World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silver Marianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, [...]
Endura Racing star takes two stages and the overallJonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing), the star of the early Continental season in 2012, has taken another stage race, this time the Tour Alsace. It is the third stage race victory of the [...]
Great Britain rider unable to outsprint Marianne Vos but over the moon with silverAfter race favourite Mark Cavendish was unable to get a result in the men’s road race the day before, Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead delivered the host nation’s [...]
Rogers will be Australia's only chance for a medalLast year's Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has opted to take a pass on this week's Olympic time trial, according to Cycling Australia. The announcement won't come as a major surprise [...]
Shoulder injury threatens RadioShack Nissan competitorFabian Cancellara’s chances of defending the Olympic title he took four years ago in Beijing are up in the air tonight, with the Swiss rider stating that he is 50-50 about being able to take [...]
Uran and Kristoff take silver and bronze, Cavendish misses out to breakRiding what is expected to be the final season of his long career, Alexandre Vinokourov has turned back the clock and won the Olympic road race in London. The [...]
Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medalsTom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, but [...]
22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his fatherTaylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on the [...]
Astana leader determined to go out on topToday’s Olympic road race winner Alexandre Vinokourov proved that he’s still got the legs and mind to win big races but rather than prolong his retirement, he’s said that he’s determined to leave [...]
Men and women slug it out for GoldThe first cycling events in the Olympic Games are this weekend’s road races for men and women, taking place on courses of 250 kilometres and 140 kilometres respectively. They will travel out from [...]
World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays awayMark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race as [...]
Canadian WorldTour races and Worlds also scheduled as part of racing returnHaving finished on the Tour de France podium in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Andy Schleck will now miss out on the chance to ride any Grand Tours at all [...]
Popular German rider yet to decide where he will raceHaving indicated at the start of this season that 2012 would probably be his last year in the pro peloton, 40 year old Jens Voigt has now provided strong indications that [...]
Paolo Bettini bringing the young Italian along for learning and advisingThough Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is the active reserve for the Italian squad at the Olympic road race, team coach Paolo Bettini will keep the 22-year-old close to his [...]
Irishman says road race will be harder than many expect Influenced by the dominant Tour de France showing by the Sky team, Mark Cavendish’s sprint victory on the Champs Elysees last Sunday and the obvious motivation the British team will [...]
Matrix Fitness-Prendas manager talks about building up his team and looks forward to two of his riders at the OlympicsStefan Wyman has been involved with women’s cycling for as long as many people can remember. As the husband of - [...]
Dutch team riding without a true sprinter, likely to be on the attackOn the eve of the Olympic road race, popular opinion still sways back and forth, unable to determine whether the gold medal will be claimed out of a [...]
Appears to be confirmation team will continueFollowing reports of missed salary payments for some of its key riders plus the positive test for a banned diuretic by Frank Schleck during the Tour de France, much speculation has surrounded the future [...]
