House savours important King of the Mountains triumphBearing the pressure of a famous name, his father being former top pro Jean Paul van Poppel, Boy van Poppel showed he has plenty of speed in his own right with victory in [...]
Climbing talent tipped for Team Sky contractIt’s taken nine editions but Jon Tiernan Locke became the first home winner of the modern Tour of Britain today, succeeding where his countrymen missed out before and in doing so, registering the best [...]
Traditional Belgian Classics team strengthened by powerful time triallists proves that teamwork countsThe six victorious riders of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team have all expressed their delight with a victory in the new World team time trial championships, which Belgian [...]
American squad takes three-second loss after coming apart on final climbAny three-second defeat in a 53-kilometer team time trial would be painful, but BMC Racing was left wondering what might have been after being bested by Omega Pharma-Quick Step in [...]
Double British success on final day of racing, Tiernan Locke makes historyMark Cavendish celebrated his last day in the rainbow jersey in the perfect fashion, powering home up the cobbled finishing straight in Guildford to land his third stage win [...]
Belgian team of individual champion beats BMC Racing Team by three seconds over 53.2km courseThe Omega Pharma-Quick Step team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits, won the inaugural team time trial World [...]
Political row having an effect on sporting events Escalating diplomatic tension between China and Japan over the controversial purchase of islands in the South China Sea – called the Senkaku by Tokyo and the Diaoyo by Beijing – has spilled [...]
Favourite lives up to pre-race billing on hilly Limburg coursePre-race favourite Specialized-lululemon got the 2012 World road championships under way with a convincing victory in the Women’s Team Time Trial between Sittard and Valkenberg. The German-registered team of Charlotte Becker, [...]
German rider believes Armstrong should lose titles if proof is thereHe’s had a very frustrating few months but Tony Martin believes he can turn things around completely by taking gold in the world time trial championships next week. Runner-up in [...]
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. [...]
Two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders in the break proves decisive on hilly Dartmouth finalePablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the seventh, and penultimate, stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, as it crossed the county of Devon between Barnstaple and Dartmouth. The Basque rider [...]
Major battle brewing in close-fought raceHolding a slender 13 second lead over Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEdge) and 18 on Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp), Tour of Britain race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke is clear on what he needs to do today: once [...]
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defenceAfter releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested in [...]
Verifies Texan can ride unsanctioned races only, UCI licence holders can be penalised With Lance Armstrong set to sidestep his lifetime ban and compete in the Alpine Odyssey 100k mountain bike race in Crested Butte this Sunday, USA Cycling has [...]
Multiple Grand Tour stage winner adds speed to Danish squadFollowing on from this week’s contract extensions of Jesus Hernandez, Bejamin Noval and Rafal Majka, the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team has announced the addition of the Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati [...]
Leopold König wins Welsh stage as two break clear on two ascents of final climbJonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) attacked into the 2012 Tour of Britain gold jersey over the two climbs of Caerphilly Mountain on the sixth stage, between Welshpool [...]
German sprinter aiming to return to his top form with African teamFormer world under 23 champion and past Vuelta a España stage winner Gerald Ciolek is the latest signing to a flourishing MTN-Qhubeka line-up, with the Geman joining recently-confirmed Tour [...]
Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatenedOne day after his overall chances in the race evaporated after he decided to wait for the struggling gold jersey Mark Cavendish rather than push ahead with the race contenders, Bradley Wiggins [...]
