Six man break animates closing kilometres Turning things right around for the team after Bradley Wiggins and Richie Porte withdrew yesterday, Sky Procycling’s Rigoberto Uran sprinted to victory on today’s fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya in Ascó.The Colombian [...]
Cesare Benedetti holds on to lead despite a split in the pelotonDiego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD) won the third stage of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali between Fiorano Modenese and Levizzano in an uphill sprint to the line. The 22-year-old Tuscan finished [...]
Slovakian and Italian rouleurs hoping that youthful enthusiasm can make up for relative lack of experience in big Belgian racesLiquigas-Cannondale has announced its eight man team that will be heading to Flanders, northern Belgium, for the four big cobbled races [...]
Norwegian over illness, time ticking down to RoubaixHaving missed a key season target in Milan Sanremo, Thor Hushovd is aiming to make up for lost time and to build the necessary fitness to chase his big career goal of Paris-Roubaix. [...]
Radioshack Nissan uncertain when Dane will return to competitionJakob Fuglsang’s intention to chase a top result for the RadioShack Nissan team in the Giro d’Italia has received a setback after confirmation that he suffered a fracture in a fall yesterday. [...]
Irishman in strong form, but allergies provoke caution With two first cat ascents followed by the hors categorie climbs of the Port del Canto and the 1947 metre summit finish of Port Ainé, overall contender Dan Martin is clear that [...]
German team fastest over short, flat course; sprinter takes jersey due to finishing consistencyTeam NetApp powered to victory in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali stage 2b team time trial in the seaside town of Gatteo, putting sprinter Cesare Benedetti into [...]
Sylvain Chavanel leads home the chasers to take an Omega Pharma-Quick Step one-two in the Belgian semi-classicNiki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) opened his own personal account for the season’s most successful team of the year so far, with an impressive [...]
Snow leads to route being slashed and prompts many riders to withdrawAstana rider Janez Brajkovic won today’s third stage of the Volta a Catalunya, coping best with the freezing conditions which led to a large number of riders withdrawing from [...]
Liquigas-Cannondale’s track specialist re-finds his winning legs in the morning’s first semitappaElia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) made a return to the winning ways that he enjoyed in February with victory in stage 2a of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, starting and finishing [...]
Says Belgian ‘rode with the sword of Damocles over his head’Italian doctor Giancarlo Lavezzaro has claimed that Eddy Merckx competed with a serious heart defect and that if he was racing today, obligatory medical tests on riders would have meant [...]
Injury forces Movistar leader out of raceBody bruised and morale dented after yesterday’s second stage of the race, Alejandro Valverde has withdrawn prior to today’s toughest leg of the Volta a Catalunya, thus giving up on his aim of winning [...]
Says finishing line closer to Poggio could boost safety and dramaTwenty years after his stirring 1992 victory in Milan-Sanremo, Sean Kelly has agreed that one of the proposed tweaks to the route could be beneficial to the early-season Classic. Kelly’s [...]
Race leader surprises the leaders with as the final climb decimates the pelotonMichael Albasini (GreenEDGE) surprised the rest of the very select group of riders to take the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya, starting and finishing in the [...]
Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider speaks about fresh outlook and new teamTaking confidence from a good sixth place finish in Milan Sanremo, a result that came despite breaking his collarbone just over a month before, Filippo Pozzato has spoken with [...]
Movistar rider tastes Paris-Nice medicine as Omega Pharma-Quick Step pace stops him rejoining the pelotonAfter the events of the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, earlier in the month, when the Movistar team accelerated as Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Levi Leipheimer was picking [...]
Dutch team looking forward to the big northern races after best season start to dateAfter its best start to the year to date, putting it sixth in the WorldTour rankings so far, Vacansoleil-DCM is now looking forward to the northern [...]
Bunch miscalculates in finaleTeam Idea’s Andrea Palini triumphed on the first day of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali in Italy, being the quickest out of a breakaway group which finished just ahead of the main bunch. He beat Cesare Benedetti [...]
