D-day today in Tour of CaliforniaAg2r La Mondiale rider Sylvain Georges has described his stage win on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California as his most important achievement thus far in the sport, and sees it as [...]
Italian climber warns that tomorrow’s finish will be even better for himHe’s already won a stage and is being spoken of as a potential winner of the race; climbing specialist Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) has one week to gain [...]
Rivals emphasise importance of recovery prior to Tour, but Cavendish will keep goingAlready dominating the sprints in the Giro d’Italia and clocking up his third win yesterday, Mark Cavendish’s competition has diminished by three today as his former HTC Highroad [...]
With no wins yet in 2012, Ag2R-La Mondiale breaks through to get two in a dayNo one in the western United States knew his name when stage six of the Tour of California got underway, but no one is likely [...]
BMC Racing Team rider set for all out battle on Mt. Baldy stageHaving jumped up to second overall in the race after his strong third place in yesterday’s time trial, Tejay Van Garderen has identified the main obstacles to his [...]
Hinault and Georges turn things around for French squadThe old adage about buses is a well known one; important victories sometimes also follow the same rule, with a cluster coming at once. Earlier today Sébastien Hinault (pictured) ended a long, [...]
Catalan looks forward to carrying his Maglia Rosa into the mountainsRace leader Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) finally enjoyed a quiet day in the Giro d’Italia in today’s thirteenth stage. The 121km course took the race a little bit closer to the [...]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider determined to hold on to blue jersey classificationHaving come so close to taking the Maglia Rosa, after being part of the stage-long break on stage six, Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has managed to get himself [...]
World champion takes the shortest stage of the race as the mountains loom in the distanceMark Cavendish (Team Sky) proved once again that he is the sprinter to beat in this year’s Giro d’Italia, with his third victory on stage [...]
Time trial winner ready to fight on upcoming climbsGrabbing the yellow jersey after his dominant win in yesterday’s time trial and heading into the race’s two mountain stages with a buffer over the other GC riders, Dave Zabriskie has vowed [...]
Superb ride for veteran RadioShack Nissan rider While he remains one of the strongest riders at dragging a bunch along, as well as the one of the most exciting to watch, it’s been quite some time since Jens Voigt won [...]
Olympic champion beats mainly domestic field as bid for London qualification continuesKristin Armstrong (Exergy-TWENTY12) scorched to victory in the second edition of the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Time Trial, on the same 29.7km Bakersfield course that would be used [...]
Briton speaks about Tour of Norway, Sky split, Endura racing, future targets and moreIt’s been an eventful past few days for Russell Downing, the former Tour of Ireland winner and Sky Procycling rider, who is now competing with an Endura [...]
Louder, Deignan, Sutherland and De Maar all well positionedWith the Amgen Tour of California heading towards the three most important stages in terms of determining the general classification, the UnitedHealthcare – Maxxis team has said that it will take a [...]
Voigt, Van Garderen second and third; highlights video addedUSA champion Dave ‘Captain America’ Zabriskie grabbed both the stage win and the overall lead in the Amgen Tour of California, dominating the stage five time trial with a superb performance. The [...]
Danish rider unbeatable on the Ligurian coast after a short, hard ride across the Cinque TerreLars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) escaped the rest of a stage-long breakaway group inside the final two kilometres of the eight stage of the Giro d’Italia, between [...]
Briton pleased with progress, but doesn’t want to make presumptionsRegarded by many as a big favourite for the Tour de France on the basis of his wins in Paris-Nice and the Tour de Romandie, Bradley Wiggins has said that he [...]
Slovakian plays down time trial chancesPeter Sagan has kept a perfect record to date in the Amgen Tour of California, with the Slovakian clocking up his fourth consecutive stage win yesterday in Clovis, but he believes that his winning streak [...]
