Three year deal agreed to back WorldTour squadThe new GreenEdge cycling team’s goal of securing a major sponsor in its first season has been realized, with the global mining services company Orica Limited being confirmed today as its new backer. [...]
Theo Bos and Mark Renshaw hunting for repeat of Turkish glory; Juanma Garate and Tom-Jelte Slagter on the attackRabobank will start the Giro d’Italia this Saturday without a contender for the overall classification, but hopes to achieve glory in individual [...]
Allowing the most experienced British rider to participate considerably improves both Cavendish and Wiggins’ changes for London gloryAlthough the British Olympic Association (BOA) has yet to make a comment ahead of the official announcement, which is due this afternoon, the [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step Czech to start in the same race as 2011 after post-cyclocross season restZdenek Stybar will get his 2012 road season under way in the same way as 2011, as he leads the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team to [...]
Australian still waiting for first win of 2012Second on four out of the seven stages on this Presidential Tour of Turkey, Matt Goss will try once again to clock up his first win of 2012 on today’s final stage in [...]
Former World champion takes first victory since 2009, and first in BMC Racing coloursAlessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) took his first victory since the 2009 Tour of Poland - and his first in the red and black colours of the American [...]
British champion takes his second stage of the race to wrest back yellow jersey from Luis León Sánchez Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) became the first ever British winner of the Tour de Romandie after wresting back the yellow jersey on [...]
Tour of Turkey double stage winner doesn’t believe in himself just yetAlthough he picked up the first and last stage of the Presidential Tour of Turkey this week and in doing so, beat Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Marcel Kittel (Argos [...]
German hopes Lotto Belisol will give him his leadout trainAndre Greipel may be one of the top sprinters in the sport but, as is the case with rivals such as Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin Barracuda), and [...]
German sprinter will try win final stage of the Presidential Tour of TurkeyNow in his second year as a professional, Marcel Kittel has said he is psyched to be in top shape for the first Tour de France of his [...]
Belgian says he’s committed to both road and track, ready to ride a Grand TourIljo Keisse has described his Presidential Tour of Turkey stage victory yesterday, the first big road race win of his career, as being a major turning [...]
Rabobank sprinter bookends the race after a big crash disrupts the finaleTheo Bos (Rabobank) finished the 2012 Tour of Turkey the way he started it as he outsprinted the field in the eighth and final stage in Istanbul. The Dutch [...]
Tour de France podium finisher will replace injured FuglsangAfter yesterday’s confirmation that Jakob Fuglsang will miss the Giro d’Italia due to injury and subsequent speculation that Fränk Schleck will be called up to replace him, the RadioShack Nissan team has [...]
Two-time winner fit enough to aim for a third victory; Vincenzo Nibali staying home to prepare for the TourLiquigas-Cannondale has announced its nine-man team for the Giro d’Italia, which starts with a prologue in Herning, Denmark, on May 5th, confirming [...]
Italian wins first race since crashing out of Paris-Roubaix; builds form heading into GiroAfter a mixed-bag Classics season, which saw him follow an impressive second in the Tour of Flanders with a disappointing showing in Paris-Roubaix, Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle [...]
BMC Racing’s American hopeful taken out by freak accident as strong winds buffet early kilometresTejay van Garderen’s Tour de Romandie came to an abrupt end just 50 kilometres into today’s fourth stage, as the BMC Racing rider was struck by [...]
Time bonuses after Sion mountain stage put Rabobank’s Spaniard into yellow ahead of final time trialA second straight victory for Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank), in the fourth and toughest stage of the Tour de Romandie between Bulle and Sion, saw [...]
Irishman shows form with strong ride on stage six of Tour of TurkeyAlthough his group didn’t stay clear until the finish, Irishman Philip Deignan has taken encouragement from his performance on Friday’s sixth leg of the Presidential Tour of Turkey. [...]
