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 [...]
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 [...]
2010 winner and last year’s runner-up ready to go one better in Openingsweekend, but not at his peak just yetJuan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) started last year’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with number one pinned to his back as defending champion. [...]
Frenchman working with Boonen, trying to extend his team’s winning waysFrench veteran Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) comes off of a 15th overall in the Tour of Oman and takes to the narrow, cobbled roads of Belgium on Saturday, as [...]
American rider gives his thoughts in post-stage reactionYesterday’s prologue time trial winner Dave Zabriskie is primarly known as a time trial rider but, after taking the race lead on yesterday’s opening stage of the Tour de Langkawi, he believes that [...]
Danielson and Rujano both in top five of flat TT, Vinokourov loses timeHaving said yesterday that he had perhaps his best pre-season preparation ever, Dave Zabriskie showed his condition today with a dominant victory on stage one of the Tour [...]
American rider performs well in Langkawi time trial despite recent bone graftEight months after a high speed crash in the Giro d’Italia slammed him to the ground and fractured his femur and just weeks after a bone graft operation to [...]
Dane taking on leadership for new team in early Semi-ClassicWith Philippe Gilbert no longer on the team, and with Jürgen Roelandts sidelined after an early-season crash, Lars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) finds himself in a position of leadership in his new squad [...]
World time trial champion now just eleven seconds behind Kristin Armstrong Judith Arndt (GreenEDGE-AIS) continued her outstanding start to the 2012 season with a sprint victory in the third stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand. The German World [...]
Belgian Classics king yet to win the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad but feels good after Qatar triumphTom Boonen, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s undisputed Classics captain, is feeling good ahead of the upcoming Openingsweekend, which sees the Belgian road season start with the [...]
“Complicated, but interesting” courses on the terrain of the Amstel Gold RaceA delegation from the International Cycling Union (UCI) has officially approved the courses for this year’s World road championships in the Limburg region of the Netherlands, the event organiser [...]
Frenchman unhappy with FFC decision FDJ BigMat rider Yoann Offredo has enlivened big races such as Milan-Sanremo with his aggressive approach to racing, but the Frenchman will have to find another outlet for his energy in the months ahead. The [...]
American rider gunning for high result, Astana leader returning after injuryBoth starting the Tour de Langkawi as headline acts but coming from a very different positions with respect to last season, Tom Danielson and Alexandre Vinokourov will both seek to [...]
Time trial means that Danielson and Vinokourov are big dangers to his climbersManager of the race winner for the past three years, Androni Giocattoli’s Gianni Savio has made it clear that his riders are determined to push for the final [...]
23-year-old Australian takes first UCI victory; Kristin Armstrong takes third and holds race leadLoren Rowney (VIS Women) has announced her arrival on the international scene - and her signing with the Specialized-lululemon team - with her first win in a [...]
First stage race victory since the 2009 Vuelta a España for former suspended riderDani Moreno (Katusha) took the fourth and final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía - the Ruta del Sol - between Jaén and La Guardia de Jaén, [...]
Avid comic book and movie fan speaks about his interests away from the bikeShowing the perfect balance between athletic focus and comic-hero distractions, US time trial champion Dave Zabriskie has talked about his life on and off the bike, and [...]
American rider to take a more ambitious approach in 2012 seasonAs detailed in part I of this interview, Tom Danielson heads into the 2012 season with greater focus and confidence than in the past. Taking eighth in last year’s Tour [...]
