Sven Nys takes second victory in two days in Kalmthout cyclocross
Belgian champion outsprints Niels Albert again; Sanne Cant gets the better of Nikki Harris this time Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) took his second victory in as many days as he won the Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin in Kalmthout, near Antwerp, Belgium. The […]
RCS Sport presents a balanced Giro d’Italia route for 2013
Seven mountaintop finishes but 92.4km of mixed time trialling for next edition of the Corsa Rosa The route of the 2013 Giro d’Italia was presented by RCS Sport in Milan today, with the three-week race designed to leave the winner […]
Sven Nys outsprints Niels Albert to take Soudal GP Neerpelt
Belgian champion takes first win of the season as Nikki Harris takes first of career in women’s race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) opened his account for the 2012/13 cyclocross season as he outsprinted World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) at the finish […]
Joaquim Rodríguez solos to a rainy Lombardia victory and grabs WorldTour lead
Catalan escapes in a downpour on the final to win alone in Lecco and secure season-long prize Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) escaped the peloton on the final climb of the Giro di Lombardia, as a torrential downpour fell on the latter […]
Circuit Franco-Belge: Marcel Kittel takes win number eleven on aggressive stage two
German sprinter fastest yet again after a day of attacks on hilly Poperinge circuit Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) was the fastest of the sprinters yet again as he took victory in the second stage of the Eurométropole Tour/Circuit Franco-Belge between Antoing […]
Lizzie Armitstead leads host of new signings at Dolmans-Boels
Olympic silver medallist joined by teammate Jessie Daams and Adrie Visser as Danny Stam joins as directeur Lizzie Armitstead will join Dolmans-Boels team in 2013, the Dutch team has announced. The Olympic silver medallist’s current team, AA Drink-Leontien.nl, is folding […]
Transfer news: Sebastian Lander to BMC, more signings for MTN Qhubeka
Danish champion jumps from Continental level to WorldTour team; no pressure for results in developing years The BMC Racing Team has signed Danish champion Sebastian Lander for 2013. The 21-year-old former junior track World champion has been riding at Continental […]
Rigoberto Urán escapes a late break to take a solo Gran Piemonte victory
Colombian Olympic silver medallist attacks on cobbled finale to take second victory of the season Rigoberto Urán (Team Sky) escaped a late breakaway group in the finale of the Gran Piemonte to take a solo victory at the end of […]
Tre Cime di Laveredo to be final mountain in 2013 Giro d’Italia
Mythical and decisive mountain climb to feature on penultimate day The climb to the Tre Cime di Laveredo will be the final climb of next year’s Giro d’Italia, the race organiser has confirmed via its Twitter feed. With the full […]
Alberto Contador takes Milano-Torino with late uphill attack
Vuelta a España winner carries World championships form to take revived semi-classic race Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) managed to hold onto the form that saw him as one of the key animators of the previous weekend’s World championship race […]
