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Voigt extends relationship with Trek Factory Racing, will be consultant and sports director
Recently retired competitor Jens Voigt pledged he would remain involved with cycling after hanging up his wheels; the nature of that invo...

Brandle beats Voigt’s world hour record, covers 51.850 kilometres
Achieving his goal in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the UCI’s World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Austrian rider Matthias Bra...

Wiggins to aim for world hour record next June, rules out Tour de France
One week after Jens Voigt set a new world hour record of 51.115 kilometres in Switzerland, Britain’s Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that h...

Voigt smashes world hour record, covers 51.115 kilometres
Achieving the goal he announced earlier this month, Jens Voigt entered a very select group of riders in breaking the world hour record in...

Guercilena: Voigt’s style under pressure means he’ll lose some metres, but we are confident
Trek Factory Racing general manager Luca Guercilena as acknowledged that Jens Voigt’s well-know wavering style and wandering front wheel ...

Obree on the hour record: "It is a whole phenomenon rebooted”
He was known for his innovative approach to tackling the hour record, for his focus on engineering and aerodynamics and for creating his ...

LIVE STREAM: Jens Voigt Hour World Record Attempt
Friday 19 September at 2.30am (AEST) in Grenchen’s velodrome (Switzerland), Jens Voigt will attempt to beat cycling's iconic hour record ...

What you need to know about Jens Voigt's attempt at the hour record
Jens Voigt might have retired from professional racing but "The Jensie", never one to shy away from an hour of pain, has one last gift fo...

Voigt goes for hour record: German ‘really convinced’ he can do it
Shut up clock. He’s been retired a week and a half but Jens Voigt has announced that he has one last big target in cycling; to try to bea...

Marcel Kittel takes Tour opener as Cavendish and Gerrans crash
Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) has started the 2014 Tour de France in the same manner he started last year's race, sprinting to victory on...

Jens Voigt on attacking with confidence
The Tour of California might have finished last week but this video interview with stage-4-winner Jens Voigt is too good not to share (es...

The Statesmen of the Peloton
I've been reading Robbie McEwen's autobiography "One Way Road" which has been fascinating on a few different levels. The book is a good r...