Bernhard Eisel

First Edition Cycling News, May 8, 2008 (Cyclingnews.com)
Translated from their native language, Norwegians mean "the men from the North", so it's no surprise to see the four Norwegian ProTour riders racing in the north of France at the Four Days of Dunkirk.

54th Quatre Jours de Dunkerque - Stage 1 (Daily Peloton)
Perennial attackers Augé and Lhotellerie break the mould; have the favourites lost the overall on day one? Cofidis rider Stéphane Augé has won the opening stage of the 54th Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, outsprinting his breakaway companion Clement Lhotellerie (Skil-Shimano) into Roost-Warendin after 174 kilometres.

Peter Velits: the modest champion (Cyclingnews.com)
Peter Velits burst onto the international scene when he won the U23 World Championship in Stuttgart last September. The win also brought him (as well as his twin brother Martin) a ProTour contract with Team Milram.

First Edition Cycling News, April 15, 2008 (Cyclingnews.com)
A High Road to Schoten? British rider Mark Cavendish has shown in the recent past that he is comfortable on the Belgian roads, having won two stages in the KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde . So the High Road rider will be eager to defend his title at the Scheldeprijs, which he earned by beating Robbie McEwen of Silence-Lotto in a bunch sprint last year.