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11th April 2007

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A date in Bremen for Milram's Christian Knees

Germany's Christian Knees will be in Bremen as one of the guests at the official press conference for the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, an international race from the 25th to the 29th of April.

The 26 year-old Milram professional will attend the press conference on tomorrow, Thursday the 12th of April in Bremen where ge will talk about the stages, which together add up to over 890 kilometers of racing, from a riders point of view.

Quick Step-Innergetic riders train on the route of this weekend's Paris-Roubaix

This coming Friday will see the Quick Step-Innergetic riders scheduled for the weekend's Paris-Roubaix classic train on the route from pavé section 19, Haveluy à Wallers, all the way to section 6, Cysoing à Bourghelles.

Two years ago their rider Tom Boonen climbed onto the victors podium on the top step when he won the 'Queen of the Classics' race. Even though he failed to win last year Boonen will once again be back and will be looking for the top step when the race reaches it's climax in the velodrome of Roubaix after covering some of the most torturous pavé sections imaginable for a bicycle race.

T-Mobile name riders for tomorrow's GP Pino Cerami

The 175 kilometers raced tomorrow from St. Ghislain to Boussu will see a T-Mobile team of youth and experience look for success with sporting director Brian Holm saying, "Each rider has the chance of getting a good result here."

Holm expects the race to be decided among a breakaway group of around 20 riders and said, "It is absolutely critical for us to that we are represented in this group."

Holm expects the breaks to start from the gun and is not nominating any captain before the race starts. Indeed the team is made up by five all rounder's and a trio of sprinters who will all be given their chance as the tactics are decided as the race unfolds.

One rider making a comeback after a long period of illness is 28 year-old rider Stephan Schreck. Holm said, "Stephan needs time, and he needs to get some race kilometers in the legs before he will be in shape to leave his mark on races."

The complete T-Mobile roster for the GP Pino Cerami tomorrow in Belgium is" Mark Cavendish (GBr), Bert Grabsch (Ger), Greg Henderson (NZL), André Korff (Ger), Aaron Olson (USA), Marco Pinotti (Ita), Frantisek Rabon (CZE) and Stephan Schreck (Ger)..

One rider who will not be lining up for the Paris-Roubaix classic this weekend will be Wim De Vocht after he crashed out of the Ghent-Wevelgem earlier today.

The Predictor-Lotto rider crashed at the Kemmelberg breaking his thumb and suffering from several flesh wounds forcing him out of the race the riders call 'The Hell of the North.'

De Vocht had been scheduled to ride the event lining up alongside teammates Leif Hoste and Tom Steels to name just two. Instead he will now be replaced by Björn Leukemans in the team - See separate article below for the full Predictor-Lotto team lineup for the classic event.

Quick Step-Innergetic announce for tomorrow's GP Pino Cerami and the Tour of Georgia

Belgium's Quick Step-Innergetic team will be back in action at tomorrow's GP Pino Cerami in Belgium, a race on the UCI's Continental circuit.

Directed by the team's sporting director's Rik Van Slycke and  Davide Bramati the riders will compete in the race in and around Wasmuel before they leave for America's Tour of Georgia from the 16th to the 22nd of April.

Selected riders for both of the events are: Mauro Facci, Alessandro Proni, Ivan Santaromita, Leonardo Scarselli, Hubert Schwab, Kevin Seeldraeyers, Andrea Tonti and Maarten Wynants.

CSC and Predictor-Lotto name their riders for the Paris-Roubaix

Both Danish team CSC and Belgian squad Predictor-Lotto have named their selections for the weekend's Paris-Roubaix classic in Northern France.

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara will be back leading the CSC team in the Classic defending his win from last season. He will be supported in the ever powerful Danish squad by: Matti Breschel, Allan Johansen, Marcus Ljungqvist, Kasper Klostergaard, Lars Michaelsen, Luke Roberts and the ever impressive Australian rider Stuart O'Grady.

Belgian team Predictor-Lotto will field: Leif Hoste, Bert Roesems, Roy Sentjens, Tom Steels, Greg Van Avermaet, Wim Vansevenant, Johan Vansummeren and Björn Leukemans who has been drafted in as a late replacement to Wim De Vocht who crashed breaking his thumb earlier today in the Ghent-Wevelgem race in Belgium earlier today [see separate story above]..

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