Basque rider outjumps the rest on steep finishing climbIgor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España between Málaga and Valdepeñas de Jaén after breaking away from the leaders on the steep climb to the finish. Vincenzo [...]
HTC-Columbia über-sprinter just edges out Marianne Vos Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won the first stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Nuenen-Gerwen, to the northeast of Eindhoven, in a close bunch sprint. It took a photograph to separate the German from [...]
Australian lead out man follows German sprinter to Belgian teamAdam Hansen has become the latest HTC-Columbia rider to make the leap across to OmegaPharma-Lotto. The Australian, who is an integral part of his current team’s sprint lead out, follows German [...]
Italian climber grabs a few seconds on stage 3A couple of months after showing superb form in the Giro d’Italia, Vincenzo Nibali fired a warning shot to his rivals when he nabbed fourth on Monday’s stage of the Vuelta. The [...]
Double Tour winner remembered with affection The passing of Laurent Fignon early today has been met with surprise by many people, not least two of those who spent time with him in his least few months. Former soigneur and directeur [...]
No lasting problems expected after crash on oilTriple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been forced to bring forward his break in training due to a problem with his knee after a training crash yesterday. The 27 year old [...]
Belgian wants to hold onto Vuelta lead as long as possible but not take unnecessary risksAlthough Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has won many of the world’s biggest one-day races, this is the first time he has ever held the leader’s jersey [...]
Spanish Tour winner loses time on second day of climbingIt’s too early to say the Vuelta a España has lost an overall contender, but Carlos Sastre is certainly facing a mammoth fight back if he still has designs on winning [...]
VeloNation looks back at the career of one of the most enigmatic riders of the 1980’s, who sadly died todayAndy Warhol famously said that one day everybody would be famous for 15 minutes; Laurent Fignon was famous for 8 seconds. [...]
BMC Racing Team playing down talks of a contract Previously considered a very likely signing for Team RadioShack, highly promising young American rider Taylor Phinney is reportedly considering other pro teams. The 20 year old is currently on a trial [...]
Hills in the closing stages could foil the sprintersThe Paris-Brussels race, one of the last big races of the Belgian season, presented a new course for its 90th edition, to be run on September 11th. The 2010 edition of the [...]
1983/1984 champion passes away after long battle with cancerJust one month after he worked on this year’s Tour de France as a consultant for France 2 television, the former top professional Laurent Fignon has passed away. The 50 year old [...]
Young German rises thanks to Benelux victory while the top men sit it outVictory in last week’s Eneco Tour has lifted HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin into the top twenty of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Ranking for the first time [...]
Belgian classics star escapes to win solo on short sharp finishPhilippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the third stage of the Vuelta a España between the Mediterranean resorts of Marbella and Málaga after attacking on the short steep climb to the finish [...]
World time trial champion thinking about the future, maybe not with Riis’ teamFabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) is rebuilding his form in advance of his bid to take an unprecedented World time trial championship in Melbourne, Australia. While there he also [...]
Saxo Bank works on building up another young talentTeam Saxo Bank’s Richie Porte has had an incredible season thus far in what is his first year in the ProTour ranks. The 25 year old Tasmanian was able to notch up [...]
British team struck as two abandon and two struggle throughA digestive illness has struck Team Sky in the first week of the Vuelta a España and has forced climber John-Lee Augstyn and sprinter Ben Swift to abandon the race. Augustyn, [...]
Gianetti says team is shopping for Classics ridersFooton-Servetto team manager Maurio Gianetti has given more details about the new Team Geox squad he will oversee, saying that the team will target the biggest races in the sport and is looking [...]
