One rider protests selection processThe expected announcement today of the three riders who will compete in the men’s Olympic road race for Ireland won’t now take place for several days after an appeal was lodged yesterday with Cycling Ireland. “One [...]
German champion takes early lead in Basque stage raceIna Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) won the opening stage of the 2012 Emakumeen Euskal Bira, between Iurreta and Matiena, in northwestern Spain, at the end of a largely uneventful 97.1km. The German champion was [...]
World time trial champion still building formHit by a car in April, bouncing back to win the Tour of Belgium in May, Tony Martin had to be content with second in today’s time trial in the Critérium du Dauphiné. Riding [...]
21-year-old Dutch revelation chasing race’s white jersey in debut WorldTour seasonUnquestionably, the revelation of today’s Critérium du Dauphiné time trial was Rabobank neo-pro Wilco Kelderman. The 21-year-old Dutchman, who came up through the ranks of the team’s under-23 feeder team, [...]
More frustration in pre-Tour eventAndy Schleck’s forgettable Critérium du Dauphiné continued today when the Luxembourg rider crashed approximately ten kilometres into the 53.5 kilometre time trial, landing heavily on his right hand side. Schleck ripped his shorts and had road [...]
British rider almost catches Cadel Evans over 53.5km test and extends his overall lead over everybodyBradley Wiggins (Team Sky) emphatically asserted his Tour de France credentials with a dominant victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné stage four time trial, between [...]
Irishman targeting top ten in Tour de Suisse, says form is on the riseAlthough he’s had a couple of solid showings in the past such as ninth in the prologue of the 2010 Volta a Catalunya, time trials have general [...]
Howman: “There are a whole lot of areas where there could be better things done, we can’t do them”Given the oft-mentioned battle to ensure the Olympic Games is as clean as possible, it seems hard to believe that, in this [...]
Plays down talk of problems on teamAlthough Andy Schleck seems far off his top form, RadioShack Nissan team-mate Hayden Roulston has said that he is convinced the Luxembourg rider will be in perfect condition when it counts, and that his [...]
Australian Tour de France champion confident but watching key rival for July’s raceCadel Evans (BMC Racing) is looking ahead to the next few stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné with confidence, but has one eye on defending race champion Bradley [...]
Norwegian relieved to find out why his form was poor this spring Double stage winner last year, Thor Hushovd has admitted that missing the Tour de France will be hard for him to take. "It's a really big disappointment. The [...]
Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk and Bauke Mollema joint captains for Dutch teamRabobank heads into the Tour de Suisse, which starts on Saturday, June 9th, with a 7.3km time trial in the city of Lugano, with a three-headed team. The orange [...]
BMC Racing Team rider complains about Belgian mediaIt seems inconceivable that the most successful rider of last season, Philippe Gilbert, is still trying to land his first victory of the 2012 season but that is how things stand at present. [...]
Crash in the closing metres disrupts the peloton as Norwegian is the best of the sprintersEdvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) sprinted to his fifth victory of the season in the third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Givors and [...]
Belgian escapes punishment after apparently being dupedThe case against former pro rider Wim Vansevenant in relation to the alleged importation of doping products looks like it may have come to an end today, with a court in Bruges dismissing the [...]
Rider says he was beaten by better riders in the Giro, accepts the resultIssuing an open letter to his fans, Ivan Basso has said that he has accepted his inability to win this year’s Giro d’Italia, but says he still [...]
Rider reportedly lost a week due to issueDropped on the past two days in the Critérium du Dauphiné and currently sitting a distant five minutes 21 seconds back in 120th place, Andy Schleck has given what he says is a [...]
Frenchman gives insight on American team’s Tour de France selectionsAmaël Moinard (BMC Racing) is in the middle of his second season with the American team, supporting Cadel Evans currently in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and hoping for his second consecutive [...]
