Serpa beats Nino Corridor to take Genting Highlands stage and yellow jersey

Tour de Langkawi classification shaken upIt was expected to be a showdown between Jose Rujano and Tom Danielson (Garmin Barricuda) but, in the end, Rujano’s Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela team-mate Jose Serpa was man of the moment on the ferocious [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

Italian teams “pronto” for Saturday’s Strade Bianche

Half of those invited from the home nation; keen to impress in RCS Sport’s first race of the yearSaturday’s Strade Bianche will be the first of this year’s races run by Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport. The 190km course between [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

BMC hints it may expect more from Ballan than Gilbert in Strade Bianche

Defending champion yet to hit formThe BMC Racing Team has sought to slightly downplay expectations relating to defending champion Philippe Gilbert in this Saturday’s Strade Bianche race in Italy, with both a directeur sportif and the rider himself suggesting that [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

ASO announces wildcard invitations for Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Belgian teams favoured for Ardennes Classics; French teams miss out; Team Type 1 invited to bothRace organiser ASO has announced the teams that have been invited to its two Ardennes Classics, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which will run on [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

Team Type 1-Sanofi and Colombia-Coldeportes thrilled with WorldTour race invitations

Diabetes team invited to Tour of Poland and both Ardennes Classics for the first time; Colombian team add La Flèche Wallonne to long list of invitationsAfter being named in the list of wildcard teams invited to the Tour of Poland [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

CAS upholds Russian Federation decision to clear Alexandr Kolobnev

Rider had taken product containing HCT for medical reasons, not for performance; UCI appeal unsuccessfulThe Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has decided to uphold the decision of the Russian Cycling Federation (RCF), to reprimand and fine Alexandr Kolobnev for [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

Video: Danielson talks of disappointment of cracking on Genting

Garmin Barracuda rider keeps eye on bigger pictureOn a day he had earmarked for a long time as being the one where he would make a push for what would have been his second Tour de Langkawi title, Tom Danielson [...]

2012-02-29T00:00:00+00:00February 29th, 2012|

Tour de Langkawi: Serpa wins, Lapthorne swoops, Zabriskie folds

Two man sprint at end of very aggressive stage Having said yesterday that he believed he would get through today’s fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi in yellow, overnight race leader Dave Zabriskie instead cracked on the 190 [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke’s phenomenal February gives him an early lead in the UCI Europe Tour

Méditerranéen and Haut-Var victories put British rider far ahead in the season’s first rankingVictories in the Tour Méditerranéen and Tour du Haut-Var earlier in the month have given British rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) an early lead in the International [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Videos: more quirkiness from Langkawi race leader Zabriskie

Garmin Barracuda rider ‘not freaking out’ about climbs on today’s stageDave Zabriskie is making headlines this week as the leader of the Tour de Langkawi but at the race itself, he’s also gaining considerable attention for his offbeat sense of [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Niels Albert made an honorary citizen of Koksijde

Cyclocross World champion honoured after his triumphant win in the sand dunes of northern BelgiumNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has been made an honorary citizen of the Belgian town of Koksijde, following his victory in last month’s World cyclocross championships. It had [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Video: Peiper states it’s all about positioning Danielson for Genting Highlands

Showdown beckons at Tour de LangkawiWith Dave Zabriskie’s overall challenge evaporating dramatically on yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi, the Garmin-Barracuda team has thrown its full weight behind Tom Danielson today. The American squad had intended having two [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Video: Savio celebrates Serpa’s win, says he’s confident about Rujano

Tour de Langkawi heads to crucial battleground of Genting HighlandsTaking stage five and ending the day with two riders in the top seven and a total of four in the top fourteen, Gianni Savio had something to smile about at [...]

2012-02-28T00:00:00+00:00February 28th, 2012|

Video: Danielson ‘pretty good’ despite crash, feeling confident

Says he’s ‘not too scared’ of RujanoTom Danielson was surprisingly upbeat after stage four of the Tour de Langkawi, despite being covered in bandages on his right side following his stage three fall. He spoke to VeloNation shortly after the [...]

2012-02-27T00:00:00+00:00February 27th, 2012|

Video: Guardini confirms he’ll make Giro debut this year

Italian’s post race press conference also onlineHaving redisplayed the sprinting speed which earned him five stage victories last year and three in this edition of the Tour de Langkawi, Italian fastman Andrea Guardini has confirmed that he will compete in [...]

2012-02-27T00:00:00+00:00February 27th, 2012|
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