No Philippe Gilbert but many of Sunday’s animators as the race returns after five-year absencePhilippe Gilbert himself might not be riding - since his BMC Racing Team is not on the list of attendees - but tomorrow’s Milano-Torino peloton will [...]
Physiologist gives confirmation of huge VO2 max; power comparable to young Hushovd and Boasson Hagen Following in the wheel tracks of previous junior time trial world champions such as Fabian Cancellara, Marcel Kittel and Taylor Phinney, Oskar Svendsen’s gold medal [...]
British Olympic champions to take on the rest of the World in annual sprint tournamentBritish Olympic champions Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny will both take part in this winter’s Rotterdam Six Days, which will take place in the Dutch [...]
2005 World champion delighted with compatriot Gilbert’s victory; reflects that is could have all gone wrongBefore Philippe Gilbert’s World championship triumph on the hills of Limburg yesterday, the previous Belgian to have worn the rainbow jersey was Tom Boonen. The [...]
USADA head faced death threats, UCI to receive information this monthLance Armstrong’s decision not to contest USADA’s charges against him came as a surprise to many, but one possible reason was avoiding giving evidence under oath if USADA’s case against [...]
Tour de l’Avenir prologue winner to have a ‘manicured’ race schedulePreviously a home to many Australian riders, the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team will seek to develop another big prospect after it signed Jay McCarthy to a two year deal. [...]
Aussie favourite has an off day, calls Gilbert a worthy victorAllan Davis (Australia) came into the world road race in Valkenburg as the protected Australian should he still be present in a bunch sprint finale. Davis worked alone and rode [...]
German sprinter survives the Cauberg but can’t quite crack the medalsJohn Degenkolb (Germany), winner of five stages of the recently completed Vuelta a España, finished the best of the pure sprinters in the World Road Race Championships, coming home fourth. [...]
Norwegian sprints to second place after Gilbert gets away on the CaubergEdvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) was the best of the rest in the World Road Race Championships on Sunday, grabbing second behind new world champion Philippe Gilbert (Belgium). Gilbert attacked [...]
Belgian star puts miserable season behind him with devastating Cauberg attackBelgium’s Philippe Gilbert put the memories of a miserable season with a devastating solo victory in the elite men’s World championships in Limburg, Netherlands. The Ardennes specialist put in a [...]
Three time winner aims for one last successHis first win was a complete surprise, his second was a confirmation, and his third felt almost like a foregone conclusion. Getting relatively close to the end of the 2004 worlds in Verona, [...]
Milano-Sanremo winner on form for Limburg World championshipsOrica-GreenEdge’s national champion Simon Gerrans has the mantle of undisputed leadership of the Australian team in today’s World championship road race, but the 32-year-old is far from feeling the pressure. The Limburg course [...]
Slovenian gets better of Caleb and RumacSurging clear inside the final kilometre, Matej Mohoric sped to the junior men’s road race title today, thus adding gold to the silver medal he took earlier this week in the time trial. The [...]
Irish climber speaks about the course, his chances and the dangermen Irish rider Dan Martin is one of the outsiders for today’s world road race championships but as his second place in last year’s Giro di Lombardia proved, when he’s [...]
World number one takes her second rainbow jersey at last as the Netherlands rules Limburg raceMarianne Vos of the Netherlands ended five years of agony as she finally took her second road rainbow jersey on her home roads, emulating 2008 [...]
Kazakh 20 year old triumphs ahead of Coquard and Van Asbroeck Timing his final sprint perfectly to hold off those behind, Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko grabbed the gold medal in the under 23 world road race championship in Valkenburg. He was [...]
Top under 23 talent to make step up to WorldTour levelAfter a stunning season where he won the under 23 Paris-Roubaix, took the overall classification in the Flèche du Sud and the Triptique des Monts et Châteaux and scooped the [...]
O’Loughlin believes big result is possible if race goes to planIrish rider Sam Bennett is a dark horse for a big result in today’s under 23 world championship, having the talent and past results to clock up a strong finish [...]
