Martin and Neben bring 2011 victory total to 121 winsTeam owner Bob Stapleton has praised his HTC Highroad team and its two most recent winners, saying that he was proud of the victories clocked up by Amber Neben and Tony [...]
Russian team tipped to be adding Erik Zabel to management teamTriple world champion Oscar Freire is rumoured to be a big new signing for the Russian Katusha team, along with multiple green jersey winner Erik Zabel. The latter is tipped [...]
Reports that FIFA and WADA decline to take action on soccer players due to food contamination The topic of Clenbuterol positives in sport became more complicated today with the news that football’s governing body FIFA and the World Anti Doping [...]
2011 winner will concentrate fully on Tour de France rather than racing in Italy Defending champion Alberto Contador, his Saxo Bank SunGard team manager Bjarne Riis and Juan Jose Cobo (Geox TMC), the Vuelta a España winner, were all in [...]
Belgian beats Kevin Pauwels, Zdenek Stybar in PlzenSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) beat Kevin Pauwels (Subweb-Revor) and Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) to the line in Plzen, Czech Republic to take today’s cyclo-cross World Cup opener, after the three largely dominated the race. [...]
Plenty of opportunity for both climbers and sprinters Seeking to both prolong the suspense and also to keep the riders fresher for longer, a balanced but dramatic Giro d’Italia route was unveiled by organisers RCS Sport in Milan today. The [...]
Neben and Armstrong take US double win in women's raceTony Martin preserved his brilliant form all the way to October, taking the 48.5km long Chrono des Nations in the French Vendée region. Martin was more than two minutes ahead of [...]
Pole finishes first ProTour season with three top tens On a Giro di Lombardia course with new elements, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) proved to be one of the most consistent riders in the race. The Pole finished fifth on the line [...]
What's next for the 22-year-old youngster?Fresh from winning the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas couldn't quite believe it. Calling it a dream, he had to pinch himself that he just won one of the biggest Australian stage races. His [...]
Haas holds on to overall lead, takes big stage race winKittel capped a near-perfect year, especially considering that he is a neo-pro. His 17 season wins are only one short of that of Philippe Gilbert. Even when considering that Gilbert [...]
Best Irish Classics performance in two decades nets ninth in UCI WorldTour rankingsDaniel Martin secured the best Irish Classics performance since Sean Kelly won the 1992 Milan-Sanremo, with today's runner-up slot in the Giro di Lombardia showing that he is [...]
Belgian admits that his superlegs are gonePhilippe Gilbert was tipped as the hot favorite to take his third consecutive Tour of Lombardy this Saturday. But the Belgian had already hinted in the last few days that his long and successful [...]
Swiss rider gains new confidence after strong solo move in final Classic of the seasonOliver Zaugg has been a domestique with an affinity to do well in mountain stages, but today he got to ride for himself in the Tour [...]
Tailbone injury forces Dutch rider to stop earlyThomas Dekker has been forced to end his season prior to riding his intended last race of 2012, tomorrow’s Chrono des Nations. The Dutchman crashed during this week’s Putte-Kappelen event and hurt his [...]
Biggest win in career of Swiss rider; Nibali's courageous break not rewardedOliver Zaugg of the Leopard-Trek team celebrated the biggest result of his career when he took a solo victory in the Giro di Lombardia (now officially Il Lombardia). He [...]
Jack Bobridge ten seconds back heading into final daySaying yesterday that the white jersey of best young rider was his target between then and the end of the race, Nathan Haas did more than that on today’s big decider in [...]
Irish Garmin-Cervélo climber hopes new course plays to his strengthsHis name hasn’t been mentioned as much as others in the favourites list but that suits Dan Martin just fine. A stage winner and thirteenth overall in the Vuelta a España [...]
Marcel Kittell further extended his remarkable debut pro season record today when he notched up his sixteenth win of the season on stage three of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Australia. The 23 year old German is continuing to [...]
