Important point for both their chances He’s had an at-times tough Vuelta but Rabobank’s Robert Gesink believes that his form is on the rise prior to today’s big showdown on the Cuitu Negru climb. “I felt like a normal person,” [...]
Defending champion Cavendish included in pre-selection; Wiggins to ride road race onlyBritish Cycling has announced details of the pre-selected riders for the road World championships, to be held in Limburg, Netherlands, later in the month. Great Britain possesses the defending [...]
Danish Cycling Union chairman concerned about Hamilton’s statements in new bookClaims by Tyler Hamilton that Bjarne Riis sent him to Spanish doping doctor Eufemiano Fuentes could land the former CSC team owner in deep water, according to a top cycling [...]
Engineering student scoops life-changing win at Lagos de la CovadongaIt was the stuff of dreams: a rider on one of the smallest teams in the race clocking up the biggest success of his career in his country’s national Tour. Caja [...]
Kristin Armstrong, George Hincapie and others said to have given evidence More details of USADA’s case against Lance Armstrong has emerged as a result of a broadcast on France 2 television, with the Stade 2 programme claiming that investigators have [...]
2011 runner up unable to compete as Spanish riders do battle on the final mountainChris Froome (Team Sky) lost his place on the 2012 Vuelta a España podium for the first time since stage four, as he was unable to [...]
2008 race winner lacking sharpness where it counts after six months out of the pelotonAlberto Contador’s suspension from racing following his positive test for Clenbuterol in the 2010 Tour de France may have been for two years but, since the [...]
Diadora-Pasta Zara takes final two stages; signs go missing in Florence finaleMalgorzata Jasinska (MCipollini-Giambenini) confirmed her final overall victory in the Premondiale Giro Toscana-Memorial Michela Fanini as she finished with the front group in the final two stages. Both were [...]
Stalemate for leading Spanish trio at Lagos de Covadonga; Froome dropping out of contentionStage 15 of the Vuelta a España was a day for the breakaway, as a group of ten worked hard to get away and was subsequently given [...]
Spaniard accepts current hierarchy of formEnding yesterday fourth overall but on exactly the same time as third-place rider Chris Froome, Alejandro Valverde started today’s stage increasingly confident in his abilities. There’s still a week of tough racing to go but [...]
Briton slipping back relative to three big rivalsSecond in the Tour de France and the strongest climber in that race, Sky’s Chris Froome had the look of a tired rider on yesterday’s fourteenth stage of the Vuelta a España. The [...]
Race leader tightens grip on red jerseyDistanced by Alberto Contador with two kilometres to go, Joaquim Rodriguez put in a characteristic final kilometre burst to get back up to his closest rival and then cannon clear for his third stage [...]
Bunch gallop again on day two of raceThe second and final stage of the inaugural edition of the World Ports Classic went to Rabobank sprinter Theo Bos, who beat Lotto-Belisol's André Greipel and Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma-Quick Step in [...]
Account of time, and doping, on US Postal Service teamWhile Lance Armstrong had hoped that things would quieten down once initial reports that he would not fight the US Anti-Doping Agency’s case against him had been published, stories about alleged [...]
Murcian rider affected by bad crashAlejandre Valverde has had the setback of losing an important team-mate in the Vuelta a España, with José Joaquín Rojas being forced to withdraw from the event. The 2011 Spanish national champion hit the desk [...]
