Former Italian champion could be headed to France after a miserable year with KatushaAfter a miserable 2011 season with Katusha, Filippo Pozzato could be headed to Europcar from next year, according to French newspaper Ouest France. The former Italian champion, [...]
Two big names missing from teams for CopenhagenTom Boonen’s bid to take his second world championship in six years has run aground, with the Belgian being forced to tell national selectors that he wouldn’t be up to the task. The [...]
Oscar Freire to spearhead Spanish team, while Dutch to travel without a sprinter The Netherlands (KNWU) and Spanish (RFEC) Federations have both announced their nine-man teams for the upcoming World Championship road race on September 25th. Unsurprisingly, the Dutch team [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto takes the lead; Belgium closes on Spain with no points for Vuelta winnerHaving only retaken the lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour rankings on Friday, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has extended his lead after the GP [...]
Italian sprinter looks set for big futureFour years after Mark Cavendish clocked up a record eleven wins in his debut pro season, that total has been equalled by the 22 year old Italian Andrea Guardini.The Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli rider reached [...]
Race organisers of the Tour of Britain have taken the difficult decision to cancel today’s second stage of the Tour of Britain due to concerns over rider safety. High winds and debris scattered along sections of the course have made [...]
German rider has multiple breaks in his forefinger; operation neededHad his fans written the script for this year’s Tour of Britain, Jens Voigt would have ridden a typically aggressive race, would have been close to the yellow jersey heading into [...]
Two Brits on Grand Tour podium for first timeIt was a Vuelta a España result that hardly any were able to predict, and not just that two British riders finished on the podium of a Grand Tour for the first [...]
Decisive final stage turns things roundGaining 24 seconds over the yellow jersey on the mountainous final stage of the race, Colombian rider Johan Esteban Chaves jumped from second to first overall in the Tour de l’Avenir on Sunday. The 21 [...]
Dutch champion underlines overwhelming favourite for Copenhagen World championshipsMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) put the emphatic seal on her third successive Profile Holland Ladies Tour victory by taking the final stage at the top of the Berg en Terblijt. The Dutch [...]
Fedrigo second, Gilbert leaves it too late and takes thirdPortuguese rider Rui Costa followed up on his victory on stage eight of this year’s Tour de France with another major success, winning the WorldTour Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. The [...]
Manxman quickest into Dumfries on wet, windy dayTwo weeks prior to the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish (HTC Highroad) showed that he has built on his form since withdrawing from the Vuelta a España when he won the opening [...]
Slovakian champion sprints to victory in Madrid after final stage see no threat to Spaniard’s red jerseyJuan José Cobo (Geox-TMC) officially sealed his overall victory in the 2011 Vuelta a España after the final stage saw no threat to his [...]
Sky rider needs to put in a huge performance to overhaul Cobo’s 13 second advantageFor some, the time bonuses animate the racing and ensure the big guns push all the way to the finish when there are seconds up for [...]
Norwegian stars hoping for good public interest in Tour de France-related auctionFollowing an auction last month which successfully raised much-needed funds for Save the Children Norway’s work in East Africa, more pro riders have contributed signed items to another online [...]
Ghyllebert in first long break of race, will hold sprints jersey Although there are many bigger teams taking part in the race, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team manager Kurt Bogaerts has said that he expects [...]
Emma Pooley takes overall classification Young Swedish rider Emilia Fahlin secured the 107th victory for the women’s HTC Highroad team this year when she raced to a final stage win in the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche on Saturday. [...]
Boily retains lead heading into Sunday’s final stageBritish rider Simon Yates showed his strength when he raced to victory on Saturday’s penultimate stage of the Tour de l’Avenir. Yates was quickest at the hilly 153.5 kilometre leg, beating Italy’s Filippo [...]
