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 [...]
Sky performs well despite bad luckTeam Sky principal Dave Brailsford and his riders have experienced a topsy-turvy first few days of the Giro d’Italia, with a stage one time trial win, one day in the Maglia Rosa and second in [...]
Milram out to prove themselves to secure a new team sponsor.Milram’s Paul Voss went with today’s breakaway for one reason, and one reason only: to win more points and secure his grip on the maglia verde mountains competition. The 24-year-old [...]
Decision process over, will succeed close friend.It’s been predicted, and now it has been confirmed: double world champion Paolo Bettini will take over from the late Franco Ballerini as Italy’s national coach, overseeing the male teams which will aim to [...]
Further clashes with the UCI?Although the UCI has said that it will no longer work with the AFLD, the French anti-doping agency has said that it wants to conduct additional tests of its own during this year’s Tour de France, [...]
Cervelo's Classics star talks to VeloNationEmma Pooley emerged on the international scene in 2007, but 2008 was the year that the World was really made to sit up and take notice. She won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the first round [...]
Dangerous riding still evidentWorld champion Cadel Evans finished 30th on today’s fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, crossing the line as part of the main bunch which was four seconds adrift of the stage winner Jerome Pineau (Quick Step). He [...]
Unexpected finale ensures dramaOn a day dedicated to the cyclist Fausto Coppi 50 years after his death, Italy’s “Champion of Champions” has a couple of reasons to be smiling down on the race that he won on five occasions. First, [...]
Break defies the sprintersJérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia between Novara and Novi Ligure from a breakaway that managed to hold off the sprinters’ teams right to the line. Quick Step’s “other Frenchman” took the [...]
Kazakh pledges support for teammateAstana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov has once again confirmed that he will ride the Tour de France this coming July in the service of defending champion Alberto Contador. In an interview with Reuters, the Kazakh looked [...]
Surgery more complicated than expectedCervélo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd underwent successful surgery on Monday to repair a broken collarbone from his crash the previous day. Hushovd was training in Italy when he collided with a young girl that sent him crashing [...]
Caisse d'Epargne rider battles through injuryCaisse d’Epargne rider Pablo Lastras was one of the many riders to hit the pavement during the Giro d’Italia stage 3 between Amsterdam and Middelburg on Monday. The Spaniard took a blow to his lower [...]
On track for Tour de FranceAlthough Bradley Wiggins is less than five minutes off the race lead of Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), he has played down any thoughts of aiming for a high general classification place in the Giro d’Italia. The [...]
Home team rides into pinkLiquigas-Doimo won the stage 4 team time trial between Savigliano and Cuneo, completing the 33km course in 36 minutes 37 seconds. Team Sky finished in second place, 13 seconds slower and HTC-Columbia was third at 21 [...]
Tour passes through BelgiumOmega Pharma Lotto’s directeur sportif Dirk De Wolf recently appeared to pour cold water on the idea of Philippe Gilbert riding this year’s Tour de France, saying that his type of rider would have “little to gain [...]
Brutal start in HollandPablo Lastras is one of many who have fallen on the early stages of this year’s Giro d’Italia, and the Spaniard is clearly unimpressed with the dangers that have faced the riders. He let fly in a [...]
