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Scott Savory, the finishing man

Written on 19 Feb, 2010 at 2:29 in Featured, Interviews | 4 Comments
Scott Savory, the finishing man

LAST YEAR SCOTT SAVORY didn’t start racing till June, which is about mid-season for most of us roadies. Yet he managed to still do about 20 races. What’s more, the then unattached rider got seven wins and a dozen or so top 5s. This year, the Guyana native wants to begin racing a lot earlier, [...]

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Sal Scotto: the interview

Written on 28 Dec, 2009 at 20:16 in Interviews, Training | 2 Comments
Sal Scotto: the interview

Salvatore Scotto DiVetta is well known to bike racers in New York City and along the East Coast. While on vacation recently, I caught up with the 24-year-old to talk about what he’s doing this off-season and how he’ll be heading to Belgium to test his legs in a kermesse or two next year.

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Ask Neil Bezdek a question

Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 21:41 in Interviews, News | 1 Comment
Neil Bezdek at Floyd Bennett Field in 2009. Photo: Gina Greene

Before Brooklyn-based rider Neil Bezdek packs his bags and leaves New York City to join the pro ranks, we wanted to ask the Colorado native about how he’s transitioning from local sprinter and crit ace to national-level road racer. Most of all, we want your questions for Neil.

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Dan Chabanov: the interview: part 2

Written on 12 Nov, 2009 at 15:47 in Interviews | 3 Comments
Dan Chabanov (Kissena) at Cat and Kitten (HPCX) in 2009. Photo: Keith Synder

During the week, he’s (usually) a calm, cool-headed bike messenger. Come the weekend, though, Brooklyn’s Dan Chabanov doesn’t mess about. In the second half of my chat with the Russian-born bikeman, Dan discusses the effects of his day job on his weekend cross performances, prerace rituals, and working as a courier in London.

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Dan Chabanov: the interview: part 1

Written on 6 Nov, 2009 at 13:40 in Interviews | 5 Comments
Dan Chabanov on his way to winning the 2009 Cat and Kitten Cross (HPCX). Photo: Keith Synder

Dan Chabanov (Kissena) has been one of the more successful cyclocross riders on the East Coast this year. Though the 22-year-old is in the middle of only his first full cross season, the Russian-born Brooklyn local is making up for lost time. We recently talked about his new-found success in cross—and sandbagging.

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Tom Danielson: the interview: part 4

Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 23:33 in Interviews | 0 Comments
Connecticut native Tom Danielson looks like a pro, and he is. Photo: Courtesy of Tom Danielson

In the final part of my conversation with Tommy D of Garmin-Slipstream, I fire random questions at the man from Connecticut. In turn, Danielson shares his thoughts on an array of topics, including Contador, doping, Ned Overend, the 2010 Tour de France, Vandenbroucke, Armstrong, race radios, and how long he plans to continue racing.

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Tom Danielson: the interview: part 3

Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 21:31 in Interviews | 0 Comments
Danielson at the 2008 Tour of Missouri. Photo: Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com

In the third part of our in-depth and candid conversation with Tom Danielson, the Garmin-Slipstream rider from East Lyme, Connecticut, offers up a variety insights, including finding the perfect roast, understanding the press, tackling depression, and why a certain blond-haired Italian (no, not that one) just can’t seem to win enough.

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Tom Danielson: the interview: part 2

Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 17:36 in Interviews | 0 Comments
Tom Danielson: the interview: part 2

In part 2 of our exclusive interview with Tommy D, the former East Coaster and mountain biker talks about how he coped with having to pull out of this year’s Vuelta, his trip to Worlds, Cadel Evans, his special diet, and why he’ll be riding with the best again in 2010.

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Tom Danielson: the interview: part 1

Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 12:12 in Interviews | 1 Comment
Tom Danielson: the interview: part 1

In part one of an exclusive interview with CyclingReporter.com, Garmin-Slipstream rider and Connecticut native Tom Danielson talks about his Giro di Lombardia, the importance of training on days you don’t want to, fly-fishing, and why he’s riding better than ever.

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Calling cycling reporters, writers, and photographers

Written on 28 Sep, 2009 at 16:11 in Interviews, News, Opinion, Photos, Race Reports, Training | 0 Comments
Photo by Fotoreporter Sirotti

CyclingReporter.com, a new Web site that covers a slice of the bike racing scene in the New York City area and beyond through race reports, photographs, and articles, is looking for reporters, writers, and photographers. Want to share your last race experience with a growing audience of passionate bike racers? Do you take pictures at [...]

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