Irishman hopes to bounce back after testing TourSeventh overall last year, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche will hope to equal or better that performance in the upcoming Vuelta a España, which begins in twelve days in Benidorm. The Ag2r La Mondiale rider [...]
End of the road for experienced Spanish veteranEnding things with a solid 44th overall in the Vuelta a Burgos, perhaps the oldest rider in the peloton has hung up his wheels after 18 seasons in the pro peloton. Íñigo Cuesta [...]
Experienced veteran to play crucial mentor role in new Australian teamHaving recently signed some very important young talent, the Australian GreenEdge team has balanced that out by bringing on board Stuart O’Grady, one of the most experienced riders in the [...]
2012 race planning ahead of schedule, organisers may push for WorldTour status in future yearsHaving confirmed earlier reports that Garmin-Cervélo and Astana had committed to competing in next year’s Tour de Langkawi, the race organisers are hoping to attract further [...]
Big stage win for Australian, double Herald Sun Tour winnerTheo Bos (Rabobank) prevented Sacha Modolo from taking his third stage win at this year's Tour of Denmark. The Dutchman was fastest on the final stage, beating Modolo and Manuel Belletti [...]
Samuel Sanchez cracks two kilometers from summit finishEuskaltel-Euskadi's Mikel Landa quickly made the best of a faltering team strategy in the final stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. With team captain Samuel Sanchez cracking, the overall was gone fore the [...]
Briton says on balance of things, sprinter’s arrival would be a plusWith speculation continuing about where Mark Cavendish could wind up racing in 2012, potential Sky Procycling team-mate Bradley Wiggins has said that he would welcome his fellow Briton on [...]
Belgian back on track for good results after long recovery from knee surgeryLandbouwkrediet rider Bert de Waele was recovering from a knee injury last winter, and took his first victory since 2009 with his recent stage win at Paris-Corrèze. Back [...]
Post-Tour contest starts tomorrowThe Eneco Tour of Benelux begins tomorrow, and as the race continues to grow as a bridge between the Tour de France and late season races, VeloNation takes a look at significant stages, teams, and riders. A [...]
American rider talks Tour de France plus his targets for remainder of this seasonWhilst Sky and Omega Pharma successfully hedged their bets, giving their baroudeurs and sprinters freedom to go for stage wins early in the Tour, there was no [...]
On Aussie day, Gerrans hangs on to overall leadRichie Porte (Saxo Bank) took the stage six evening time trial in the Tour of Denmark. The Australian clocked 15'09 on the 13.2-kilometer long course and was ten seconds faster than teammate [...]
Katusha teammate Rodriguez still in overall lead with one mountain day remainingIn the Vuelta a Burgos stage four, Katusha's Daniel Moreno took a one-second win over a small group of riders, led by Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Pablo Lastras [...]
Daniele Bennati edges closer to Simon Gerrans’ lead ahead of afternoon time trialSacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) showed once again that he is the sprinter to beat in this year’s Tour of Denmark, taking his second victory of the race in [...]
‘Second tier’ riders shining for Luxembourg squadOliver Zaugg and Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) animated yesterday’s stage six in the Tour of Poland, and though they could not make an attack that stuck, they were happy when the stage was complete. The [...]
Poised in fourth overall heading into this afternoon’s time trial In his home Tour of Denmark, Michael Mørkøv continues to show himself well, the Dane sitting fourth overall for SaxoBank-SunGard after yesterday’s queen stage plus this morning’s big group finish. [...]
Belgian team would love to have Philippe Gilbert on boardOmega Pharma and Lotto, the Belgian National Lottery, have confirmed they will go their separate ways next year, ending a seven year partnership between the two team backers. In an official [...]
Fully recovered from injury, Liquigas-Cannondale man ready to raceTed King (Liquigas-Cannondale) will return to racing at the Tour of Utah, over two months after breaking his collarbone at the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship in June. A week after finishing third [...]
Will decide on his future next year and hopes to ride first Grand TourWorld cyclocross champion Zdenek Stybar switched to the road with Quick Step this year after another successful cyclocross season. The Czech rider took part in his first [...]
