Fourth victory in five years sees Pro Continental team net its usual Corsa Rosa presence Victory in the Coppa Italia-Campionato Italiano Squadre classification as secured an invitation to the 2013 Giro d’Italia for Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela. The season-long classification – based […]

Twelve victories net Argos-Shimano’s German sprinter season-long title It may not have been quite enough to earn him victory in the Sprinters’ Classic, but Argos-Shimano fast man John Degenkolb’s late attempt to bridge across to the three race leaders in […]

Mister Superprestige finally fights off Niels Albert in the closing turns of a fast, dry race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) reminded his rivals once again that he is “Mister Superprestige” with victory in the opening race of the 2012/13 series in […]

Italian outpaces Laurens De Vreese and Niki Terpstra after an attacking day in the Sprinters’ Classic Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) took victory in the 2012 edition of Paris-Tours, as the breakaway artists had their day again in the Sprinters’ Classic. The […]

Colombian jumps away in the final kilometre to take seventh victory in debut season at the top level After the success of Carlos Betancur the previous year, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) became only the second Colombian to win the Giro dell’Emilia […]

2011 Ronde winner signs for American team on three-year deal Nick Nuyens has joined Garmin-Sharp on a three-year deal that will see the Belgian Classics specialist with the American team through 2013. The 32-year-old winner of the 2011 Ronde van […]

French champion taking aim at the Sprinters’ Classic Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-BigMat) is looking to end his season in style, with victory in tomorrow’s Paris-Tours. The race, known as “the Sprinters’ Classic” – as well as sharing the nickname “the Race […]

French ProConti team’s manager explains decision not to apply for ProTeam status in 2013 Despite having some of the biggest names in French cycling in his roster, Europcar team manager Jean-René Bernadeau is still not ready to step back up […]

No sprinter for French WorldTour team at the end of “a good year” FDJ-BigMat will line up at next week’s Tour of Beijing without a conventional sprinter, but will be looking to take glory in other ways in a race […]

Belgian ends the season as he started it; operation necessary Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) has ended the 2012 season as he started it, suffering a fracture. The latest is a busted collarbone incurred in a crash in Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke. The […]