Tour of California: Peter Sagan sprints again to go four from four

Slovakian champion’s total domination of US race continues into ClovisPeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) made it an incredible four from four in the Tour of California as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the 209.6km between Sonora and Clovis. The [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Joaquim Rodríguez: “I want to prove I’m the strongest and win the Giro d’Italia”

‘Purito’ wants to emulate a Spanish climbing legend when the race hits the mountainsJoaquim Rodríguez’ first day in the Giro d’Italia’s Maglia Rosa was a very simple affair for 245 of the 255 kilometres of today’s Assisi to Montecatini Terme [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Giro d’Italia: Roberto Ferrari powers into Montecatini Terme for stage eleven victory

Italian sprinter quickest out of final corner as another crash hits the sprintersRoberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) took the biggest victory of his career to date in the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia between Assisi and Montecatini Terme, as another [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Europcar backs Turgot, who contests claims of three whereabouts violations

Paris-Roubaix runner-up says two of the strikes against him are unfoundedAlthough his Team Europcar boss Jean Rene Bernaudeau referred to him earlier as ‘an idiot,’ and someone who had been ‘incredibly careless,’ it appears the circumstances of Sebastien Turgot’s alleged [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Gianni Meersman diagnosed with fractured wrist

Further injury woes for Belgian climber following Giro d’Italia exitGianni Meersman’s injury woes continued today, as it has transpired that the Lotto-Belisol climber has also fractured bones in his left wrist and elbow. The 26-year-old Belgian crashed in the second [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Video: Dan Lloyd and Dario Cioni preview today’s stage 11 of Giro d’Italia

Pro riders ride race route and talk tacticsProfessional rider Dario Cioni (Sky Procycling) and Dan Lloyd (IG Sigma Sport) have taken part in some of the biggest races in cycling and use that knowledge to discuss today’s eleventh stage of [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Turgot blasted over whereabouts violations, awaiting possible suspension

Paris-Roubaix runner-up in hot water Just over five weeks after his career soared with a second place finish in Paris-Roubaix, French rider Sebastien Turgot is looking at a possible lengthy ban plus dismissal from his Europcar team over whereabouts violations. [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Boonen insists Sagan is beatable at Tour of California

Belgian confirms that he’ll miss Tour de France in order to prepare for OlympicsTom Boonen showed that he could be the one to end Peter Sagan’s winning streak at the Amgen Tour of California, the Belgian displaying a very strong [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Michal Kwiatkowski dreams of Tour of Poland victory

Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Polish captain preparing for his home race on the roads of the Giro d’ItaliaOmega Pharma-Quick Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski is currently riding the Giro d’Italia, where he is supporting the overall ambitions of Italian teammate Dario Cataldo, but [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Sagan not getting carried away with hype about his potential

Liquigas Cannondale rider doesn’t rule out trying for overall classification in CaliforniaHe’s dominated the Amgen Tour of California thus far with three stage wins plus a grip on the leader’s jersey for the general classification, the points standings and the [...]

2012-05-16T00:00:00+00:00May 16th, 2012|

Giro d’Italia: Joaquim Rodríguez takes Tappa e Maglia Rosa on the cobbles of Assisi

Purito outsprints the other attackers on the steep climb to the finish; time bonuses see him in pinkIn the most widely predicted stage finish in the race so far, Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) outsprinted the rest of the peloton at the [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Filippo Pozzato withdraws from Giro d’Italia with fractured wrist

Rider who admitted fault for the big stage nine crash is the biggest casualtyFilippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) will not start the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, between Civitavecchia and Assisi, this morning after fracturing the scaphoid bone of [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Christina Watches Onfone wants wildcard invite for 2013 Giro d’Italia

Interview with team chairman Claus Hembo about squad’s philosophyHaving already had preliminary talks on the subject, the Christina Watches - Onfone team has identified gaining a wildcard invitation to the 2013 Giro d’Italia as one of its top priorities.The owners [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Giro d’Italia: Schleck suffers on final climb, loses time

RadioShack Nissan rider slips out of top ten More a fan of longer climbs, Frank Schleck’s strong third place finish on the ramp to Rocca di Cambio on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia wasn’t reproduced on today’s sharp, steep [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Bartosz Huzarski comes within metres of Team NetApp’s biggest ever victory

Polish veteran takes second in Giro’s Assisi stage for surprise wildcard teamTeam NetApp’s Bartosz Huzarski was a surprise second place, behind Katusha’s stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez, at the hilltop finish of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia in the [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Tour of California: Streak of ill luck continues for Steve Cummings

Briton and Swiss team-mate Morabito out of American raceHaving broken his pelvis in mid-February and then fractured his wrist five and a half weeks ago, Steve Cummings has been forced to take a premature exit from another race. The Briton [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|

Tour of California: Peter Sagan powers to another win in stage three

Slovak leaves just enough room to come around Haussler and hold off BoonenPeter Sagan’s sprint wins have become almost as much of a tradition in the Tour of California as Levi Leipheimer's standing on the winner’s podium in previous years.  [...]

2012-05-15T00:00:00+00:00May 15th, 2012|
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