Settling the final outcome in a flat-out street race in Adelaide, the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under came to a conclusion today with a mass bunch sprint to the line. Andre Greipel clocked up his fourth victory in a week, [...]
Spaniard increasingly ambitious after coping well with pressureA year after helping Alejandro Valverde to second overall in the Santos Tour Down Under, Javi Moreno has emulated his team captain by doing precisely the same this time round. The Movistar rider [...]
German believes US team can step up a level this seasonAt last count Germany’s Robert Forster (United HealthCare) had won races in 14 different countries – China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of [...]
Moreno, Thomas round out podium thanks to final day bonus secondsAndré Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) extended his record for Santos Tour Down Under stage wins in stage six, out-dueling Mark Renshaw (Blanco) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) in the circuit race [...]
El Pistolero opens account but can’t shake Diaz, who extends over van GarderenAlberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) bested Daniel Diaz (San Luis Somos Todos) on the summit finish of the Mirador del Sol in Merlo on Saturday in the Tour de San [...]
“In 2014 we will be back with a premier international, professional cycling race”In the wake of last Sunday’s news that the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship had to be cancelled for this season, the mayor of the city has affirmed that [...]
Hermans set to finish third overall; Machado and Bennett praise stronger ridersRadioshack-Leopard achieved a solid set of results on stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under in Australia on Saturday, sending Ben Hermans into third overall, a podium spot [...]
German rider vying to return to top condition in 2013Turn the clock back a couple of years and it appeared as if young German rider Gerald Ciolek had the world at his feet. In 2005, at just 18 years of [...]
Dutch newspaper states that rider had codename ‘Huerto’ on Fuentes’ doping listWith the first day of the court sessions of Operación Puerto coming up in Madrid next Monday, Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad has some revelations concerning one of the riders [...]
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Slagter takes 13-second lead over Movistar’s Moreno with Adelaide sprint stage leftSimon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) grabbed the victory on Old Willunga Hill in stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under, making up for the disappointment he experienced on the same [...]
Argentine squad gets stage win from Emanuel Guevara, Daniel Diaz into overall leadIn its biggest showcase of the season, the San Luis Somos Todos team from Argentina made a big statement in stage five of the Tour de San Luis, [...]
Images from today's fourth stage of the raceToday's fourth stage of the Santos Tour Down Under saw the riders slug it out on the 126.5 kilometre race from Modbury to Tanunda. Early on world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) [...]
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Thomas holds onto slender lead over Slagter as race heads towards Old Willunga Hill finishOnce again smashing the sprint and finishing several bike lengths clear of his rivals, Andre Gripel raced to the thirteenth Santos Tour Down Under stage victory [...]
Tuft wins 19.2 kilometre time trial while yesterday’s winner Diniz slips backBenefiting from a strong performance in today’s time trial, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Michal Kwiatkowski jumped from third overall to first in the general classification on the Tour [...]
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Global anti-doping agency dismisses Hein Verbruggen’s claim that the practice is common across sports federationsThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has dismissed claims made by former International Cycling Union (UCI) president Hein Verbruggen that the practice of warning athletes about suspicious [...]
