How flexibility saw Lizzie Armitstead take silver, while loyalty to Mark Cavendish saw the World champion miss outThe fortunes of the two Great Britain teams at this weekend’s Olympic road races couldn’t have been more different. Lizzie Armitstead took a [...]
injured sprinter praises efforts of the Spanish squadOscar Freire (Katusha) withdrew from the 2012 Tour de France after stage six with a broken rib, eventually ruling him out for a spot on the Spanish national team for the Olympic road [...]
Great Britain rider unable to outsprint Marianne Vos but over the moon with silverAfter race favourite Mark Cavendish was unable to get a result in the men’s road race the day before, Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead delivered the host nation’s [...]
Samuel Dumoulin (pictured) grabs Coupe de France lead over Julien SimonThe French team Europcar holds high hopes for 24-year-old Tony Hurel, in his second full season with the team. Hurel delivered with his maiden victory on Sunday in the Polynormande [...]
Endura Racing star takes two stages and the overallJonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing), the star of the early Continental season in 2012, has taken another stage race, this time the Tour Alsace. It is the third stage race victory of the [...]
Rogers will be Australia's only chance for a medalLast year's Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has opted to take a pass on this week's Olympic time trial, according to Cycling Australia. The announcement won't come as a major surprise [...]
World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silver Marianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, [...]
Bronzini aiming to add Olympic title to rainbow jersey She’s undoubtedly been the dominant rider in women’s cycling, but Marianne Vos has had a frustrating run of near-misses in the world championships ever since she took her rainbow jersey in [...]
Team lacked numbers up front Although the best French rider in yesterday’s men’s road race, Sylvain Chavanel, finished back in twentieth place, French selector Laurent Jalabert has said that he doesn't fault his riders for how the race played out. [...]
Shoulder injury threatens RadioShack Nissan competitorFabian Cancellara’s chances of defending the Olympic title he took four years ago in Beijing are up in the air tonight, with the Swiss rider stating that he is 50-50 about being able to take [...]
Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medalsTom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, but [...]
22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his fatherTaylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on the [...]
Astana leader determined to go out on topToday’s Olympic road race winner Alexandre Vinokourov proved that he’s still got the legs and mind to win big races but rather than prolong his retirement, he’s said that he’s determined to leave [...]
World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays awayMark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race as [...]
Uran and Kristoff take silver and bronze, Cavendish misses out to breakRiding what is expected to be the final season of his long career, Alexandre Vinokourov has turned back the clock and won the Olympic road race in London. The [...]
Men and women slug it out for GoldThe first cycling events in the Olympic Games are this weekend’s road races for men and women, taking place on courses of 250 kilometres and 140 kilometres respectively. They will travel out from [...]
Dutch team riding without a true sprinter, likely to be on the attackOn the eve of the Olympic road race, popular opinion still sways back and forth, unable to determine whether the gold medal will be claimed out of a [...]
Paolo Bettini bringing the young Italian along for learning and advisingThough Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is the active reserve for the Italian squad at the Olympic road race, team coach Paolo Bettini will keep the 22-year-old close to his [...]
