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 [...]
Breakaway rider caught right before finish lineMoving to within one win of Grame Brown’s record at the Tour de Langkawi, Andrea Guardini clocked up his eighth stage triumph in two years when he hit the line first today. As was [...]
Ernst & Young report “shows that cycling is in a healthy position and resisting the effects of the current global economic downturn”; many races not so lucky howeverA report from auditors Ernst & Young, commissioned by the International Cycling Union [...]
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 [...]
Greipel frustrated with poor positioning in sprint finale, capping rough weekend for Lotto-BelisolThough several breakaways gave it a shot, Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne once again came down to the expected sprint finish, which Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) took ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich [...]
Day of breakaways sees local former-Danish rider escape alone; time bonus for Shara Gillow makes overall as close as possibleLinda Villumsen (GreenEDGE-AIS) took yet another victory for the new Australian team, as she soloed to a lone victory in the [...]
World champion powers to victory after Team Sky controls a race littered with breakawaysMark Cavendish (Team Sky) won Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the second race of the traditional Belgian Openingsweekend, in a manner that looked all too easy. The World champion was delivered [...]
Belgian veteran ultra-aggressive as usual for Sean Kelly’s teamNiko Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) was the 120th rider to cross the finish line at the end of the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne semi-classic, but the 41-year-old Belgian spent nearly the entirety of the 198-kilometer [...]
Tuscan climber escapes the favourites to take hilly Swiss raceEros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Lugano, in the Swiss lakeside city, after a final lap attack that escaped the rest of the leading group. The 25-year-old Umbrian jumped away on [...]
Italian sprinter beats Garmin Barracuda’s Raymond Kreder into Parit SulongTwo road race stages completed, two sprints won. As he did in the 2011 edition, young Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini is once again showing that he is the fastest rider in [...]
Young Australian fast man takes Rabobank’s long-awaited first win of 2012Michael “Bling” Matthews (Rabobank) won the Clasica de Almeria at the head of a bunch sprint, to take his - and his team’s - first victory of the season. The [...]
Yellow passes from one US rider to another as the peloton sits upThe race lead in the Women’s Tour of New Zealand passed from one United States rider to another, as a breakaway took almost eight minutes out of the [...]
Androni Giocattoli manager rules out early attacks in Tour de LangkawiHaving six riders in the top 33 and Jose Rujano poised in fifth overall, Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela manager Gianni Savio has said that he is prepared to wait until [...]
Says it’s uncertain how race leader Zabriskie will fare on Genting Although Dave Zabriskie has said that he isn’t ruling himself out of contention for the final victory in the Tour de Langkawi, with his buffer of over a minute [...]
Juan Antonio Flecha third after Classic edition of Flemish opening raceSep Vanmarcke proved that Garmin-Barracuda’s Classics team has not suffered the departure of Thor Hushovd in the winter, with a three-up sprint victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The 23-year-old [...]
Former Dutch champion outsprints compatriot Ellen van Dijk in women’s European season openerLoes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) got the new Australian pro team’s first ever European season off to a perfect start with victory in the elite women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step Classics captain positive about form ahead of the big races to come; will go for a third Kuurne victory tomorrowWith his victories in the Tours of San Luis and Qatar showing that he is back to something [...]
Zabriskie retains race leader’s jerseyHaving gone close to victory on stages of the Tour de San Luis in January and then being one of several strong riders fighting for victories in the Tours of Qatar and Oman, Andrea Guardini stepped [...]
