Sutton followed-up his first stage win with ninth place on day two from Darlington to Gateshead as Dutchman Kai Reus, a former junior world champion, won his first stage since a 2007 crash that left him in a coma.Reus' comfortable [...]
Brilliant comeback defense by Valverde Damiano Cunego soloed to his second stage victory in one of toughest days in this year's Vuelta a España up to La Pandera. He left his six break companions behind at the beginning of the [...]
Australia's Chris Sutton sealed the biggest win of his career by claiming the first stage of the Tour of Britain with a sprint finish victory in York on Saturday.Sutton, the nephew of Great British track cycling coach Shane, held off [...]
Overall shakes up heavily David Moncoutié soloed to victory in the difficult stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, up to the Sierra Nevada. He whittled down the initial 30-man break and consolidated his lead in the mountains classification. The [...]
French national champion Dimitri Champion, 26, has inked a deal with the AG2r La Mondiale for two years.The French team, run by Vincent Lavenu, already boasts a youthful line-up with 12 of his riders aged 25 and younger."I wanted to [...]
Today Australian Matthew Goss (Saxo Bank) out-kicked compatriot Allan Davis (Quick-Step) for the win in the 89th running of Paris-Brussels. Finishing third was Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) who finished third in the Belgian national championships earlier this year. This was [...]
Columbia-HTC welcomes back to racing Judith Arndt, as the number-one women's team takes on the Rund um Die Nurnberger Altstadt World Cup on Sunday. Arndt broke her arm in the Giro d'Italia Femminile in July, and after recently riding in [...]
Two-time world champion Paolo Bettini will be joining Italian team director Franco Ballerini in Mendrisio, Switzerland as an assistant director at this year's world championships. Since his retirement in 2008, Bettini has limited his involvement in cycling to commentary on [...]
Today's thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España will be held without it's stage 10 winner Simon Gerrans (Cervelo TestTeam). The Australian, who will be moving to Team Sky next season, was placed 65th on general classification. Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R), [...]
Reigning American time trial champion David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) snatched the overall lead in the Tour of Missouri today by winning the race's fifth stage individual time trial around the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Zabriskie finished with 30 seconds ahead of Sweden's [...]
Ryder Hesjedal became the first-ever Canadian to win a stage in the Vuelta a España, when he outfoxed David Garcia on the top of the Alto de Velefique. Hesjedal tricked Garcia into opening the sprint, then came around easily and [...]
Linus Gerdemaan (Milram) will not be starting today’s stage 12 of the Vuelta A Espana. The German team captain has decided he hasn’t fully recovered from his crash in stage 11 to Murcia. He still complains of back pain and [...]
Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) could finally claim the top step of the podium in stage four of the Tour of Missouri as he out muscled Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Dario Cataldo (Quick-Step) atop “Capital Wall” after three near [...]
For the second day in a row, British Team Sky has confirmed rider signings, only this time with an international flavor. The list of new recruits boasts cyclists from eight different countries, and has a combination of experience and young [...]
Tyler Farrar (Garmin) will not be starting today’s 12th stage of the Vuelta A Espana, where it takes the peloton from Almeria to the top of the steep Alto de Velefique.The American, who won the 11th stage in Caravaca de [...]
American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) continued his breakout season by winning the bunch sprint in stage 11 of the Vuelta a España into Caravaca. Farrar beat Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil). The GC battle was on hold, but the [...]
Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) will be following Johan Bruyneel to Radio Shack.Ekimov will join as a director sportif while Zubeldia will ride alongside Lance Armstrong in 2010.Zubeldia, 32, will break his contract with Astana after receiving [...]
Triple World Champion Oscar Friere (Rabobank) will be set to retire at the end of 2010. His current contract with Rabobank will end and the Spaniard see’s no reason to extend or to ride for another team. Freire has had [...]
