Strong lineup announced for prestigious American race Confirming the planned participation of some of the sport’s top riders including current and past world champions Philippe Gilbert and Tom Boonen, two of the sport’s most promising young riders in Peter Sagan [...]
Andrew Talansky holds yellow after aggressive, technical finale Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) won the fourth stage of the 2013 Paris-Nice, between Brioude and Saint-Vallier, with a trademark late burst for the line. The Swiss rider was part of a much-reduced peloton [...]
Cavendish misses out in gallop but extends race lead Battling wet, slippery conditions plus several very fast rivals, Australian sprinter Matt Goss scooped an important stage win at the end of stage two of the Tirreno-Adriatico race in Narni Scalo. [...]
Garmin-Sharp rider cool under pressure today, looking forward to tomorrow’s summit finish It may be the highest summit finish in Paris-Nice history at 1600 metres in altitude, but Garmin-Sharp rider Andrew Talansky said that he’s looking forward to going flat [...]
Ciolek follow’s up last weekend’s race win with third place on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico Riding the first WorldTour race in its history, and also the first by an African team, the MTN Qhubeka squad went a couple of bike [...]
World champion takes bunch sprint after crash strewn race Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) won her first road race of the season at the Drentse 8 in Dwingeloo, in the northeastern Netherlands, as the windswept cobbled race ended in a bunch sprint. [...]
Blanco on the wrong end of peloton splits after rainy stage three Inclement weather and rolling roads struck the peloton in Paris-Nice for the first time on Wednesday, with a group of 31 riders eventually pulling a minute ahead of [...]
Mark Cavendish into blue leader’s jersey Omega Pharma-Quick Step blasted to the victory in stage one of Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday, winning the team time trial by 11 seconds over second placed Movistar. The team had planned to have star sprinter [...]
Danish-born New Zealander to return to racing after post-Olympic break Wiggle Honda has announced the signing of multiple Worlds medallist Linda Villumsen, who is set to return to the top level of cycling following a post-Olympic break. The Danish-born New [...]
Former Amstel Gold Winner states final straw was when eight year old accused him in front of his son After years of denials, after years of insistence that he always raced clean, Michael Boogerd has finally succumbed to pressure and [...]
Glittering lineup for Race of the Two Seas Forget the fact that it’s only March: some of the very top riders in cycling will today line out with ambitions in a star-studded edition of the Tirreno-Adriatico race, with those big [...]
Double-day for Garmin-Sharp rider as he wins a small group sprint Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) sprinted into the lead of the 2013 Paris-Nice as he took victory in the third stage, between Châtel-Guyon and Brioude, at the head of a seven-man [...]
Collaboration with USADA will step up battle against doping Setting out a target of increasing both the frequency and effectiveness of testing, USA Cycling has today announced the introduction of a new anti-doping programme called RaceClean, which will make it [...]
Manx sprinter pays tribute to Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammates after Tirreno TTT victory Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) became the first leader of the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico in Donoratico, close to the coast of Tuscany today, and paid tribute to his [...]
Time bonuses see Elia Viviani take French champion’s vacant yellow jersey Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his second victory of the season at the end of the second stage of the 2013 Paris-Nice, between Vimory and Cérilly. The 24-year-old German [...]
Soupe and Offredo react to stage one winner’s crash Jubilant one day earlier when Nacer Bouhanni won the first stage and grabbed the race leader’s yellow jersey, the FDJ team was left rueing its luck and regretting his misfortune when [...]
