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Boonen and Roelandts each hoping for second Belgian road race title

In-form Classics men looking to grab title in Geel amongst loaded fieldThe Belgian National Road Race Championships will be one of the feature events on Sunday, when many elite men’s road race titles roll off in Europe and around the [...]

2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2012|

World champions Tony Martin and Judith Arndt take German time trial titles

Second and eight championships respectively; Lars Teutenberg a surprise bronze medallistTony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Judith Arndt (Orica-GreenEdge) both added the German time trial championships to their World titles in Zwenkau, near Leipzig, in eastern Germany. Despite not originally [...]

2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2012|

Greg Henderson set to make fairytale Tour de France debut at 35 years old

New Zealander says no egos on the team, sprint train fully committed to GreipelWhile George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) will start his seventeenth Tour de France and Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) will start his fifteenth, Greg Henderson (Lotto-Belisol) is a complete [...]

2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2012|

Chavanel, Velits psyched to wear new national champions’ jerseys for Tour prologue

Fuglsang makes a point in Danish TT nationalsWinner yesterday of the French time trial championship for the fourth time in his career, Sylvain Chavanel states that the jersey will ensure that he’s full fired up for the time trials in [...]

2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2012|

Riis unveils Saxo Bank Tour de France team with ‘really good feeling’

Without Contador, Danish squad will chase stages rather than go for general classificationSaying that he is looking forward to taking some risks and following an aggressive, attacking template this year, Bjarne Riis has named the nine riders who will represent [...]

2012-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2012|

MCipollini-Giambenini taking aim at the Giro Donne

Italian superteam aiming to match Corsa Rosa performance of “brother team” Farnese Vini-Selle ItaliaMCipollini-Giambenini has announced its line up for the upcoming Giro d’Italia Femminile - the Giro Donne - which starts in the southern city of Napoli on June [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Alexandre Vinokourov to support Janez Brajkovič in Astana’s Tour de France team

Both riders aiming to make up for crashing out of 2011 raceTeam Astana has announced its roster for next month’s Tour de France, with Alexander Vinokourov at its head once more. The Kazakh veteran will not be the sole leader [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Hesjedal confirmed as leading Garmin-Barracuda in Tour, team lineup announced

Team aiming for Giro-Tour double, Dan Martin to make his debutHeading back to the race where it shone last year with four stage victories plus a win in the team classification, the Garmin-Barracuda team has announced the line-up for this [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Vacansoleil-DCM Tour de France team spearheaded by Wout Poels and Lieuwe Westra

Kenny van Hummel aiming at sprint stages; Stijn Devolder misses out once againAfter sending a veritable United Nations to the Giro d’Italia, the Vacansoleil-DCM team for next month’s Tour de France is a far more Dutch affair. Giro third place [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Video: Delgado expects Wiggins/Evans showdown in Tour

Says Contador is clear favourite for the Vuelta, but Schleck’s participation is boost for raceThe 1988 Tour de France winner Pedro Delgado has made his predictions for this year’s race, saying that he believes that the nature of the course [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Team Sky announces powerful team to help Bradley Wiggins win the Tour de France

Mark Cavendish to be the first British road rainbow in the race since 1966Team Sky has announced the eight men that will ride alongside Bradley Wiggins in his bid to become first Briton to win the Tour de France. The [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Lieuwe Westra and Ellen van Dijk scoop Netherlands time trial titles

First ever title for men’s winner as van Dijk regains former jerseyLieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-lululemon) took victory in the Netherlands elite men’s and women’s time trial championships in Emmen, Drenthe, yesterday. The result was a first [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins French TT champs, Longo only fifth

Headache avoided for French selectors for Olympic Games?Concerns that Jeannie Longo might be sent to the Olympic Games for France despite the serious doping charges her husband and coach faces appear now to be irrelevant after she was comprehensively defeated [...]

2012-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2012|

Cancellara clocks up first victory since March by taking Swiss time trial title

Seventh TT championship win for RadioShack Nissan riderAlthough he’s still feeling the effects of the Tour de Suisse in his legs, particularly the two mountainous concluding stages on Saturday and Sunday, Fabian Cancellara today grabbed the seventh national time trial [...]

2012-06-20T00:00:00+00:00June 20th, 2012|

Giorgia Bronzini interview: “The Olympic course is not so hard”

Two-time World champion aiming for Olympic gold after a strange day in the Italian championshipsGiorgia Bronzini (Diadora-Pasta Zara) spent a somewhat strange day in the peloton during the Italian elite women’s road race championships. The World champion, racing for GS [...]

2012-06-20T00:00:00+00:00June 20th, 2012|
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