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Omega Pharma Confirms Merger

Belgian company, Omega Pharma and their management have confirmed to press today that the Belgian pharmaceutical company will plan to stay within cycling during the 2012 season, as long as the team agrees to merge together with one other team. This would secure a WorldTour license. Lotto, the Belgian national lottery, have already told journalists that they will not continue their partnership during... 

Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Tour de France Roster

One more team has announced their line-up for Tour de France 2011. Omega Pharma-Lotto has just released this list of riders, who will start in Tour de France on the 2nd of July. Watch out for Philippe Gilbert, André Greipel and Jurgen Van den Broeck, who have all shown great form this year. They may not be your obvious favourites but a podium candidate could be Jurgen Van den Broeck. Gilbert Philippe Greipel... 

Unbeatable Philippe Gilbert Hungry for the Liege

It has been an extremely successful spring for Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert, who has won three Ardennes Classics this year, which in itself is an extraordinary accomplishment, but if he is able to tame the Old Lady, as the last Classic spring race Liege-Bastogne-Liege is called, he will be the first to have won all four Ardennes Classics in one season. He has already... 

Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Vuelta a España Line-up

Omega Pharma-Lotto are ready for Vuelta a España 2010, and have just announced their line-up and most of their big riders have been chosen. Philippe Gilbert is ready for his first Grand Tour this year, and he is known as a skilled rider on stages with hilly finishes. Omega Pharma-Lotto’s general classification hope is Jean Christophe Peraud who is riding in his first year as a professional... 

Eneco Tour, Jurgen Van Den Broeck: Fame Not Wanted

When Jurgen Van Den Broeck from Omega Pharma Lotto finished 5th in Tour de France 2010, it was both a blessing and a curse. When world champion and Omega Pharma Lotto captain Cadel Evans left the Belgian Pro Tour team this Autumn it meant promotion to 27 year old Jurgen Van Den Broeck. After finishing as 5th overall in Tour de France he suddenly reached a status that he had never had before. He was... 

Mickael Delage of Omega Pharma-Lotto out of Tour de France 2010

A crash 57 from the finishing line in stage 2 of Tour de France 2010 put a stop to further Tour de France participation of Omega Pharma-Lotto rider Mickael Delage. The crash caused a cut on Delage’s left cheek, and after being treated by the race doctors, it was decided Delage could not continue. Also Garmin’s Julian Dean was also involved in the crash, but he could continue the race. Now...