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Great Britain’s reigning world road race champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) used Thursday night’s Isle of Man Sportsperson of the Year Awards to announce that he will be funding a new scholarship scheme to help the development of some of the island’s brightest sporting prospects. Cavendish hails from the island off England’s north west coast and he revealed that his own struggles were a motivating factor in his decision to start up the scheme, which will provide annual assistance for three youngsters.
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“This island is great at producing sportspeople across all sports and the youngsters deserve the opportunity to get away and show it off,” he said, after collecting his award for Sportsman of the Year for the eighth consecutive year.

“I love this island and I really love coming back here, but I know first-hand how difficult it can be to get off it every weekend – both financially and practically. I thought ‘now I’m in a position to help people who are in the same position that I was in.’”

“Part of Mark’s donation will be used each year to ensure we can send riders to British Cycling’s regional school of racing and they will go as members of Cavendish Racing Isle of Man,” said Geoff Karran, the island’s chairman for sport. “This is a fantastic bequest and gives a fantastic opportunity to young cyclists.”

Michele Bartoli has voiced his disappointment at the absence of the Muur van Geraardsbergen from the route of this year’s edition of the Tour of Flanders. The Italian has found memories of the Muur, after soloing clear on its slopes to win De Ronde in 1996, but the legendary helling has been removed from the course as the race now finishes in Oudenaarde rather than in Meerbeke.

“It’s worse than taking the Poggio from Milan-San Remo,” Bartoli told Gazzetta dello Sport. “For me, the Muur is a piece of the history of the Tour of Flanders, it’s a huge loss. I mean, if I had attacked at another place [in 1996], it wouldn’t be remembered so readily now.”
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While the Muur and the Bosberg have consigned to the history books, the finale of the race now features three ascensions of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. On paper, the new route is more difficult, but Bartoli pointed out that it would all depend on the approach of the riders.

“The Oude Kwaremont isn’t very hard, but it’s long and disjointed. It’s also a bit anomalous in that there’s a stretch of flat pavé afterwards that can hurt. The Paterberg is short but it goes up at 20%, a real wall,” he said. “I couldn’t say if Flanders will be harder because it depends on the riders, but at its key points, the roads are very narrow, and technical ability will be fundamental.”

Bartoli reckons positioning ahead of the first ascension of the Kwaremont with 70km to go could prove essential, but he was loathe to pick a favourite out of Tom Boonen or Fabian Cancellara. “It’s hard for Boonen to drop Cancellara, but the opposite could happen. Although if it doesn’t, then Tom would be at a real advantage in the sprint…”

van Kovalev of the Russian pursuit team was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Australia after training for the upcoming world championships. The extent of his injuries were not immediately known.
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According to a press release from his team RusVelo, Kovalev was riding back from training at the Dunc Gray Velodrome outside of Sydney, when he was hit by a fast-moving car. He flew over the car’s bonnet and hit the ground hard, but the driver did not stop.

Emergency help arrived for the Russian within minutes. Within an hour the driver was located.

Kovalev was taken to hospital for further examination.of head and shoulder injuries. The seriousness of his injuries is not yet clear, nor is it known whether he will be able to ride in the UCI Track World Championships in Melbourne, April 4-8.

Danilo Hondo (Lampre) isn’t among the favourites for this Sunday’s Tour of Flanders but the experienced German will still lead Lampre and their WorldTour ambitions in the Ronde.

Hondo, who finished in the top 20 last year and 9th in 2010, is aware of the harder route in this year’s race but is using the Three Days of De Panne to hone his form for the upcoming Classic.
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Hondo has had a colourful career. The 38-year-old begun racing on the track in the early 1990s, picking up world championship medals including a gold at the track worlds in the team pursuit in 1994.

In 1997 he turned professional with the Argo team before moving to the Telekom squad where he spent six seasons. Despite winning two stages at the Giro he struggled to progress under the shadow of Erik Zabel. Whilst with Team Gerolsteiner, he failed a drugs test in 2005 and moved in various directions – including four teams in four years – before landing on his feet at Lampre. In the last three year, as his legs have slowed, he has devoted much of his efforts to leading out Alessandro Petacchi, while also returning to his roots in track racing during the winter.

In this exclusive video for Cyclingnews Hondo talks about his Flanders hopes and his dream of racing at the London 2012 Olympics.

Daniel Oss is anticipating a war of attrition when the Tour of Flanders’ new finish at Oudenaarde is inaugurated on Sunday, where the Italian lines up alongside the in-form Peter Sagan at the head of a youthful Liquigas-Cannondale team.

Gone is the classic finale of the Muur van Geraardsbergen and the Bosberg, replaced by a combination of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg, which will each be tackled on three occasions before the finish in Oudenaarde. Although Oss has not yet reconnoitred the new lay-out, he is familiar enough with the terrain to understand what kind of ordeal awaits.

“We haven’t tried it, but we know it because it’s a part of the old Flanders route that repeats itself,” Oss told Cyclingnews at his team’s classics base at the Kennedy Hotel in Kortrijk. “It might well be that there’ll be an initial selection on the first lap and then maybe fewer opportunities for the riders who’ve been dropped to get back on. If you’re dropped the first time around, it’s going to be very hard to get back on, and even if you do manage it, you’re going to be empty by then anyway.”

As Belgian cycling’s Holy Week draws on, there is a growing sense of expectation that De Ronde will eventually prove to be a battle between the individual might of Fabian Cancellara and the collective force of Tom Boonen’s Omega Pharma-QuickStep team.

“That could really make the difference for Boonen because we’ve seen that the team in these races are really important,” said Oss, who agreed that a tactical standoff between RadioShack-Nissan and Omega Pharma-QuickStep might also leave the door ajar for Liquigas’ young duo. “Certainly, if we succeed in staying up there once there’s been a selection, then we could play our cards tactically. What have we got to wait for?”

On Tuesday’s opening stage of the Three Days of De Panne, Oss drove a mid-stage breakaway while Sagan lurked in the wings behind, eventually taking out the sprint victory in Oudenaarde. It seemed almost like a practice exercise for Sunday, where Oss might well look to go on the offensive after the 200km mark and allow Sagan to observe the other favourites behind.

“I could anticipate in some way, and find a way to get involved, and maybe Peter can wait for a better moment further into the race,” he said. “If I have the legs, it’s certainly something I could do.”

Compared to twelve months ago, when illness interrupted Oss’ preparation for the classics, the Trentino native seems to have arrived in Belgium ready to be a factor this time around. He was prominent towards the front end of the peloton in piloting Sagan to second place at Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday.

“Yeah, I’m feeling good, and I’ve had a steady build-up. These first races up here are important for understanding how things are going to be, because racing here is different to everywhere else,” said Oss, who is determined to put last year’s disappointment behind him. “Last year, I came to Flanders in a worse state because I was ill beforehand and I was still trying to chase my form.”
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Oss, whose love of the classics stems from “curiosity for something different to the usual cycling” enjoyed a fine campaign on the pave in 2010 as a second-year professional, finishing 5th at Gent Wevelgem. Now 25 years of age, he is determined to deliver on that initial promise. Among the hundreds of thousands on the roadside on Sunday will be a pocket of Oss tifosi from Pergine Valsugana near Trento, who will make an 11-hour pilgrimage by road to see their man in action.

“They’re coming up on Saturday in two 10-seater mini buses. They’ll stay in Brussels, watch the race and then head back down on Monday morning,” Oss explained. “It’s hard for them because they’re working, but I told them that in Belgium there’s a special atmosphere and that it’s worth the effort to come up and see the race.”

And will he feel under any particular pressure to deliver a performance for their benefit? “No, they’re coming up to enjoy themselves.”

Taylor Phinney (BMC) has missed out on selection for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders but remains optimistic over his chances of starting Paris-Roubaix. The American had made the long-list for Andy Rhis’s Flanders squad but missed out, with the team edging for a more experienced line-up.

“Obviously I’m disappointed not to make the team but honestly I have to be realistic. I knew that going into this year that it would be a hard selection to make, especially for Flanders. I respect the team’s decision and just wish the guys all best of luck, and it’s the most star-studded team at the race,” Phinney told Cyclingnews from his base in Italy.

“I’m sad to miss out but I wish them good luck and I’ll hopefully look forward to Paris-Roubaix which is my all-time favourite race and I’m really hoping that I get selected for sure.”

Phinney raced Milan-San Remo earlier this month and Gent-Wevelgem last weekend, finishing both races. His race in Gent-Wevelgem appeared to be centered around gaining experience. He followed teammate George Hincapie throughout the morning’s start procedures before helping his team with a number of domestique duties.
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However, Phinney will now turn his attention to Paris-Roubaix, a race he won twice as a U23 rider before signing for BMC. Having missed the entire Classics season last year through injury he’s hoping to make up for lost time by taking part in the cobbled French Classic for the first time as a professional. And with BMC making three changes from their Flanders squad before Roubaix last year, his chances remain high.

“The team and the organisation understand that Roubaix is the one Classic that suits me because being dead flat and having won the under 23 race twice. They have access to all my training files and know where I’m at physically, I feel really good, I’ve had three weeks of solid training which included San Remo and Gent-Wevelgem. For me I’m at a really high level of fitness. But I have to respect the team’s choice and it’s a tough decision. I just hope that they can see where I’m at fitness-wise because my number one priority is Paris-Roubiax.”

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) turned up for a training ride and came away with a victory on stage 1 of the Three Days of De Panne. The Slovak had told Cyclingnews on the eve of the race that his sole intention was to keep his legs turning over ahead of the Tour of Flanders, but when the chance of a win presented itself in Oudenaarde on Tuesday, Sagan couldn’t help but accept.

“We talked in the team before the race and it was decided that I would only do training for Sunday today,” Sagan said as the press huddled around him in Oudenaarde’s Stadhuis afterwards. “But during the race I started to feel good and I started to do a lot the work for my companions.”

After teammate Daniel Oss’ mid-stage break had been swallowed up by the group of principal favourites, Sagan was an increasingly visible presence towards the front end of the peloton. In the finale, he tracked an attack sparked by Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) on the climb of the Kortekeer, which briefly threatened to stay clear to the line. Once that move was reeled in, he made arrangements for the sprint with his companion Fabio Sabatini as the 50-strong lead group thundered towards the finish.

“Saba told me to try and stay on his wheel, and if I could come past at the end then I should go for it, because he didn’t know if he was good or not,” Sagan said.

In the event, it was Astana’s Valetin Iglinskiy who led out the sprint for Jacopo Guarinieri, but with Sabatini and Sagan both lined up on his wheel, there was only ever going to be one winner. “In the end, it was as well that I did the sprint as well and that it worked out that way,” Sagan said.

Sagan’s first-ever win in Belgium puts him into the white jersey of overall leader, something which may yet scupper any ideas of discreetly pulling out of the race on Thursday morning in order to save his energy for the Tour of Flanders. With stage two from Zottegem to Koksijde also fancied to finish in a bunch sprint, Sagan seems well-placed to defend his overall lead.

“I’m doing this for training, tomorrow also,” said Sagan, who was coy about discussing his plans for Thursday. “We will see how things go tomorrow.”

Indeed, the shadow of De Ronde looms large over the Three Days of De Panne, with seemingly every pedal stroke and every gesture carefully scrutinised by the Flemish media as a possible portent for Sunday. “If I come out of this race well and recover well, then I can do well in Flanders,” Sagan said simply.

But what of Tom Boonen’s assessment after Gent-Wevelgem, that the 22-year-old Sagan needs an experienced head alongside him in his team to guide him through the Classics?lotto cycling team
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“That’s the reason why I am here, for experience,” said Sagan. “I like these races because they’re something different. We have three weeks here in Belgium that are different from all the other races during the year. Certainly these races can also be for me.”

Sagan is quietly hoping to be in the mix when he returns to Oudenaarde for the finale of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, even if he acknowledged that Boonen would be the favourite following his wins at E3 Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem.

“I don’t know how I can beat him,” Sagan said. “I’ll need to see in the race because Boonen will have a strong team.”

Cannondale Factory Racing brought on board two junior mountain bikers for the 2012 season: Americans Taylor Smith and Keegan Swenson. Both last year juniors will race primarily in the US, but will also get a chance to participate in some World Cups with the UCI elite mountain bike team, which also includes pros Manuel Fumic, Marco Fontana, Martin Gujan and Jeremiah Bishop.

Swenson, who lives in Park City, Utah, gained some experience in Europe after competing there for the first time in several races in 2011. “I learned that there are a lot of fast juniors and they are all strong and great riders. It was good to go there and experience great competition,” said Swenson to Cyclingnews.

“My best results were second in the Swisspower Cup in Granichen and two top fives at the Mont-Sainte-Anne and Windham World Cups. Plus I was second at cross country and short track US nationals.”

Smith was in Europe for the first time at the Cannondale Factory Racing team camp in Finale Ligure in late February and early March. The racer from Navato, California is hoping to return to the Continent in May for a US Development team camp.

Both riders are aiming to do the North American World Cups at Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec, Canada, and Windham, New York in the USA.

Swenson is hoping to hit a few others, too. “This year, I will try to do as many World Cups as I can, but I don’t yet know which ones. Definitely the US World Cups and maybe the French World Cups.” He, too, is hoping to attend the May development camp in Europe.

The two have been teammates previously. “We knew each other before,” said Swenson. “We raced at nationals in 2010 together and then we were on the same Whole Athlete/Specialized team. Now we’ve ended up together here.”

Smith got his start cycling when he was 11 years old. “I rode with some buddies down the street who had BMX and mountain bikes. We’d ride around and do jumps and that kind of thing. When I was 12, I decided I wanted to get serious and I did my first cross country race at Sea Otter, and I’m still doing it six years later,” said Smith.

Since then Smith has worked his way up the state and national ranks. “My two best results were California state championships. I took second in varsity. At US nationals, I was sixth in the cross country, third in super D, and fourth in short track. At the Howell Mt. Classic, I was third overall and generally I had a strong second half of the year.”

Smith races a little bit of everything. “I mainly race cross country. I do super D and short track for fun. I’m not as much of a downhill kind of person. I see myself doing more when I get out of school.”

Swenson described himself also as an all rounder with a focus on cross country. He said he does a few short tracks and super Ds here and there and also dabbles in road racing. “Not a ton, but it gives me good fitness and base,” he said of his efforts on the road.

Swenson began riding at about age 10. “I started racing when I was 12 or 13.”

Both riders offered advice for other young riders getting into mountain biking, which is not a traditional school sport in the US.
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“Learn how to ride your bike first. Be a good technical rider and then you can get the strength and fitness later on,” said Swenson. “Don’t worry about your equipment, just ride and have fun.”

The two racers get support from family and friends at their respective homes. Both are grateful for the chance to learn from some of the world’s best riders at Cannondale Factory Racing.

“This is the biggest opportunity I’ve ever had in my life so far,” said Smith. “I hope Keegen and I can put together a really solid season.”

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Rabobank will have to do without Carlos Barredo for the next few weeks. The Spaniard crashed into Fabian Cancellara during the E3 Harelbeke last Friday and sufferd multiple injuries, including a broken arm.

Cancellara had pulled over to change a wheel, right after a curve. Barredo crashed into him heavily, and was diagnosed with a broken radius in his right arm. He was operated on that same evening.
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His teammate Matti Breschel saw Barredo immediately after the crash. “I saw the break, and it is broken in half,” he told sporten.dk.

That was, however, probably not Barredo’s most painful injury. “He had apparently taken a hit on the groin and could hardly walk,” Breschel continued. “When he pulled his pants down, his testicles were completely blue and swollen to the size of oranges.”

Breschel, who finished third in Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, will miss the support of his Spanish teammate in the upcoming Tour of Flanders. “Barredo has been off to a really good start and it is a weakness for the team that he is now out.”

Last week’s race was full of incidents with several riders suffering injuries. Garmin-Barracuda’s David Millar broke his collarbone and Sebastian Hinault (AG2R-La Mondiale) came away with a broken wrist.