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Rabobank Director Causes Loss To Lars Boom

Rabobank’s sports director Erik Dekker made a large mistake during the opening individual time trial at the first year Tour of Beijing. Dekker pulled up alongside Rabobank’s team leader, Lars Boom during his time trial ride today. This incident is illegal in the sport of professional cycling and in the end costed Lars Boom twenty seconds. Dekker pulled the team car alongside Boom during... 

Oscar Freire Aims for the Giro, the Worlds and the Olympics

Rabobank‘s Spanish rider, Oscar Freire has often said that 2011 will be his last season as a professional rider, but now he hopes he will ride in 2012. “Next year might be my last season, but I will do all I can to compete at the highest level, and I would love to do the Olympics in 2012 in London” says Freire, according to Biciciclismo.com. Oscar Freire hopes that 2011 will be... 

Rabobank has a New World Champion

When 20 year old Michael Matthews was first over the finishing line as winner of the U23 World Championships in Geelong it was not only the Australians who cheered, but also Rabobank’s sports director Erik Breukink expressed joy! Last month the Dutch pro team Rabobank signed with the young talented Matthews after having been in contact with him since April earlier this year. Erik Breukink explains... 

Luis Leon Sanchez to Ride for Rabobank

As expected Luis Leon Sanchez will ride for Dutch cycling team Rabobank for the next two years. Dutch media confirmed Sanchez’s shift from Caisse d’Eparnge to Rabobank earlier this year during Tour de France. According to Rabobank’s team website the contract will be signed officially this weekend. Also the young Danish rider Matti Breschel from Team Saxo Bank will ride for Rabobank... 

Rabobank’s Vuelta a España Line-up

Pro cycling team Rabobank has announced their line-up for this year’s Vuelta a España: Team Captains: Denis Menchov, Oscar Freire Other riders: Mauricio Ardila, Laurens Ten Dam, Juan Manuel Garate, Dmitriy Kozontchuk, Sebastian Langeveld, Grischa Niermann and Nick Nuyens. Denis Menchov has had a good season so far, finishing third in Tour de France 2010, and it seems that Menchov’s form...