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Published on Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:19

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Alberto Contador studied his position in the Wind Tunnel

Alberto Contador held on Wednesday 19 May a workshop on the modern wind tunnel Epsilon Euskadi, situated in Parque Tecnológico de Álava and considered among the best in the world.

Contador did this test session, which lasted for more than four hours, with the aim of evaluating the performance of new materials as well as aerodynamic improvements could be introduced during the time trial in relation to his position on the bike. “I'm happy with my results, but trying to improve is always important, we have to work as much as possible in this way,” says Alberto. “It's been a long day and you feel cold during the tests, but it's worth the effort.”

No Tour participation for Philippe Gilbert

There has been a lot of speculation about a possible participation of Philippe Gilbert in the Tour de France 2010, where the rider and team management is now able to bring a definitive conclusion.

After consultation between Philippe and the team, Phil will not start in the Tour and choose again a preparation as last year. So he will ride the Vuelta to prepare for the Worldchampionship in Australia and hopes again for a succesfull end of the season.

The team is full confident in his team leader and supports 100 % this decision.

Top names and big crowds get set for Leazes Criterium

Some of the country’s top riders are expected to be cheered on by impressive crowds at this year’s Leazes Criterium in Newcastle (11 June).

The event, which is part of the Northern Rock Cyclone weekend of cycling, has already attracted rider from teams such as Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta and Rapha Condor Sharp for its Elite race.

Top names so far include Steven Burke, Chris Newton and Andrew Tennant.

The Leazes Criterium is expected to attract crowds of up to 5,000 this year and will appear on Eurosport as part of British Cycling’s Premier Calendar show. Northern Rock Cyclone Challenge sportive riders can also sign in register on at the Friday night event for the following day’s ride.

The Northern Rock Cyclone weekend is a massive weekend on cycling in Newcastle. It kicks off on Friday (11 June) night with the Leazes Criterium races. The Northern Rock Cyclone Challenge sportive then takes place on Saturday (12 June). The weekend comes to a head on the Sunday (13 June) with the Beaumont Trophy Premier Calendar race. Won in 2009 by Tour de France and Olympic star Bradley Wiggins, the race takes in the beautiful – and challenging riding – of the Northumberland countryside.

Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) second in stage 2 of Circuit de Lorraine (2.1)

Two riders took the early lead in the 170k long stage from Pagny sur Moselle to Chantraine. In the final they saw the bunch come back and a complete group arrived at the bottom of the final climb. Matteo Carrara seemed to take the win but in the last few meters the Italian saw his country mate Felline pass. The two riders had about fifty meters advantage on the number three.

Sport director Hilaire Van Der Schueren talked about an exciting final:  “The bunch was complete at the start of the climb and for a second it appeared that Carrara won. Felline put himself off Carrara in the last 50 meters after he was afraid of getting closed in by a slightly deviation of Matteo. Carrara missed out on the win after the jury decided to respect the result. It will be difficult to win the race for the second year in a row but we are confident. Saturday will be the day to take the lead.”

Sergey Lagutin got seventh in the stage. Matteo Carrara is second in the general classification. Fridays stage takes the riders from Raon l'Etape to Saint-Avold over 159k.