Second stage victory sees Slovakian take back the lead from Damiano CunegoPeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the third stage of the Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) between Orani and Lanusei, his second victory in the race so far. The Slovakian [...]
Penultimate stage promises big battleApproximately 24 hours after D’Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo rider Davide Torosantucci soled to success in the Tour of South Africa, his team-mate Bernardo Riccio made it two in a row for the squad when he was first [...]
Two new addition for Riis’ teamRiders from the ill-fated Pegasus Sports project are continuing to pick up teams for 2011, with Luke Roberts being the latest confirmed as finding a new squad for the season. Roberts and the other riders [...]
Portuguese rider given green light after earlier positive test The 2010 season was a very difficult season for Rui Costa who, along with his brother Mario, tested positive for the substance methylhexaneamine at the Portuguese national time trial championships last [...]
Devolder and Leukemans will get the opportunity to show just how potent they can be as a duoDespite the publicity nightmare of Riccardo Ricco and the frightening possibility of the squad's ProTeam status coming into question, Vacansoleil will head into [...]
Team launched this week in Belgium Former world number one Sean Kelly has said that he hopes the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team is on the way to a very strong season, having already ridden aggressively [...]
Many will take the start with earpieces in defiance of banThe war between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the top teams over the abolition of radio communications looks set for another battle this weekend. Several teams are planning to [...]
Rabobank’s big signing concedes his Dutch teammate is a better bet for the Grand ToursAlthough he rode last year’s race as the leader of the Caisse d’Epargne team, new Rabobank signing Luis León Sanchez has pledged that he will support [...]
Second consecutive stage for Oscarito; strong prologue time trial proves enough for Shack rider’s overall victoryOscar Freire (Rabobank) took his second consecutive victory in the fifth and final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between Almuñecar and Adra. [...]
Garmin-Cervelo rider off to a terrific start, looking to continue to prepare quietly for main spring goalsFollowing a 2010 campaign that can only be described as one to forget, Garmin-Cervelo's German turned Aussie, Heinrich Haussler, has seemingly returned to his [...]
HTC-Highroad seizes the initiative early onJudith Arndt (HTC-Highroad) has begun her 2011 season in characteristic winning fashion by taking the first stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand between Martinborough and Masterton. The German veteran outsprinted a group of [...]
Team wants to fill Vacansoleil’s Tour slot if team is droppedEmphasising its tactic of carefully developing riders rather than simply buying up big names to secure UCI ProTeam status, the Dutch Skil-Shimano team has said that it hopes to ride [...]
Stage win and race lead for Lampre-ISD’s hilly classics specialist Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) won the second stage of the Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) between Porto Rotondo and Nuoro, Monte Ortobene. The three-time Giro di Lombardia winner escaped a [...]
Austrian climber gets lifeline after Pegasus Sports team stopsThe riders from the ill-fated Pegasus Sports team are still finding places with other teams, with the 28 year old Austrian climber Thomas Rohregger being signed up by Leopard Trek and aiming [...]
Olympic Champion gets the unique chance to ride by a statue of himself through his hometownEuskaltel-Euskadi captain, Samuel Sanchez, is quietly going about his preparations for his year's major goal, the Tour de France, at the Ruta del Sol right [...]
Bunch sprint sees Markel Irizar hold his overall leadOscar Freire (Rabobank) opened his 2011 account with victory in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between La Guardia de Caen and Cordoba. After mistiming his sprint on [...]
French anti-doping agency wants to be part of 2011 Tour de FranceLast September, former AFLD head Pierre Bordry said that the French anti-doping agency AFLD would co-operate fully with the US federal investigation into the US Postal Service team. “If [...]
Aggressive stage brings fine racingClipping away with five kilometres to go, Italian rider Davide Torosantucci sped to victory on today’s fourth stage of the Cell C Tour of South Africa. The d'Angelo & Antenucci – Nippo competitor hit the line [...]
