Tony Martin defends World time trial title by extremely tight margin

German beats Taylor Phinney by just five seconds to emulate compatriot Judith ArndtTony Martin of Germany emulated his compatriot Judith Arndt from the previous day in retaining his World time trial title in Limburg, Netherlands, but did so by the [...]

2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2012|

UCI awards 2016 World road championships to Doha, Qatar

Race to be held in Middle East for first time in sprinters’ paradise; 2014 Spanish Worlds under threatThe International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee, meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands, during the World road championships, has awarded the 2016 Worlds to the [...]

2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2012|

Pinotti on worlds TT chances: “I can be third or I can be thirteenth…I cannot predict it now’

Italian says BMC Racing Team is determined to become world TTT champions next yearLess than two months ago Marco Pinotti clocked up one of the best results of his career when he finished fifth in the Olympic time trial, just [...]

2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2012|

Eight Endura riders sign for new NetApp – Endura collaboration

Downing, Voss and Wetterhall amongst those transferringFresh from helping Jonathan Tiernan Locke win the Tour of Britain, Russell Downing [pictured], Paul Voss, Zak Dempster and Jonathan McEvoy plus four of their current Endura team-mates have been confirmed as moving to [...]

2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2012|

Judith Arndt defends Women’s time trial title in emphatic style

German veteran takes victory in penultimate race of her career ahead of Evie Stevens and Linda VillumsenJudith Arndt of Germany defended her World time trial crown in emphatic style over the 24.1km course in Limburg, southern Netherlands. The 36-year-old, who [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Worlds: Contador uncertain how he’ll time trial outside of a stage race

Vuelta champion names Tony Martin as favourite for time trial Lining out tomorrow in his first race since winning the Vuelta a España, Alberto Contador has – as he often does – played down his chances and nominated another competitor [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Sulzberger called up to replace Michael Rogers in Australian squad for Elite road race

Orica GreenEdge rider edges out Tour of Britain runner up HaasAlthough Nathan Haas has shown better recent form with second in the Tour of Britain last Sunday, Cycling Australia has instead opted for Wesley Sulzberger for the Elite road race [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Jack Bobridge leaves Orica-GreenEdge for Rabobank for two-years

Aussie track star wants to “develop myself further on the road” at Dutch teamJack Bobridge will leave the Orica-GreenEdge team for Rabobank at the end of the year on a two-year contract, the Dutch team has announced. The former World [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Wouter Sybrandy facing two operations after Tour of Britain crash

Triple vertebral fracture and facial injuries for DutchmanFollowing a bad crash in the Tour of Britain , IG Sigma Sport rider Wouter Sybrandy faces two operations in order to assist his recovery. The 27 year old Dutchman hit the deck [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Elinor Barker dominates Junior Women’s World time trial title

2011 silver medallist steps up to blow away the field in her final year in the categoryElinor Barker continued Great Britain’s outstanding summer of sport with a dominant victory in the Junior Women’s World time trial championships. The 2011 silver [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

Roman Kreuziger’s Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank move is officially confirmed

Czech all-rounder to Danish team for three years as Riis lifts veil of transfer secrecyOne of 2012’s worst-kept transfer secrets has finally been confirmed as Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank has confirmed the signing of Roman Kreuziger from Astana on a three-year [...]

2012-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2012|

BMC Racing well represented at World Road Race Championship

Using Omloop van het Houtland-Lichtervelde as final tune-upBMC Racing will have all of 12 riders racing with BMC machines in the individual portion of the World Championships in the Netherlands this week. As final preparation for Sunday’s road race, the [...]

2012-09-17T00:00:00+00:00September 17th, 2012|

Breschel and Riis enthusiastic about rider’s return to Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank

Double worlds medallist to target that race plus one day Classics After two years at Rabobank, Matti Breschel is hoping to return to his best form after signing a contract to head back to the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team [...]

2012-09-17T00:00:00+00:00September 17th, 2012|

Svendsen’s huge engine secures junior worlds TT gold

Mohoric and Schachmann net silver and bronze Reported recently by Procycling.no as having clocked up the highest-ever VO2 max ever recorded, an astounding 97.5 ml/kg/min, Norwegian rider Oskar Svendsen made the most of that oxygen capacity to scoop victory at [...]

2012-09-17T00:00:00+00:00September 17th, 2012|
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