Omega Pharma-Quick Step riders delighted with “unexpected” team time trial World title
Traditional Belgian Classics team strengthened by powerful time triallists proves that teamwork counts The six victorious riders of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team have all expressed their delight with a victory in the new World team time trial championships, which […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step takes inaugural men’s trade team time trial World title
Belgian team of individual champion beats BMC Racing Team by three seconds over 53.2km course The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits, won the inaugural team time trial […]
Specialized-lululemon takes opening team time trial World title
Favourite lives up to pre-race billing on hilly Limburg coursePre-race favourite Specialized-lululemon got the 2012 World road championships under way with a convincing victory in the Women’s Team Time Trial between Sittard and Valkenberg. The German-registered team of Charlotte Becker, […]
Tour of Britain: Pablo Urtasun wins Devon stage as Tiernan-Locke consolidates lead
Two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders in the break proves decisive on hilly Dartmouth finale Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the seventh, and penultimate, stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, as it crossed the county of Devon between Barnstaple and Dartmouth. The Basque […]
Great Britain confirms final line ups for Limburg World championships
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defence After releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested […]
Tour of Britain: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke attacks into gold over Caerphilly Mountain
Leopold König wins Welsh stage as two break clear on two ascents of final climb Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) attacked into the 2012 Tour of Britain gold jersey over the two climbs of Caerphilly Mountain on the sixth stage, between […]
Tour of Britain: Marc de Maar escapes the break to win in Stoke-on-Trent
Leigh Howard takes back the gold jersey as Mark Cavendish left behind on the Staffordshire hills Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthcare) took the biggest victory of his season so far as he escaped a 23-man breakaway to win the fifth stage […]
Robert Wagner and David Tanner to strengthen Rabobank sprint train
Half-Dutch German and Australian to get behind Theo Bos and Mark Renshaw in 2013 Although it is looking to go increasingly Dutch with its big stars, Rabobank has gone international in its acquisitions for 2013 in the shape of German […]
Confusion in British media over the sale of Victoria Pendleton’s bike
Training Pinarello sold off as usual as Sun reports champion denied chance to own gold medal track bike British Cycling has denied reports in the British media that it has sold off Victoria Pendleton’s gold medal winning track bike, robbing […]
Julien Simon bursts to victory in the GP de Wallonie
Frenchman escapes a select group in the final kilometre to win race in Namur’s citadel Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) took his fifth, and arguably most prestigious, victory of the season as he escaped a select breakaway group in the final kilometre […]
