Marianne Vos sprints to her Olympic destiny in the London rain
World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silver Marianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, […]
Tom Boonen: “We have nothing to reproach ourselves for”
Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medals Tom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, […]
Taylor Phinney: “I have to thank the team for my Olympic fourth place”
22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his father Taylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on […]
Mark Cavendish pays tribute to GB teammates after missing out on Olympic Gold
World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays away Mark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race […]
Stefan Wyman Interview: “We didn’t want to be the pot hunting team”
Matrix Fitness-Prendas manager talks about building up his team and looks forward to two of his riders at the Olympics Stefan Wyman has been involved with women’s cycling for as long as many people can remember. As the husband of […]
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke back to winning ways in the Tour Alsace
Endura Racing’s early season sensation recovering from serious crash injuries Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Eudura Racing) has returned to winning ways, taking victory in the second stage of the 2.2-ranked Tour Alsace, after recovering from serious injury. The 27-year-old British rider broke […]
Philippe Gilbert: “It’s everybody against Cavendish”
Belgians will count on alliances with other big nations to foil the World champion sprinter Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has been training on the Olympic road race route, on the roads of Surrey to the south of London. The Belgian […]
Wilco Kelderman extends with Rabobank through 2014
Early summer revelation adds another year to his current contract Wilco Kelderman has added another year to his contract with Rabobank, which will keep him at the Dutch WorldTour team through 2014. The 21-year-old from Amersfoort is yet another product […]
Tour de Wallonie: Nizzolo holds on to overall victory as Napolitano takes final stage
Gianni Meersman thinks he’s won but misses out by half a wheel and one single second Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) took his third victory in the 2012 Tour de Wallonie, in the sixth and final stage between Welkenraedt and […]
Ryder Hesjedal ready for Olympic Games after recovering from Tour de France crash
Canadian Giro d’Italia champion wins Roeselare critérium ahead of travel to London Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) has declared himself fit for the Olympic Games road race in London on Saturday, following his ‘victory’ in the post-Tour critérium in Roeselare, Belgium. The […]
