Belgian GC hope “extra relieved,” still sitting comfortably near the topLotto-Belisol produced one of the surprising rides of Tuesday’s stage four team time trial in the Tour de France, eventually finishing fifth after taking the second best spot behind Omega [...]
Spaniard pleased with fourth place, says he’s getting over his crash injuryHis team finished outside the top three of the time trial but in netting fourth and conceding just six seconds to the Team Sky squad plus its GC contenders [...]
World champion extends overall lead on cobbled hilltop finish Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) asserted her superiority over the rest of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile peloton, with a dominant solo victory on stage three into Cerro al Volturno. The World champion, [...]
Two in two days for Australian team in 25km Nice testOrica-GreenEdge took the closest of victories in the fourth stage team time trial of the 2013 Tour de France in the Côte d’Azur city of Nice, to put stage three [...]
Irishman best placed overall of Team Saxo Tinkoff squad Nicolas Roche spent much of his life growing up in the south of France, in the same area as today’s team time trial at the Tour de France, and has written [...]
“I’m in it for winning bike races, not sitting out until I retire”Following yesterday’s news that Fabian Cancellara had been linked to a three year contract with the planned Trek team, an evolution of his current RadioShack Leopard squad, the [...]
Australian team ready to chase more success after breakthrough victory with GerransBasking in the glow of Simon Gerrans’ win on yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France, the Orica GreenEdge team considers a major goal has been achieved, and [...]
No more contenders come forward before cut-off dateWith the three month time limit prior to the UCI congress being reached in recent days, the UCI has officially confirmed that the incumbent Pat McQuaid and management committee member Brian Cookson are [...]
Corsican attacks put great French hope into polka-dots; hopes he won’t pay later onPierre Rolland (Europcar) was on the attack for the second straight day in today’s third stage of the Tour de France, between Ajaccio and Calvi, and leaves [...]
Marianne Vos miraculously stays upright after losing a pedal in the sprint Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the first day behind her as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, in [...]
A green-silver lining for the Slovak after losing Tour stage three to GerransPeter Sagan (Cannondale) found himself in the not-often-experienced position of losing out in a sprint, as Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) got the better of him in stage three of [...]
Former Spanish champion relieved to place well after bad day on SundayJose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) earned his best result of the season in stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi, sprinting to a third place finish behind winner [...]
Australian success on final day in Corsica, Bakelants holds onto yellow Simon Gerrans today clocked up the Orica GreenEdge team’s first-ever stage win in the Tour de France, timing his finishing move perfectly to usurp stage favourite Peter Sagan and [...]
American bicycle manufacturer wants to use Swiss rider as new figureheadFollowing on from the confirmation that Trek will buy the current RadioShack Leopard WorldTour licence from Flavio Becca, more details have emerged about the likely structure of the team from [...]
Photo finish reveals how close Scottish rider went to wearing jersey againThe Garmin-Sharp team went agonisingly close to taking the second yellow jersey of the Tour de France yesterday, with stage winner Jan Bakelants hitting the line one second clear [...]
Gerrans, Impey, and Simon well placed on GC after stage two sprintWhen Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) surprised everyone with an enthralling victory in stage two of the Tour de France, by a single second over a pack of speeding sprinters, he [...]
German sprinter swaps for green after “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do”Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) described his day in the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France as “probably the best thing that a cyclist can do,” even [...]
“Actually, it’s not too bad,” says Martin; Chavanel wanted a birthday winPolish national road race champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has come of age in his fourth full professional season, and his third spent in the WorldTour ranks. The [...]
