Race of the falling leaves to pay tribute to two-time winner with its earlier dateThe moving of the Giro di Lombardia - or ‘il Lombardia’ as it is now officially called - forward two weeks was not popular with everybody, [...]
Getting things right after being held up by a crash in the bunch yesterday, Andre Greipel blasted home at the head of a large bunch to win stage two of the Presidential Tour of Turkey. The Lotto Belisol rider finished [...]
German going well on return from racing breakLotto Belisol sprinter Andre Greipel showed his sprinting power today, beginning the second part of his season by scooping up a stage win in the Presidential Tour of Turkey. The win was his [...]
Astana leader ‘can retire quietly’ due to rise of Iglinskiy and othersA muted presence in many of the races he has competed in thus far this year, Alexandre Vinokourov sparked into action on the second stage of the Presidential Tour [...]
Dutch sprinter wants to look forward, not backGiven the events which occurred in Alanya three years ago and their after-effects, it’s perhaps surprising that Theo Bos didn’t remember the name of the seaside town where yesterday’s opening stage of the [...]
Argos-Shimano and Cofidis join two Spanish Wildcards in the year's third Grand TourUnipublic, the organiser of the Vuelta a España, has announced the teams that will be invited to this year’s race, which will start with a team time trial [...]
Rabobank sprinter feels circumstances are right to challengeHe’s gone close with second on a stage of the Santos Tour Down Under and third and fourth on stages in the Tour of Qatar but for Mark Renshaw, his first season as [...]
Chases down Nibali in final 10 kilometers, then rides away, Gasparotto puts two Astana on the podiumMaxim Iglinskiy (Astana) pulled off a shocking victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, adding another triumph in the Ardennes for Astana in 2012, after Enrico Gasparotto took [...]
Former world track sprint champion grabs first leader’s jersey with sprint winAvoiding a nasty crash inside the final two kilometres which brought some riders down and delayed others, Theo Bos (Rabobank) came from behind to pip GreenEdge’s Matt Goss on [...]
Russian says he’s geared his entire early season around repeat victoryOne year after he scooped the biggest victory to date for the American Team Type 1, Russian rider Alexander Efimkin began today’s Presidential Tour of Turkey with ambitions of giving [...]
Swiss rider pledges to maintain transparency into futureDescribing his primary goal as proving that he can achieve results without using banned substances, former Astana and BMC Racing Team rider Thomas Frei has reached the end of his two year suspension [...]
Final CAS ruling expected next weekBritish Cycling’s performance director Dave Brailsford and its top Olympic athlete Chris Hoy have expressed different positions in relation to WADA’s challenge on the British Olympic Association’s lifetime doping ban, with the former willing to [...]
After a solid spring, Australian team hoping for three in Monument’s final selectionAfter outstanding results from its two Ardennes leaders already this season – Simon Gerrans won Milan-Sanremo and Michael Albasini took second in Flèche Wallone – the GreenEdge Cycling [...]
Flèche Wallonne winner speaks about ambition for his ‘favourite race’Already on a confidence high following his victory in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, Joaquim Rodriguez has said that he has drawn additional motivation from the extension of his current contract with the [...]
Colombian on Team Sky looking to factor in Liège-Bastogne-LiègeAfter turning heads in late summer stage races in the United States in 2011, Sergio Henao (Sky Procycling) scored a job riding for one of the biggest WorldTour teams. And though he [...]
Swiss bike manufacturer commits to WorldTour team for four more yearsSwiss bike manufacture BMC has committed to sponsoring its eponymous WorldTour team for four more years, it announced today. The BMC Racing team - which began at the end of [...]
Sprinters ready to go head to head After this week’s confirmation that Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel will be part of the lineup for the Presidential Tour of Turkey, five more big sprinting talents are preparing for their participation in [...]
Strong BMC Racing Team for Italian Grand TourHaving crashed out of the event last season with a fractured pelvis, Marco Pinotti will return to the Giro d’Italia this year determined to clock up a strong performance in the race. "The [...]
