Frenchman takes top career result in Castelfidardo A year after netting third in the Plan de Corones time trial and finishing 13th overall in the Giro d’Italia, John Gadret is upping his goals for the days ahead. The French Ag2r [...]
HTC Highroad rider answers questions prior to leaving racePrior to the start of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, Mark Cavendish said that the race would be a failure for him if he didn’t manage to take a stage.He needn’t have worried. [...]
Ale-Jet joins Manx Missile on the bus home with no sprints leftWith no more opportunities for the sprinters left in this year’s Giro d’Italia, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) has joined the list of sprinters who are heading home early. Like today’s [...]
If implemented, new rule would not be applied retrospectivelyThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has clarified a proposal from its president Pat McQuaid to ban riders who dope from managing teams, which was published on VeloNation this afternoon. In an interview [...]
HTC Highroad leader on song before stage startStage 12 of the Giro d’Italia worked out perfectly for Mark Cavendish, who clocked up his second win of this year’s race prior to heading home and beginning his preparations for the Tour [...]
Manx Missile launched after HTC-Highroad team controls the race all dayMark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) took his second stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia, on the day that he is to quit the race and go home. The Cannonball was the fastest [...]
HTC Highroad rider says no more opportunities after today Mark Cavendish knew at this morning’s start in Castelfidardo that he had an important day ahead of him; bunch sprint opportunities have been scarce in this Giro, and he has his [...]
Many of the sport’s biggest directors would be excluded under new proposalInternational Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has called for the banning of former professional riders who have been convicted of doping offences in their careers from becoming team [...]
Plays down talk of recordsFormer team manager Giuseppe Martinelli said this week that he believed Alberto Contador is a better rider than Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong, and that by the end of his career his results will be second [...]
Frenchman takes top career result in Castelfidardo A year after netting third in the Plan de Corones time trial and finishing 13th overall in the Giro d’Italia, John Gadret is upping his goals for the days ahead. The French Ag2r [...]
Romain Feillu holds onto race leadSébastien Chavanel (Europcar) took his first victory in a little over three years, to take the second stage of the Circuit de Lorraine between Briey and Commercy. The Europcar sprinter outsprinted Zakkari Dempster (Rapha-Condor-Sharp) at [...]
Garmin-Cervélo rider believes it’s not possible to take race lead nowOut front for much of today’s Ardennes Classic-style stage of the Giro d’Italia, Christophe Le Mevel was race leader on the road and riding strongly in his bid to take [...]
Dutchman is captain for his team and wants to show his worthMaarten Tjallingii is currently racing in the Tour of California, acting as the captain on the road for the Dutch Rabobank squad. Tjallingii is often a team helper, but [...]
Rabobank rider shows he has good legs in move of the daySteven Kruijswijk of the Rabobank team saw an opportunity today to make the break of the day and jumped on it. He formed part of an 11-man move that [...]
Dutchman is captain for his team and wants to show his worthMaarten Tjallingii is currently racing in the Tour of California, acting as the captain on the road for the Dutch Rabobank squad. Tjallingii is often a team helper, but [...]
Le Mevel hunting Maglia Rosa in Giro d’ItaliaChristophe Le Mevel was the one who ultimately made it into the day’s break, but it was clear at the start of today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia that his Garmin-Cervelo team was [...]
Will be remembered as one of the nice guysThousands gathered at St. Peter's Square in Gent, Belgium today to attend the funeral service for Wouter Weylandt. Weylandt's tragic death was the result of a horrific crash on the descent of [...]
Why were high-risk riders not tested adequately during the 2010 Tour?Although the UCI pledges to do what it takes to discover the source of the leak of the so-called Index of Suspicion from last year’s Tour de France, the document’s [...]
