Wiggins takes his biggest road victory in Critérium du Dauphiné

Rodriguez blazes to stage win on La ToussuireBradley Wiggins grabbed the biggest result of his road racing career today, successfully defending his yellow jersey on the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné and winning the World Tour race. The [...]

2011-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2011|

Critérium du Dauphiné: Wiggins poised to join Robinson and Millar in history books

Briton could take biggest success of his road career todayFifty years after Brian Robinson won the race, Bradley Wiggins is poised to mark Sky Procycling’s 50th victory with overall success in the Critérium du Dauphiné in France. The Briton faces [...]

2011-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2011|

MPCC calls on UCI and ProTeams to ramp up fight against doping

Wants Code of Conduct to be enforced, riders under disciplinary proceedings to be sidelinedA drive to ramp up the fight against doping has been called for by the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC), which wants the UCI ProTeams to [...]

2011-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2011|

Caethoven takes final stage of Delta Tour Zeeland, Kittel wins overall

Dutch race ends in sprint on final daySteven Caethoven (Verandas Willems - Accent) won the final stage of the Delta Tour Zeeland in a bunch sprint, ahead of cyclocrosser Wietse Bosmans (BKCP - Powerplus) and Roger Hammond (Garmin-Cervélo). Marcel Kittel [...]

2011-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2011|

Critérium du Dauphiné: Euskaltel-Euskadi's Landa fractures clavicule in cow incident

Breaks same collarbone as in MarchEuskaltel-Euskadi rider Mikel Landa was brought down by a cow in yesterday's sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Landa abandoned the race and he was diagnosed with a fractured right clavicule later on. It [...]

2011-06-12T00:00:00+00:00June 12th, 2011|

Clarke and Numainville power to Air Force Clarendon Cup victory

UnitedHealthcare and TIBCO earn favorite status for Air Force Classic day twoUnitedHealthcare's Hilton Clarke took his second consecutive Air Force Cycling Classic Clarendon Cup victory in the streets of Arlington, Virgina today, finishing off the job he started early on [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Millar denies GreenEdge deal for 2012, hopes to stay with Garmin-Cervélo

Scot dismisses media reports of moveScottish rider David Millar has rejected media reports today that he is moving to the new GreenEdge team, saying that the story is not founded on fact and that he doesn’t know yet where he [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

David Veilleux progresses steadily at Europcar, no Tour debut this year

Canadian to target national championships and strong end of seasonDavid Veilleux has had a steady debut in the professional ranks with Team Europcar. The Canadian was based in North America riding for Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team and Kelly Benefit [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Contador confirms for Tour de France but says he will take it ‘day by day’ in bid to win

Spaniard wants to complete first Giro-Tour double since Pantani in 1998Although Alberto Contador has today announced that he will compete in the Tour de France, the Spaniard has said that he is cautious about the after-effects of his Giro d’Italia [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Cancellara storms to yet another Tour de Suisse prologue win

Chronoman beats Tejay van Garderen on tough Lugano courseFabian Cancellara proved once again that he is the fastest prologue rider in the peloton. The Swiss rider took the Tour de Suisse's opening day 7.3km ride in 9'41, a comfortable nine [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Critérium du Dauphiné: Rodriguez takes stage six, with Wiggins holding on to yellow

Briton defends himself well on Le Collet d’AllevardJoaquim Rodriguez ended his string of near-misses with a brilliant solo win atop the final climb of stage six in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Le Collet d’Allevard. He crossed the line, pointing his [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Greg Henderson Interview: Sky Procycling rider hoping to make Tour debut at 34

Kiwi could fight for stage victories in cycling’s biggest event It seems hard to believe but at 34 years of age, Greg Henderson is only in his fifth year as a professional cyclist. The New Zealander claims that because of [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Roche regrets lost opportunity as he pulls out of Dauphiné

‘I’m literally cut from my ankle to my chin’Irish rider Nicolas Roche had big ambitions going into the final days of the Critérium du Dauphiné, but was a non starter this morning due to the injuries he sustained in a [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Tour de Suisse: Leopard Trek ready to defend Frank Schleck's title

Strong field lines out in pre-Tour de France event Four-time World Time Trial Champion Fabian Cancellara will be the favourite for the Tour de Suisse prologue today but the ultimate goal for Leopard Trek is to get Andy and Frank [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|

Bittersweet start to the Delta Tour Zeeland for Rabobank

Strong performances counterbalanced by a freak prologue accident Rabobank’s start to the Delta Tour Zeeland yesterday was an interesting one. Last year the Dutch outfit made a clean sweep of the opening prologue, taking the first 3 positions. This year, [...]

2011-06-11T00:00:00+00:00June 11th, 2011|
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