Tour of Poland: Second straight win for Peter Sagan in stage five sprint

Race leader pounces on early jump from Romain Feillu to confirm race leadPeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) has re-emphasised the fact that he is the rider to beat in the Tour de Pologne, the Tour of Poland, with his second straight win [...]

2011-08-04T00:00:00+00:00August 4th, 2011|

Kasheckin confirmed as moving to Astana and targeting top five in Vuelta a España

Controversial rider returns to team four years after positive testFive years after taking third overall in the Vuelta a España, Andrey Kashechkin has confirmed that he will return to the race once again as part of the Astana team. The [...]

2011-08-04T00:00:00+00:00August 4th, 2011|

WADA disputes McAfee report that its system was hacked for a total of 14 months

Director general David Howman says ADAMS system has never been compromisedThe World Anti Doping Agency has played down a report by the McAfee security company which describes breaches of computer security, saying that it has no reason to believe that [...]

2011-08-04T00:00:00+00:00August 4th, 2011|

Fabio Duarte hoping for stage win at the Vuelta a España

Colombian ready to support Menchov and Sastre in the mountainsGeox-TMC were omitted from this years Tour de France, meaning it will have a very motivated team starting the Vuelta a España on the 20th August. The Spanish team will be [...]

2011-08-04T00:00:00+00:00August 4th, 2011|

Ballan and Cunego summoned to appear before CONI on charges of doping

Italian Mantova investigation moves to next levelIn just over one months’ time Damiano Cunego and his former Lampre team-mate Alessandro Ballan will appear before the anti doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic Committee CONI. It has been confirmed that both [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Geraint Thomas states that he wants to race alongside Mark Cavendish in Team Sky

Welshman pledges his full support at the world road race championships Although Mark Cavendish has made up his mind about which team he will race for next year, the Manxman has said that he plans to hold off a little [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Sacha Modolo sprints to stage-one victory in Post Danmark Rundt

Young Italian faster than Denmark's Matti BreschelSacha Modolo (Colnago - CSF Inox ) took the biggest win of his young career when he sprinted to victory in stage one of the Post Danmark Rundt, beating Danish riders Matti Breschel (Rabobank) [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Andy Schleck realizes he needs to improve his time trial performance for potential Tour de France win

Leopard Trek rider has been runner up for three years in a rowAndy Schleck has finished a respectable second place three times in his career at the Tour de France. The Luxemburger realizes that he needs to improve his time [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Sánchez outduels Purito Rodríguez in Vuelta a Burgos opener

All-Spanish podium in stage one of one-week stage raceSamuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has come off a terrific sixth place in the Tour de France to win stage one of the Vuelta a Burgos. Sánchez outsprinted Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Sergio Pardilla [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Tour de Pologne: Peter Sagan blasts to stage win and yellow jersey

Defending champion Dan Martin takes second into CieszynLiquigas-Cannondale rider Peter Sagan showed impressive strength to win today’s fourth stage of the Tour of Poland, rocketing clear approximately 600 metres from the finish in Cieszyn and hitting the line well ahead [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Jesse Sergent Interview: Winning his first professional race and going to the Olympic Games

New Zealander hoping to make it to the London OlympicsJesse Sergent has had a successful debut season in the professional cycling ranks. The New Zealander signed for Team RadioShack this year and didn’t take long to impress, taking out the [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|

Mark Cavendish: “The fact that people are getting caught means that cycling is a clean sport”

Sprinter reflects on Tour de France glory and winning the green jerseyAfter winning the green jersey in this year’s Tour de France, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) spent a week racing the traditional post Tour criteriums in Holland and Belgium. From there [...]

2011-08-03T00:00:00+00:00August 3rd, 2011|
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