Kittel comes of age with four Tour de France stage wins
Argos-Shimano management commends the squad’s hard work Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) had what was consistently the best lead out train in the 100th Tour de France, and he capitalized with consistently the fastest sprint finish in the race, punctuated by his […]
Cavendish leaves Tour de France with two stage wins to his credit
Manxman misses out in Paris, winning streak there comes to an end Previously undefeated on the Champs Elysees, Mark Cavendish’s aim of taking a record fifth consecutive win in Paris came up short today when the Briton had to be […]
Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Emma Johansson secures overall victory as Guderzo wins final stage
Former World champion takes MCipollini-Giordana’s second straight breakaway victory Tatiana Guderzo (MCipollini-Giordana) took her first road race victory of the 2013 season, as she escaped the peloton to win the seventh and final stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Zeulenroda-Triebes. The […]
BMC Racing Team: Ballan’s withdrawal from Wallonie due to injury, not Mantova case
Team says it has not received any official notification of Ballan’s indictment Alessandro Ballan withdrew from the Tour de Wallonie prior to Sunday’s stage start, but his team has insisted that the Italian’s absence was due to a flare-up of […]
After disappointing Tour, Evans to hold talks with BMC Racing Team about future direction
Australian says he needs to see if squad still has confidence in him for future Tours Still having a year and a half left on his current contract, Cadel Evans has accepted that his standing and goals within the BMC […]
Albasini and Meyer extend contracts with Orica GreenEdge team
Swiss rider wants to win an Ardennes Classic, Meyer to continue focus on stage races Having been part of a successful Orica GreenEdge team which clocked up two stage wins earlier in the race, and after riding aggressively on several […]
Tom Boonen takes a UCI-ranked victory at last in 2013 in Tour de Wallonie sprint
Belgian on target for Autumn Classics after crash-marred Spring Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has taken his first UCI-ranked victory of the 2013 season in a bunch sprint at the end of the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie, […]
Quintana breaks through in debut to take Colombia’s biggest Tour de France success
Stunning first Tour dedicated to Mauricio Soler An important part of the peloton in recent decades, Colombia had trailblazers such as two time King of the Mountains Lucho Herrera and podium finisher Fabio Parra, as well as stage winners Oliverio […]
Andy and Fränk Schleck to be part of new Trek team in 2014
Brothers remain together, will join Fabian Cancellara After questions about where he will race in 2014, Andy Schleck has confirmed that he will indeed form part of the new Trek team next year. The Luxembourg rider will transfer across to […]
Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes Champs-Élysées sprint as Froome is crowned winner
German takes his fourth stage in a close fight with Cavendish and Greipel in twilight finish Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his fourth victory of the 2013 Tour de France as he sprinted to win the 21st and final stage between […]
