Has sights set on Tour de FranceOmega Pharma's Daniel Moreno came to the 2010 Giro d'Italia with ideas of overall success, but after a dismal first week and some missed opportunities, he found himself chasing stage glory. Stage 17 was [...]
Skil-Shimano fastest in bunch sprint as Gilbert holds the leadKenny Van Hummel won the second stage of the Tour of Belgium between Eecklo and Knokke-Heist in a sprint finish. He beat Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) in the [...]
The Gorrila finally gets his victory in this GiroAndré Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia between Levico and Brescia in a bunch sprint. After proclaiming his worthiness of a spot in his team’s Tour de France team [...]
Dutch teams overlooked once againIn a not too surprising move, the Amaury Sport Organization, organizers of the Tour de France and the Dauphine Libere, have selected BBox, Cervelo, Cofidis, and Saur-Sojasun as the Wild Cards for the 2010 edition of [...]
Belgian makes successful race return after classic's breakPhilippe Gilbert won the opening stage of the Tour of Belgium today, even though the race was not his objective. He was treating it as a return race from his break after the [...]
Fraud and conspiracy cases could mean tougher sentence, accused say Landis is not credibleThe New York Times is reporting that the federal authorities in charge of the investigation into Floyd Landis's allegations against former teammate Lance Armstrong, and other prominent [...]
The Giro d’Italia will look forward to the race’s final flat stage tomorrow, but after more than two weeks of surprises, it’s anyone’s guess as to how it will turn out. Today’s seventeenth stage was won by Cofidis rider Damien [...]
Climbers struggle on tough dayMilram’s Linus Gerdemann’s goal of a top ten finish in this year’s Giro d’Italia suffered a blow yesterday when he could only finish 103rd in the mountain time trial to the top of the Plan de [...]
Stakes much higher twelve months onThe past two days of the Giro d’Italia have been difficult ones for Bradley Wiggins, who has struggled on the steeper climbs of the Giro d’Italia. The Briton was spoken of by some as a [...]
Last year's green jersey looking to defend titleOnly seventeen days ago, Thor Hushovd, last year's Maillot Vert winner at the Tour de France, suffered an unfortunate crash in training, which resulted in a broken collarbone. The 32-year-old all-around threat hit [...]
Says changes are being made without considering ridersMultiple Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy has expressed his unhappiness with the recently-announced UCI rule that cycling nations will only be able to field one rider in each of the individual events at [...]
Likely to follow up with Tour de SuisseTeam RadioShack has confirmed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong for the Tour of Luxembourg today. The five-day race ends just a week prior to the Dauphiné Libéré, which would make the [...]
USADA inquiry already underwayThe International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed today that it has requested the relevant National Federations to carry out inquiries of the accusations made by American Floyd Landis last week. The list of individuals includes those with active [...]
Spaniard to support Arroyo in achieving dream of Giro podiumPablo Lastras of the Spanish Caisse d'Epargne team is hurting big time after a crash in the opening week, but wants to keep going to help his teammate and roommate David [...]
Spaniard takes first career victory in sixth year as a proRuben Perez Moreno sprinted to his first career victory in the Bayern Rundfahrt in southern Germany. The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider beat Australian Leigh Howard (HTC Columbia). Moreno's teammate Pablo Urtasun Perez [...]
Returns from break in racing with styleOmega Pharma-Lotto leader Philippe Gilbert notched up his second win of the season today in the opening stage of the Tour of Belgium. The Belgian beat his four breakaway companions in a sprint, with [...]
Finally a conventional day at the Giro as the big guys take an easy dayDamien Monier (Cofidis) won the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia between Brunico and Peio Terme after escaping his breakaway companions inside the final 3km. Danilo [...]
Cyclocross specialist can't believe podium spot in mountain time trialJohn Gadret (AG2R-La Mondiale) took third place in the mountain time trial from San Vigilio di Marebbe to the Plan de Corones, surprising even himself. The former French cyclocross champion finished [...]
