French road race champion blasts home in front After claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got [...]
Manx sprinter disappointed not to win for his daughter’s first birthdayMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was visibly disappointed at the end of today’s Scheldeprijs, as he just failed to overcome the sprint of Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) and take a record [...]
Italian sprinter motivated to fight onHaving held the lead through today’s second stage, day one winner Matteo Pelucchi was finally deposed in the afternoon time trial when he could only finish 75th, 40 seconds behind the winner Luke Durbridge. The [...]
Jungels misses out by fractions of a secondOne year after he won the time trial in the Circuit de la Sarthe, Orica GreenEdge’s Luke Durbridge went on to repeat that victory in the same race against the clock, albeit with [...]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead but Dutch team has other optionsBlanco Pro Cycling will head into Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix with confidence, it says, with its team leaders buoyed by strong performances in last week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Although Lars [...]
Team Sky rider takes over race lead in tough finaleSergio Henao clocked up his second win of the year today, following up his earlier Volta ao Algarve stage victory with success on stage two of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. [...]
German holds off late surge from Mark Cavendish to take sprinters’ ClassicMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) successfully defended his Scheldeprijs title as he sprinted to victory at the end of the 204km Belgian semi-Classic. The German’s victory was almost as close as [...]
Catalan to focus fully on Tour de FranceHaving said earlier this year that he would consider riding the Giro d’Italia, last year’s WorldTour champion Joaquim Rodriguez now looks set to abandon such thoughts, and will focus completely on riding the [...]
French road race champion blasts home in frontAfter claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got his [...]
Luxembourg rider will miss Tour due to Xipamide positive but could target Vuelta Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) will be able to return to racing on July 14th of this year, with the sanction he was handed by the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency [...]
Steep finale likely to shake up overall classification After two days of group finishes, today’s third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco will be a more decisive one, with the tough finale to the stage certain to shake things [...]
52.6km of Hell in 111th edition of the Queen of the Classics Following reconnaissance by race director Christian Prudhomme and technical director Jean-François Pescheux, organiser ASO has officially rated the 27 sectors of cobbles to be crossed in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. [...]
South African takes the win but lead passes to Francesco Gavazzi Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) continued his teams perfect start to the 2013 Vuelta al Pais Vasco as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the second stage between Elgoibar [...]
Team confirms rider still in running for possible Tour de France selection Andrey Kashechkin, one of the aggressors on the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya, has spoken of his disappointment at not being given a green light to [...]
Briton confirmed as leader for semi-Classic Already successful in seven races this year, Mark Cavendish is aiming to make history tomorrow when he goes for the all-time record of four career victories in the Scheldeprijs race. The Omega Pharma Quick [...]
Team Saxo Tinkoff gives Italian time to regain health Team Saxo Tinkoff has had a setback as regards its lineup for Paris-Roubaix, with the squad being forced to rule out Daniele Bennati due to illness. The Italian has been suffering [...]
