Indre in France at the end of August.

UCI - Daniel Teklehaymanot
UCI - Alexander Wetterhall



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After his victory at RAS, Alexander Wetterhall had a talk with PEZ;
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The men race in San Sebastian and Tour de Pologne
On July 31 Cervélo TestTeam will tackle the challenge of the Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, a one-day classic on the UCI ProTour calendar. The race, in existence since 1981, is taking a quantum leap forward this year with a considerably more difficult final.

In general the race route, over a 234 km course covers many difficult roads through the Basque hills. Early climbs will inspire breakaways, but the decisive attacks usually occur on the slopes of the Alto de Jaizkibel climb. This will include two difficult sections where teams will be forced to select and then try to get their best riders in the front group to fight for victory in the hectic run-in to San Sebastian.

The team is also participating at the 67th Tour de Pologne. The route of the 2010 edition will offer stages for the sprinters and will also include some tough climbs. The race starts with a stage from Sochaczew to Warsaw before heading to Katowice. Stage four finishes with a climb to Rownica, considered the hardest climb in Poland. The race will finish in Krakow for the third year in a row on August 7. The Cervélo TestTeam will be at the start with an international roster of good sprinters and climbers.



Edit: 3/8-10
Clásica de San Sebastián (31 July), Cervélo TestTeam line-up:
Carlos Sastre Candil (ESP)
Xavier Florencio Cabré (ESP)
Volodymyr Hustov (UKR)
Stefan Denifl (AUT)
Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro (ESP)
Oscar Pujol Muñoz (ESP)
Philip Deignan (IRL)
Brett Daniel Lancaster (AUS)

Sports Director: Alexandre Sans Vega (ESP)


Tour of Poland / Tour de Polognen (1 August - 7 August), Cervélo TestTeam line-up:
Xavier Tondó Volpini (ESP)
Martin Reimer (DEU)
Davide Appollonio (ITA)
Dominique Rollin (CAN)
Ole Gabriel Rasch (NOR)
Edward Carrington "Ted" King (USA)
Joaquín Novoa Méndez (ESP)
João Miguel da Silva Correia (PRT)

Sports Director: Marcello Albasini (CHE)
                               Jens Zemke (DEU)

Sandefjord Grand Prix
Thor Hushovd (NOR) and Ole Gabriel Rasch (NOR) finished 10th and 16th respectively.


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Sastre hoping for result in Clasica San Sebastian
Sastre’s best peformance in the race was seventh place in 2007, the last time he took part. He has ridden it six times in all and so knows what to expect from the route. “It will not be easy to improve on that position [seventh], since the lineup is very good and many people will come with good form after the Tour, but I hope to be with them. The double passage over Jaizkibel and Arkale will be very important in the selection.”

Sastre 3rd in Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa - Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián!!

Podium ride for Sastre at Clásica San Sebastián
Cervélo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre Candil (ESP) rode to an impressive third-place podium finish in the grueling, 234-kilometer Clásica San Sebastián in northern Spain on Saturday.

Sastre was one of the main protagonists on the second of two climbs over the decisive, first-category Alto de Jaizkibel late in the race, helping to forge the winning, three-man breakaway. Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne) out-kicked Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) to win while Sastre crossed the line third for a prestigious podium spot in Spain's most important one-day race.

"It's a big happiness to achieve this podium after all the bad luck I've had this season," Sastre said. "Two climbs over the Jaizkibel makes this race a lot more realistic for me and I had good sensations throughout the race. The team did a great job to protect me in the first passage over the Jaizkibel. The legs responded when they needed to. I had some cramps in the final kilometers, but I am very satisfied."

The Clásica saw an elite field of riders, with many of the pre-race favorites coming hot off the Tour de France.

Cervélo brought a motivated team, with a mix of Tour riders such as Sastre and Volodimir Gustov (UKR) as well as riders returning to competition after a long break, such as Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro (ESP) and former Clásica winner Xavier Florencio Cabré (ESP).

Florencio worked into the day's early breakaway and then the rest of the team helped keep Sastre out of the wind to allow him to be ready for the decisive moves on the Jaizkibel.

Chasing behind the Sastre trio were seven riders who were within 15 seconds of gaining contact in the closing 15km, but Sastre and the other two escapees collaborated to make sure they arrived to the finish line with options for victory.

Sastre suffered leg cramps late in the race and lost contact with the leading two with about three kilometers to go, but dug deep to regain contact with one kilometer to go to assure a spot on the final podium.

"We knew that it would be a good race for Carlos, considering how he came out of the Tour and that this course is much harder. We decided right from the start that we'd ride for Carlos today," said Alexandre Sans Vega, Cervélo Sport Director. "The entire team rode fantastic all day. Of the final three in the group, we knew that Sánchez and Vinokourov are very fast in the sprint. They worked together to keep a margin against seven chasing riders to assure a chance at victory. The fans certainly got a great show today."



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Reimer in opening stage crash at Tour of Poland
Italy's Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Doimo) won the opening stage of the Tour of Poland, beating Aitor Galdos Alonso (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Allan Davis (Astana) in the sprint. A high-speed crash just 1.5 km from the finish left several riders on the ground, including Cervélo's Martin Reimer (DEU), with many others blocked by the pile-up. Around 20 riders avoided the crash and fought for the stage victory. Guarnieri started his sprint early but had the speed to hang on and hit the line first, according to cyclingnews.com.

"Our goal today was to have somebody on the podium. The team did a good job and worked hard to bring Reimer deep into the final at the front," said Jens Zemke, Sports Director. "But unfortunately he crashed 900 meters before the finish. In fact after the massive crash right before today's finish a total of only 25 riders reached the finish. As we progress through the race we will try to bring
Xavier Tondó Volpini (ESP) in the best position for the mountains and we will try to again bring Martin into a good position for the sprints. The boys did a good job today, though Reimers knee is swollen, so hopefully he can start with us tomorrow. Aside from that there were many spectators at today's opening stage of this very well organized race."

Tomorrow's second stage from Rawa Mazowiecka to Dabrowa Górnicza is the longest of the tour at 240 km.



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Carlos Sastre’s Cervélo R5
Carlos Sastre rode a Cervélo R5 at this year's Tour de France, a new bike formally known as Project California. Using a similar frame design to the R3, the big additions are the BBright bottom bracket and a 1 3/8in tapered headset bearing for increased front-end stiffness, all with a weight of under 700g.



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Edward Carrington "Ted" King   -   From Poland: pre-race / stage 1

João Miguel da Silva Correia   -   Cakes and Altitude

Gabriel Rasch on the attack at Tour of Poland
Cervélo was on the attack today at the Tour of Poland, as Ole Gabriel Rasch (NOR) helped form the day's major breakaway, on the races longest stage. André Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia) won the chaotic stage 2 sprint with Allan Davis (Astana) finishing second and retaining the leaders jersey*. Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) placed third in the bunch gallop.

The break went after 16 kilometers in the 240-kilometer stage after a slew of attacks early on failed to materialize. Joined by Marcin Sapa (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Bartlomiej Matysiak (Poland BGZ) and Tom Stubbe (Omega Pharma-Lotto) the group had a ten-minute gap at the 80 km mark, still with 160 km to go. Just before entering the first of three finishing laps in Dabrowa Gornicza, Matysiak and Sapa attacked their breakaway companions Rasch and Stubbe. With 15 km to go the duo had only a one-minute advantage over the peloton that had already absorbed Stubbe and Rasch. The peloton caught Matysiak and on the next lap.

"We sent a clear message today. We wanted to have like a rider in the break away," said Marcello Albasini, Sports Director. "If it come to a bunch sprint then our goal was to have Martin Reimer (DEU) up there. After 16 km 2 riders attacked, Gabriel Rasch, and Marcin Sapa. Later two more riders, Tom Stubbe and Bartlomiej Matysiak made the jump so now we have four riders in the lead. It was a good break away, and the riders where able to build up the gap to more than 11 minutes. It was important to get some seconds in the bonus sprints helping Gabriel move up to twelfth place in the GC. Eventually Rasch dropped out of the break away group and the peloton also took back the other riders. The race ended in a very chaotic sprint and André Greipel won the stage. Martin was there alone and he tried to find his way, ending up in 11th."

* That's simply wrong, Davis leader jersey today..



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Edward Carrington "Ted" King   -   From Poland: stage 1