Infusing Italian passion and style into their clothingItaly is one of the places in the world where cycling is most popular, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some of the sport’s best products originate from the beautiful country [...]
Team still awaiting UCI Licence Commission’s decision about ProTeam licenceThe team jersey has featured on the top step of the podium before now but with Alberto Contador’s two stage wins in the Tour de San Luis struck off after the [...]
Tirreno-Adriatico crash proves costly for Australian The 2010 world under 23 champion Michael Matthews has been confirmed as missing what would have been his second Milan-Sanremo. The Rabobank rider crashed hard on last Thursday’s stage of Tirreno-Adriatico and while he [...]
Froome involved in separate training crashSpanish Classic specialist Juan Antonio Flecha has said that he will do his utmost to try to be back in strong shape for the Paris-Roubaix Classic, a race in which he has finished second, third [...]
Italian closer than ever to post-ban victory but rues previous day's missed opportunity moreDanilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) has had a number of fourth place finishes in the last two seasons, but today - in the sixth stage of [...]
Paris-Nice winner on schedule for July after becoming only the second Briton in history to win the Race to the SunBradley Wiggins’ victory in Paris-Nice on Sunday shows that he is now capable of winning the Tour de France, the [...]
UCI includes Volta a Catalunya, pledging supportAmid recent talk that a rival series of races could be set up under the so-called Breakaway League, the UCI has today confirmed that its WorldTour series is continuing to move forward, with a [...]
‘Purito’ jumps away in steep final kilometre and holds on to win in Offida; GC battle tightensJoaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) opened his 2012 WorldTour account, as he begins his season-long quest to take back the ranking title he won in 2010, [...]
Double ProTour winner back on top of UCI’s standings after Paris-Nice Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has thanked his Movistar team after he moved to the top of the UCI’s WorldTour ranking, just over three months after he returned to competition [...]
Rodriguez climbs well, feeling better in Tirreno-AdriaticoSimon Spilak (Katusha), the Slovenian transfer from Lampre-ISD, was present at the front throughout the week in Paris-Nice, and used an impressive fourth place in the final time trial on the Col d’Eze to [...]
Two-time Flanders winner still trying to get on track with Vacansoleil-DCMAs Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) works his way through an arduous Tirreno-Adriatico, he says he continues to ride in a positive state of mind as he builds up to his second [...]
2011 WorldTour champion hoping to recover for Milan-Sanremo As is the case with the 2011 Milan-Sanremo winner Matt Goss, Philippe Gilbert has been forced out of Tirreno-Adriatico due to illness. The Classic specialist, whose strong all round form saw him [...]
Illness prompts caution from GreenEdge teamThe 2011 Milan-Sanremo champion Matt Goss has had a slight setback to his preparation for the 2012 edition of the race, with the Australian withdrawing from Tirreno-Adriatico before the end of the race. Goss, who [...]
American rider gives a little leeway to NibaliRadioShack Nissan’s Chris Horner defended his race lead in the face of some big attacks today, holding onto the blue jersey at Tirreno-Adriatico despite two big rivals inching closer. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas Cannondale) [...]
Third on Col d’Eze called ‘the satisfaction of the week’In the end it wasn’t the stage win it threatened for several hours to be, but the Ag2r La Mondiale team still felt satisfied with the superb showing Jean Christophe Péraud [...]
Tour winner admits he’s behind 2011 formHaving lost twelve seconds on yesterday’s stage, Cadel Evans’ chance of defending his Tirreno-Adriatico title completely dissolved today when the Australian rider finished a full ten minutes 36 seconds behind the stage winner Vincenzo [...]
Horner maintains overall lead, Kreuziger inches closerAfter being frustrated by yesterday’s finish when team-mate Peter Sagan swept around him into Chieti with Roman Kreuziger attached, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) came good one day later, with a victory on the summit finish [...]
Briton emulates Simpson with triumph in Race to the SunDigging deep in the second half of the Col d’Eze time trial, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) made history today when he became the first British rider to win Paris-Nice since Tom [...]
