Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish sprints into gold on Blackpool’s Golden Mile
World champion reluctantly exchanges his rainbow jersey as time bonuses give him the lead Having said the day before that he had no intention of exchanging his precious rainbow jersey for gold, Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) did so after the […]
John Degenkolb and Fabian Wegmann spearhead German men’s Worlds team
Women led by Judith Arndt and Ina Teutenberg; Arndt and Tony Martin to defend time trial crowns The German Cycling Federation (BDR) has named its line ups for next week’s World championships in Limburg, Netherlands. Since it is outside the […]
Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish wins stage three as Team Sky gets it right this time
Manx Express launched into Dumfries finishing straight by stage one winner Luke Rowe It was third time lucky for Team Sky as it finally managed to deliver Mark Cavendish to the line to take a victory in the 2012 Tour […]
Boy van Poppel delighted with unexpected Tour of Britain lead
Dutch sprinter awarded gold jersey after Luke Rowe adjudged to have lost a second in sprint Boy van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) was a somewhat surprise occupier of the race lead in the Tour of Britain at the end of stage two. […]
Tour of Britain: Leigh Howard sprints to victory in Knowsley on stage two
Australian beats Mark Cavendish in untidy sprint after long wet Peak District stage Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) took the second stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, between Nottingham and Knowsley Safari Park, as he won an untidy sprint to the […]
Brain Wash Ladies Toer: Marianne Vos snatches overall victory on World championship course
Olympic champion outsprints Evie Stevens to take fourth straight Ladies Toer In what she surely hopes is a forecast for the World championships, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) took the final stage, and overall race victory, in the sixth and final stage […]
Vuelta a España: John Degenkolb gets number five on final stage as Contador wins
German sprinter the class of the field once more after mostly ceremonial stage John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) took his fifth victory of the 2012 Vuelta a España, in the largely ceremonial final stage between Cercedilla and the Paseo de la Castellana […]
Mark Cavendish confirms he wants to leave Team Sky
World champion hopes for an amicable separation and that British team doesn’t demand a release fee After weeks of speculation and gossip from everybody but the man himself, Mark Cavendish has finally confirmed that he does want to leave Team […]
Brain Wash Ladies Toer: Ina Teutenberg wins stage five as the breakaway sticks
German sprinter shows versatility in defence of teammate Charlotte Becker’s overall lead Ina Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) showed her versatility in the fifth stage of the Brain Wash Holland Ladies Toer, in Bergeijk, in the southern Netherlands, as she outsprinted the rest […]
Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador clings on to confirm overall victory on the Bola del Mundo
Denis Menchov takes breakaway stage; race leader bends under pressure but doesn’t break Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) bent, but did not break, under pressure from both Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the steep climb to the […]