José Rujano took a small step towards winning this year’s Giro d’Italia today when he sealed overall victory in the Tour de Langkawi on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Winning in Malaysia in March is different to triumphing in Italy [...]
Dutchman Theo Bos has brought a second win to his Cervélo TestTeam today in the Vuelta a Murcia, beating Rabobank sprinter Graeme Brown and Daniel Schorn in the race's final stage. There were no changes in the final general classification [...]
Italian Champion Filippo Pozzato demonstrated in Strade Bianche yesterday in Siena, Italy, to be on the right road towards the Spring Classics, even if lacking the punch to remain with the winning group. "I gave all I had," Pozzato (Katusha) [...]
José Rujano will leave Malaysia on Monday evening content that he has finally got his pro career back on track. Five years ago, he finished second in the Tour de Langkawi, then went on to a stunning performance in the [...]
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won her second consecutive bunch sprint in Merced on Sunday taking out the 115km Foothills Road Race. The win finished off the Hat-Trick of victories for the team after success in the Team Trial Trial on Friday and [...]
Mark Cavendish offered a strong indication that he wants to repeat his Milano-Sanremo win from last year, by checking out the final of the Italian Classic on Sunday. The defending champion should be counted as one of the favorites, but [...]
Tour de France Champion Alberto Contador began Paris-Nice, an eight-kilometre time trial, just off the fastest time of the day set by Lars Boom (Rabobank). "It's true that I was not able to win," said Spain's Contador, "but it is [...]
European Champion Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen) took the sprint in a wild final stage of the three days of West Vlaanderen. He beat Yohann Gene (Bbox Bouygues) as well as Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis). The latter didn't mind too much, as [...]
Lars Boom posted the quickest time on the opening eight-kilometer time trial in Paris-Nice. With 10'56, he was only one of two riders under 11 minutes and beat Jens Voigt, the 2005 prologue winner (10'59). Levi Leipheimer finished in third, [...]
Today's opening prologue in Paris-Nice ended badly for RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans, with the Belgian crashing on a downhill just 4 kilometers into the 8 kilometer course. He was taken away with a broken collarbone, which means his race is [...]
A sunny spring day, though crisp, allowed fans to relax in Siena's Piazza del Campo and watch cycling's emerging classic: Strade Bianche. Only in its fourth year, the Italian one-day race, organised by RCS Sport, has produced great racing thanks [...]
International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid has reacted to the latest comments from the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), according to AFP. In a press conference on the eve of the Paris-Nice race, McQuaid hit back at statements from AFLD [...]
Peter Kennaugh broke his collarbone when he crashed in today's Montepaschi Strade Bianche Eroica race. Kennaugh went down after 90 of the 190 kilometers. Kennaugh was immediately treated. "He's in hospital now," said Sports Director Marcus Ljungqvist after the race, [...]
Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) won stage number 2 of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen – the Three Days of West Flanders – into Handzame as it once again finished in a sprint. He beat Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne winner Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second, and [...]
USA Cycling has announced the eight-person U.S. roster for the upcoming UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. As the defending world champion in the individual pursuit, 19-year-old Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) earned an automatic nomination to the men’s squad. [...]
Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) won the stage 4 individual time trial of the Vuelta a Murcia. The Czech time trial champion, who was third from last to start, blasted round the pan-flat 22km course in a time of 25’10”, 33 seconds [...]
Maxim Iglinskiy won the Montepaschi Strade Bianche Toscana in Italy today. After 190 kilometers, 57 of which were over unpaved roads, Iglinskiy beat out Thomas Lövkvist and Michael Rogers. Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal finished fifth, one place behind Filippo Pozzato. Iglinskiy, [...]
As predicted prior to the race and as feared by his rivals in the event, José Rujano proved to be a class above the rest of the field on today’s penultimate leg of the Tour de Langkawi, blitzing to the [...]
