Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks Tarn-et-Garonne) took over the kiwi activity of Roquette (Aiguillon This sealed the creation of a new group of 200 kiwi producers mainly located in the Garonne Valley and producing about 12,000 tons of kiwis each year the new entity will market a total of about 16,000 tons of kiwis during the 2021-2022 season From left to right: Alexandre Cancel (president) Bruno Rouquette (producer relation and packaging manager) The coming together of two structures with a common DNATwo family businesses well known for their dynamism with a long history on two closely-related and complementary territories (Tarn-et-Garonne and Lot-et-Garonne) Both teams have decided to join forces as they have both been passionate about kiwi production for many years with a common sense of innovation The goal is clear: to offer a complete varietal range to the clients and the producers by bringing them quality technical support for the agronomic success of the existing plantations This new structure will help reach a critical size in order to provide even more services while saving considerably to gain in competitiveness.  This coming together is a fusion of human skills first and foremost The Cancel team is gaining strength thanks to the support from the Roquette managers bringing in all their expertise: Bruno Roquette in charge of the relation with the producers and the management of packaging The kiwi offerThese 16,000 tons of kiwis will be marketed by Cancel Bee Friendly and GlobalGAP labels) of the Hayward variety But the objective is to position themselves on all markets By integrating the Summerkiwi (early French green kiwi) and the yellow Dori kiwi the new structure will be able to offer a complete range 300 hectares of new plantations within 5 yearsThe group will develop new innovative plantation projects for green no less than 300 hectares are expected to be planted in the next 5 years.  promoting the origins...there are many avenues for progress which suggests that the French kiwi has a bright future For more information:Cancel Fruits1 rue de l’Occitanie, ZI de Barrès 382100 Castelsarrasin, FrancePhone: +33 (0)5 63 04 82 13www.cancel-fruits.fr   FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Lance Armstrong now has his rivals against the ropes The five-time Tour de France champion took a big step toward a record sixth crown on Friday with a dominant display of climbing in the Pyrenees that left other contenders dazed and if Armstrong's adversaries don't quickly find ways to unsettle him a place atop the podium and in the record books will await the 32-year-old in Paris on July 25 Armstrong placed second in Friday's 12th stage just behind Ivan Basso a 26-year-old Italian who could be a future Tour champion himself Armstrong was not going flat-out at the end and said he was happy to let Basso win his first stage victory in four Tours a disastrous 2 minutes and 30 seconds behind followed by the Alps and a final time trial next week still offer the German and other rivals chances to make up time He starts slow and he's a tough guy who doesn't give up He might have taken one on the chin today but he always comes back and is strong in the last week," said Armstrong his race thrown off by a storm that doused riders as they ascended the first of two climbs I noticed at the first mountain I didn't have good legs and I was cold on the downhill But I fought until the end," said the 1997 Tour winner and five-time runner-up Just 55 seconds behind before Friday's stage Ullrich now trails Armstrong by 3:37 overall -- a possibly insurmountable margin if he can't find chinks in the Texan's armor In winning his fifth straight Tour last year Baking sunshine followed by rain on the 197.5km trek from Castelsarrasin in southwestern France played into Armstrong's hands A burst of speed by Armstrong's teammates did initial damage on the final climb Armstrong and Basso were alone over the last 2km Armstrong finished in Basso's wheel in the same time and scooped up 12 bonus seconds as runner-up "It was a pleasure for me to let him win," said Armstrong Basso said he felt the defending champion has unused reserves of strength "Armstrong is the strongest man on this Tour," he said A cycling commission rejected a request Friday from Tour de France organizers to eject one of Lance Armstrong's teammates and another rider from the race The Council of Professional Cycling was called in to adjudicate a dispute between Tour organizers and the International Cycling Union on whether Pavel Padrnos of Armstrong's US Postal team and Italian Stefano Zanini of Quick Step-Davitamon could continue to race "We reject the demand of [Tour] organizers and decide that the racers Zanini and Padrnos will not be excluded from the 2004 Tour de France," CPC President Vittorio Adorni said in a statement Padrnos and Zanini have been called to appear in October in a case involving suspected doping on the 2001 Tour of Italy But Adorni said there was no reason to expel either rider "The fact they are called before a tribunal adds nothing to the judicial affair in Italy," Adorni added "It is not a case for condemnation but an invitation for the riders to defend themselves before a the final decision." "The riders benefit from the presumption of innocence like any other citizen." Adorni said Zanini was already cleared any wrongdoing by the international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Jan and the product allegedly used by Padrnos was not for doping the substance Dromos was apparently found in his room," Adorni said "To our knowledge this is an amino acid which is not banned." Tour organizers said any riders involved or implicated in police or judicial doping investigations would be barred Following the decision of the CPC to keep the riders in the race Tour organizers responded by saying: "We take on board the decision of the CPC," the statement said "We are anxious to preserve the image of the Tour de France and its ethics," the statement continued "In the coming weeks we will continue to reflect on the priority given to fighting against doping in sport The UCI believed they should not be thrown out while Tour organizers disagreed which also said Zanini's case had already been dealt with and that Padrnos' was not a problem with doping "They believe that these two cases are different to those that we have known up to now "We believe that all riders who are implicated in an affair of this nature should not participate in the Tour de France." "As Johan Bruyneel [Postal's team manager] already said he was convinced that taking Padrnos into the race was right because there was no case against him," Mueller said "Otherwise he would not have taken the risk." but we were very much convinced that there was no case," Mueller added Cancel Fruits has become Vergers Cancel and has adopted a new visual identity ”This change of identity is the result of a carefully considered decision pushed by the ambition to bring some modernity to the company while maintaining its traditional and family spirit This new visual identity is more evocative of what we really are we also wanted to create an identity that our 400 producers better identify with We indeed sell the fruits from our own orchards Vergers Cancel is the story of one family from southwestern France that became the story of more than 400 families,” explains Maxime Gil “It is not always easy for a company to change its name especially when it already enjoys a certain notoriety We chose to build a brand image over time with products packaged under this name and coming exclusively from southwestern France Vergers Cancel will also become a brand whose slogan “the good fruits from the southwest” will be evocative of a well-identified region.” About Vergers CancelVergers Cancel is a group of more than 400 fruit growers in the southwest of France united in an agricultural adventure that is above all human It all began in 1900 in the Tarn-et-Garonne department with the Chasselas de Moissac grapes the group has been managed by the Cancel family 4 generations of fruit growers tirelessly promoting growth through technical mastery including many traditional as well as trendy varieties These fruits from their orchards get their quality from a well-identified land conditions responsibly and transports each harvest according to the seasons in order to meet the legitimate expectations of the consumers the company packs and sells more than 28,000 tons of fruit each year.   For more information:Maxime GilCancel Fruits1 rue de l'Occitanie - ZA Barres 82100 Castelsarrasin Phone: 05 63 04 82 13 Fax: 05 63 04 55 49