Chest problems end his bid for stage winsCelebrated Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi went into this year’s Giro d’Italia determined to improve upon his 21 stage victories in the race, but the 36 year old will have to wait another year [...]
Reminiscent of Kuurne-Brussels-KuurneRabobank's Rick Flens was part of the break of the day in yesterday's Giro d'Italia stage seven. He went clear with Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank) after around 80km and the duo was caught in the final part of [...]
"I would probably rather dying than giving up"Jens Voigt isn't the first name that comes to mind as a big favorite for overall victory at this week's Tour of California, but from speaking recently with one of the sport's most [...]
Another crash for the SpaniardCarlos Sastre was the big loser of today's seventh stage in the Giro d'Italia, being involved in a crash that also brought down pink jersey Vincenzo Nibali. After a tough opening week the Spaniard was already [...]
The Tour of California gets underway on Sunday and runs until May 23rd. From Nevada City in Northern California via the state's capital, the race will travel south and make its first ever appearance at the top of Big Bear, [...]
Leipheimer goes for four in a rowLevi Leipheimer is the big favorite for the Amgen Tour of California, which starts on Sunday. Leipheimer has won the race for the last three years and wants to add another victory, now that [...]
The Giro dishes out more surprisesToday’s seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia was the scene of much drama as another shake up in the overall classification took place. Maglia Rosa Vincenzo Nibali and his Liquigas-Doimo teammate Ivan Basso crashed hard [...]
Will fight to hold Maglia RosaAstana leader Alexandre Vinokourov managed to take the overall lead for the second time in this year's Giro d'Italia following a strong performance in stage seven. The Kazakh finished third, 2 seconds behind the winner [...]
21 year old wins out of select groupLizzie Armitstead (Cervélo TestTeam) won the first stage of this year’s Tour de l’Aude in Rieux Minervois, outsprinting the rest of a select breakaway group. The 21-year-old Briton beat Dutchwomen Chantal Blaak (Leontien.nl) [...]
The world champion comes through againReigning World Champion Cadel Evans was very well prepared for today's Giro d'Italia stage, which he won ahead of Damiano Cunego and Alexander Vinokourov. While Vinokourov took over the race lead, Evans went from 16th [...]
Young Brit shines on day twoBen Swift of the Sky team topped an English-speaking podium by winning the bunch gallop in the second stage of the Tour of Picardie. The Briton beat Australian Allan Davis (Astana) and Russell Downing, who [...]
The world champion powers to victoryCadel Evans (BMC Racing) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia at the end of an epic, rainy 222km between Carrara and Montalcino. The World champion beat Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Alexandre Vinokourov [...]
A very bad week for the ItalianThe Giro d'Italia is now over for Caisse d'Epargne leader Marzio Bruseghin. The Italian was involved in several crashes during the week, including the race-ending incident involving Christian Vande Velde during stage three. The [...]
Doctors discover more than a broken collarboneBMC Racing's Martin Kohler had a successful operation on his collarbone earlier this week at home in Switzerland. He crashed during stage two of the Giro d'Italia and was forced to abandon the race. [...]
Aussie has his day, Vinokourov suffers big lossFor the second day in a row the Giro d’Italia saw a rider earn a stage win the hard way by escaping the grasp of the peloton. This time it was Omega-Pharma Lotto’s [...]
Regina Bruins (Cervélo TestTeam) won the prologue of the Tour de l’Aude around the Mediterranean seaside town of Gruissan. The 23-year-old Dutch time trial champion completed the 3.9km in 4’48”, 4 seconds faster than she rode the exact same course [...]
Dutchman outsprints ProTour rivalsKenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) won the opening stage of the Tour de Picardie between Boué and Doullens. He beat Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) in a bunch sprint at the end of 181km, after [...]
Aussie secures his biggest winMatthew Lloyd (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the 173km sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Fidenza and Marina di Carrara, as a breakaway was successful for a second successive day. The Australian escaped his escape companion Rubens Bertogliati [...]
