Pinotti, Hushvod, Phinney and Ballan targeting success in the Giro
Strong BMC Racing Team for Italian Grand Tour Having crashed out of the event last season with a fractured pelvis, Marco Pinotti will return to the Giro d’Italia this year determined to clock up a strong performance in the race. […]
Albasini makes breakthrough with first spring Classic podium
Strong season continues for Swiss GreenEdge rider Volta a Catalunya winner Michael Albasini has continued to race at a new level in his career, finishing second on yesterday’s Flèche Wallonne and proving that he is now a bona fide Classics […]
Martin making progress in recovery from fractures
World TT champion able to ride bike once again, date of return uncertain Despite suffering multiple fractures in a training ride crash last Wednesday, Tony Martin has already been able to return to the bike. In contrast to his Omega […]
Riis ready to battle UCI for Contador’s points if he returns to Saxo Bank
Believes UCI’s rule is unfair and unenforceable Following comments by Alberto Contador yesterday that he ‘s likely to return with the Saxo Bank squad after his doping ban ends, the team’s owner Bjarne Riis has pledged to battle the UCI […]
Kittel and Greipel to resume sprinting duel in Turkey
Duo will be part of a very strong lineup of sprinters In what will be a fascinating square-up between two of the top sprinters in cycling, German riders Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel will go head to head in the […]
Drug testing for Gran Fondo New York
Out of competition and post-event controls to be carried out Although drug testing is more usually associated with other types of events, the organisers of Gran Fondo New York have confirmed that the riders due to take part in next […]
Mancebo beats Anthony and Vennell to win Tour of the Battenkill
Spanish claims dirt road epic Former Spanish national champion Francisco Mancebo scooped victory in what is billed as America’s toughest one day event, the Tour of the Battenkill, outsprinting last year’s runner-up Jesse Anthony (Optum Pro Cycling/Kelly Benefit Strategies) and […]
Evans drops out of Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Sinus infection means Australian will return home Former race winner Cadel Evans won’t compete in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne nor next Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, with the Australian dropping out of those Ardennes Classics today. His BMC Racing Team has said that Evans […]
After Amstel, Freire says he now believes he can win a fourth rainbow jersey
Different location for worlds finish line could boost his chances He may have been caught 100 metres from the line, suffering the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a victory he has been chasing for many years, but yesterday’s Amstel […]
Freire says headwind blighted his chances of winning Amstel Gold Race
Spaniard goes close to sensational Classic victory Launching a well timed but opportunistic attack with seven kilometres to go, hitting the final climb of the Cauberg with a slight lead over a hard-chasing group of race favourites, Oscar Freire narrowly […]
