Freire runs world champion close, Goss keeps leadWorld road race champion Mark Cavendish has clocked up victory on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico, winning a big gallop into Indicatore. The Sky Procycling rider came off the wheel of Tyler Farrar (Garmin [...]
Ever-aggressive Dutchman jumps away from leaders group to move up to second overallLieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) continued his irresistible march up the overall Paris-Nice rankings, taking an impressive solo victory in the fifth stage between Onet-le-Château and Mende. The ever-aggressive Dutchman, [...]
Eight teams part of tougher anti-doping regulations for 2012 The new Australian GreenEdge team has been confirmed as a member of the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC), the initiative which is made up of teams willing to go beyond [...]
'No chain' sensations in trainingWhile he’s yet to clock up his first victory of 2012, Heinrich Haussler has been working hard to return to his best form and, according to Garmin Barracuda’s performance director Allan Peiper, appears on track. The [...]
“I respect him, but this must be a joke”With the UCI already stating that Mario Cipollini’s talk of returning to the peloton in this year’s Giro d’Italia is not realistic due to his not being part of the testing pool, [...]
Haussler is feeling as strong as in 2009 Garmin Barracuda’s director of competition Allan Peiper has warned that he believes that the team’s Classic campaign will be a stronger one than that of 2011, when it won Paris-Roubaix. “This year [...]
BMC Racing Team off pace in ItalyClocking up its first WorldTour win since Simon Gerrans took the Santos Tour Down Under, the GreenEdge team upended the leaderboard and dominated the opening team time trial today at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Australian WorldTour [...]
Punchy Belgian goes two better than the day before; Bradley Wiggins holds onto yellowGianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) managed to go two better than his third place of the day before, to take victory on the tough uphill finish of the third [...]
Illness and injury strike five riders off today’s start listAfter Andy Schleck’s exit from Paris-Nice yesterday due to gastroenteritis, young American talent Taylor Phinney is one of several who have not started today’s stage of the race. The BMC Racing [...]
Tour de France winner Cadel Evans begins Tirreno-Adriatico as both the defending champion and as a rider who will use the event to measure his condition relative to last year. While success is not crucial to his Tour buildup, a [...]
Hospitalisation was not due to banned substances, Gazet van Antwerpen reports; wider investigation continues, howeverAnalysis of hair samples taken from Belgian cyclocross rider Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has proved that his hospitalisation on the eve of the national championships was not [...]
Serious setback for Saxo Bank’s Classics captain after Paris-Nice time trial crashAfter first thinking that he had suffered no broken bones, after his crash in the wet opening time trial of Paris-Nice, Saxo Bank Nick Nuyens has since discovered a [...]
Wiggins holds yellow after aggressive end to a long, calm day Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won a very close sprint with Simon Gerrans (GreenEDGE) to take the second stage of the 2012 Paris-Nice between Vierzon and the climb to Le Lac [...]
Italian hasn’t registered for mandatory out of competition testingMario Cipollini’s declaration that he would like to return to the sport at 45 years of age and ride this year’s Giro d’Italia is looking like a possible marketing ploy for his [...]
Gastroenteritis forces 2010 Tour winner out after two uncomfortable stagesAndy Schleck (RadioShack) will not start today’s third stage of Paris-Nice, between Vierzon and Le Lac de Vassivière, because of acute gastroenteritis, his team has announced. The Luxembourg rider, who has [...]
Italian sprinter says he’s still fit and can succeed in his aimsOne of the world’s greatest-ever sprinters, Mario Cipollini, has floated the possibility that he might return to cycling, despite being just over two weeks away from his 45th birthday. [...]
Garzell’s Acqua&Sapone team to send a message to organisers? Encouraged by a good showing in last weekend’s Strade Bianche, the Colombia Coldeportes squad will this week take the start in Tirreno Adriatico determined to perform and thus justify its wildcard [...]
Operation needed for haemophiliac British time trial champion; will be out at least three weeksAlex Dowsett (Team Sky) faces an operation on his right elbow after fracturing it in a crash in Sunday’s second and final stage of the Driedaagse [...]
