Eneco Tour: Theo Bos takes stage three sprint victory in Genk
Dutch sprinter just holds on after World championship style Limburg circuit Theo Bos (Rabobank) took his first ever victory in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the third stage of the […]
Steve Chainel to AG2R La Mondiale on a two-year deal
French cyclocross star to add Classics steel to WorldTour team Steve Chainel is to join AG2R La Mondiale from 2013, on a two-year contract, the team has announced. The 29-year-old from Remiremont, in the Vosges department of eastern France, is […]
Alberto Contador safely negotiates his first day back in the peloton
Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank rider kept out of the wind and manages to avoid late crash Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) made a safe return to the peloton in yesterday’s opening stage of the Enoco Tour, following his suspension for returning […]
London 2012: Australia fights back over Great Britain’s dominance of the velodrome
Anna Meares beats Pendleton, but Hoy defends Keirin and Trott wins women’s Omnium The final night in the London 2012 velodrome saw Great Britain on top once again, but the host nation did not have things by any means. In […]
Eneco Tour: Orica-GreenEdge rides Jens Keukeleire into the lead in team time trial
Orica-GreenEdge won the second stage of the 2012 Eneco Tour, a 19.9km team time trial in Sittard, Netherlands, putting its Belgian rider Jens Keukeleire into the race lead. The Australian team completed the mostly-flat course in a time of 21’08”, […]
Dominik Nerz and Daniel Oss to BMC Racing Team for 2013
Two more Liquigas-Cannondale riders confirmed in green/blu team Exodus The BMC Racing Team has announced the signature of both Dominik Nerz and Daniel Oss for the 2013 season. Both riders are currently at Liquigas-Cannondale and are the fourth an fifth […]
Taylor Phinney carries Olympic form into Eneco Tour sprint
American loses his sprinter in the lead out but takes third in opening stage Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) continued the form that saw him take two fourth places in the Olympic Games road race and time trial last week, as […]
London 2012: Jason Kenny turns Beijing silver into London gold on day five in the velodrome
Briton sees off Baugé in two legs; Pendleton and Meares still heading for final clash; Trott and Hammer lead women’s Omnium Great Britain’s Jason Kenny turned his silver medal from the Sprint competition in the Beijing Olympics four years before […]
Eneco Tour: Marcel Kittel cruises to stage one sprint as a crash hits the final two kilometres
German sprinter set up by Argos-Shimano at the end of a long, flat day in the Netherlands Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) cruised to victory in the opening stage of the 2012 Eneco Tour, between Waalwijk and Middelburg, at the end of […]
London 2012: Great Britain denied as Denmark’s Hansen takes men’s Omnium
Sprint competitions continue with the favourites cruising through For the first night so far in the London Olympic velodrome, host nation Great Britain missed out on the one gold medal to be awarded. The men’s Omnium went to 20-year-old Lasse […]
