Marianne Vos takes 2013 World Cup in style with GP Plouay-Bretagne victory

Solo victory for World champion in final race in the classificationMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) confirmed her overall victory in the 2013 World Cup with a second successive solo win in the GP Plouay-Bretagne in western France. The World champion jumped away [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Vuelta a España: Konig jumps clear to win stage eight, Roche takes over red jersey of race leader

Anton overhauled inside final kilometre, Nibali and Horner not as strong as expected on final climbNetApp Endura earned its wildcard slot for the Vuelta a España today when Czech climber Leopold Konig attacked towards the top of the Alto Peñas [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Tjallingii nabs first win in eight years on day two of World Ports Classic

Maes wins overall after stage one victor Wallays is distanced to breakaway groupMaarten Tjallingii (Belkin Pro Cycling) raced to a superb solo win on stage two of the World Ports Classic today, attacking a break on the final stage to [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Pieter Weening signs two year contract extension with Orica-GreenEdge

Future goals include winning a stage in the Vuelta a España, thus completing hat trick of Grand Tour successesPart of the team since its 2012 debut, the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia stage winner Pieter Weening has agreed terms [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Horner not given any leash on Vuelta a España stage eight

41-year-old threat shut down by Nibali on final climb before both lose some timeChris Horner (Radioshack-Leopard) continued his aggressive racing on stage eight of the Vuelta a España, putting in one of the first important accelerations that really kicked off [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Dan Martin out of Vuelta a España due to concussion

Setback for Irish world championship contenderIrish professional Dan Martin will not be able to take the start of today’s eighth stage of the Vuelta a España, with the injuries from his crash on yesterday’s seventh leg proving too much. The [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond backs Brian Cookson in UCI Presidential battle

American says he believes that Cookson wants “honest and transparent leadership” for the sportHe’s already made his feelings clear about the need for change, and now Greg LeMond has issued a statement explaining why he believes that Brian Cookson is [...]

2013-08-31T00:00:00+00:00August 31st, 2013|

Peloton viewpoint as cameras on bikes permitted for World Ports Classic, which starts today

Two riders will provide on-board coverage in ASO-UCI trialThey have previously been banned during competition by the UCI but a trial to determine if they would enhance coverage of the sport have seen cameras been given a green light for [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Evans says he may target Giro d’Italia and miss Tour de France in 2014

Australian accepts he may never race the Tour again, doesn’t want to compete unless he can challenge for the winThe possibility that Cadel Evans may have competed in his final Tour de France has grown, with the Australian stating that [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Kimmage confirms that legal appeal over McQuaid and Verbruggen lawsuit has been dismissed

Journalist to speak to his lawyer to consider if further course of action should be taken The journalist Paul Kimmage has confirmed that an appeal lodged against the original dismissal of a case taken by him has been rejected by [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Stybar notches up his first Vuelta a España stage win, denies Gilbert in two up sprint

Stage to Mairena de Aljafare decided by opportunistic move inside final ten kilometres Following up on his two stage wins and overall victory in the recent Eneco Tour, former world cyclo-cross champion Zdenek Stybar continued his rise as a road [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Gilbert goes close to win, says his form will be “better and better” as the world championships approaches

Pinotti gets good workout with long breakaway Although he is still battling to take his first victory in the rainbow jersey of world champion, Philippe Gilbert has taken encouragement from his near miss today when he finished second on stage [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Wallays beats Greipel and Petacchi to the line on day one of World Ports Classic

Bizarre error in route directions hands young Belgian rider the first leader’s jersey Riding very well in a solo move but also benefitting from a race direction error which saw the break cover less ground than the main bunch, Jelle [...]

2013-08-30T00:00:00+00:00August 30th, 2013|

Contador confirms he’ll target world championships, lists autumn programme

Spaniard will do eight big one day events, starting this Sunday and running until Il LombardiaConfirming that he will try to become the world road race champion and thus bounce back from what has been a frustrating year for him, [...]

2013-08-29T00:00:00+00:00August 29th, 2013|

Tony Martin metres away from one of the most impressive results of the past decade

Rider launches solo break of over 170 kilometres Tony Martin underlined why he is a double world time trial champion today with an astounding performance in the Vuelta a España. Attacking just after the drop of the flag and remaining [...]

2013-08-29T00:00:00+00:00August 29th, 2013|

Trek signs Langkawi and Austria winners Julian Arredondo and Riccardo Zoidl

2014 WorldTour team taking shape with two young climbersThe new Trek WorldTour team has announced the signatures of Julian Arredondo and Riccardo Zoidl for its 2014 line up, as the squad begins to take shape. Both riders are 25 years [...]

2013-08-29T00:00:00+00:00August 29th, 2013|

Richeze and Meersman each vow to try again after going close to Vuelta stage win

Duo had no answer to Matthews yesterday Beaten to the line yesterday by the Australian rider Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge), Maximiliano Richeze (Lampre-Merida) and Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma Quick Step) were each left rueing what might have been. Richeze was [...]

2013-08-29T00:00:00+00:00August 29th, 2013|
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