Strong American team ready to take some winsHTC-Highroad is sending a strong women's team of six riders to the Tour of New Zealand (February 23-27). TYhe team hopes for stage wins, and trying to get the team accustomed to each [...]
250 metre track planned for French cityIt’s well known for its historic open-air Velodrome which has long hosted the finish of the famous Northern Classic. Now the town of Roubaix is seeking to add another, unveiling plans to build a [...]
Previous leader Engoulvent loses over 20 minutes on tough stage in southern SpainJonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Ruta del Sol, out of a group of around forty riders. The terrain on the second [...]
Saxo Bank SunGard chief says form should come gradually Although Alberto Contador was unable to successfully defend his title in the Volta ao Algarve, Saxo Bank SunGard general manager Bjarne Riis has said that he is actually a little relieved [...]
Danish director happy with World Champion's performance over tough time trial courseLeopard Trek has gotten their inaugural season off to a solid start, but still remain winless. It's not for lack of getting close - the team already has seven [...]
The Manx Missile shows he's on formAfter a crash plagued, quiet start to the year, Mark Cavendish has opened up his 2011 account with victory in the final stage of the Tour of Oman. The Manxman rocketed to the win [...]
Sven Nys secures eighth overall titleNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) convincingly won the final round of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee in Oostmalle, Belgium in convincing solo fashion. The Belgian champion escaped on the sixth of nine laps of the dry, [...]
Second place is enough to give Belgian champion overall GvA TrofeeDaphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl) won the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle, Belgium, the final race of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee, outspinting Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) in a two-woman sprint. Helen [...]
German rider, who has been without a team since 2007, linked with Christina Watches teamSunday's Ekstra Bladet reports that former Paris-Nice winner, Jörg Jaksche, might return to racing in 2011 with Michael Rasmussen's Christina Watches team. Jaksche, who famously confessed [...]
Traffic and lack of police support force stage two annulmentThe Tour of South Africa organisers cancelled the second stage of its race today due to traffic on the road. "No results today," said the organiser, via Twitter. "No dope controls." [...]
Van Garderen an excellent second, Cummings and Contador slip backJumping from third to first on the general classification, Tony Martin seized both the stage result and the overall victory with a powerful ride in today’s final time trial at the [...]
Saur-Sojasun stacks the top six with three riders, Van Den Broeck only 1 second backThe Vuelta a Andalucia opened today with a 6.8 kilometer time trial around the sunny Spanish town of Benahavis, and it was Saur-Sojasun's Jimmy Engoulvent who [...]
'My dream win? Milano-Sanremo' Italian Daniele Pietropolli dreams of Italy's next big one-day classic, Milano-Sanremo, after his Trofeo Laigueglia win yesterday. He and his Lampre-ISD team proved they have the versatility to pull off Italy's biggest spring classic. "With Lampre-ISD, [...]
Motivation still strong at 36 years of ageWhilst the media focuses on Sky, Cav, Brad and the Tour, there are some riders who ‘just get on with it’ in the real world of pro cycling - no agents, no four [...]
Decision on Giro d'Italia defence comes after Liège-Bastogne-LiègeIvan Basso will wait until after the Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 24 to decide if he will defend his Giro d'Italia title. "I will stand at the cross-roads there," Basso told La Gazzetta dello [...]
Italian success in early season semi-ClassicThree weeks after his victory in the three-stage Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Lampre-ISD rider Daniele Pietropolli won a ten man sprint to take the Trofeo Laigueglia today. He beat Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale), Angel [...]
British rider comes out on top in his first race of the seasonKristian House of the Rapha Condor Sharp team began his time under the African sun on a high note, by riding himself to a solo victory in the [...]
Cummings crashes twice but keeps race lead heading into final stageHe’s gone close with two second places in the Santos Tour Down Under, and today André Greipel finally got this 2011 winning campaign off to a start when he sped [...]
