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American rider set out targets for 2013, starting with national title defenceThe US national road race champion Timmy Duggan has made a rapid recovery from the injuries he suffered in the Santos Tour Down Under, and has returned to competition this week in the Presidential Tour of Turkey. Duggan fell heavily on stage three of the Australian race and sustained fractures to his leg and shoulder. Although that was three months ago, he is already back racing and is pleased at his progress. “It was not really the debut I wanted, to start the season at the Tour Down Under in a crash and breaking my leg and my collarbone,” he told VeloNation in the video interview below, carried out prior to the start of stage three of the race. “But I have had a really good, smooth recovery. Things are coming back, both in how my leg is feeling [...]

German rider wants his key supporting riders in the TourClocking up his second sprint victory of the race, André Greipel has once again shown that he is climbing very well at present, particularly for a rider of his musculature. The Lotto Belisol rider finished in a select group into Turgutreis on Thursday, winning a gallop to the line ahead of Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Nikias Arndt (Argos Shimano) and 47 others. Speaking to the media at the post-podium press conference, Greipel spoke about the difficulty of the stage and also how he was able to remain to the fore while many other sprinters lost contact. “It split up from the start directly,” he said, referring to the opening climb which came very soon after the start in Marmaris. “After five kilometres there were about 50 riders and on the long climb, everybody put a bit of pressure on. [...]

Australian rider on the lookout for a chance to improve on seventh overallOrica GreenEdge rider Cameron Meyer was sitting seventh overall heading into today’s fifth stage of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and is encouraged by how well he is feeling at this point of the season.The Australian missed several early season races due to a bad saddle sore which necessitated surgery, yet was able to perform strongly two days ago on the decisive mountain top finish to Elmali. He crossed the line in seventh place, 24 seconds behind the Europcar rider Natnael Berhane.Berhane moved into the race leader’s jersey while Meyer slotted into seventh, 34 seconds behind. He remained there on yesterday’s lumpy fourth stage, and told VeloNation after that finish that he is motivated by how he is feeling despite his lack of racing.“Good so far. It has been quite a hard race and I was quite pleased [...]

Australian talent talks about disrupted early season, upcoming targets and potential Tour debutHe hasn’t raced much this year but Cameron Meyer is hoping that today’s crucial stage in the Presidential Tour of Turkey will go well for him and put him in position to challenge for the overall classification. The Australian was upbeat when he spoke to VeloNation prior to the start of the race, saying that he feels his condition is good enough to perform despite that relative lack of competition. “I think it’s possible to go well here,” he said in the video interview below. “I think it is a good race to start back with. Sarthe gave me a bit of intensity before here. Obviously it is still a bit unknown as to where I am at, but training has been going well and we will see how I go on stage three – that is going [...]