Giro Donne: Double day on stage three puts Evie Stevens in the pink
Stage victory in the mountains gives American all-rounder the race lead Evie Stevens (Specialized-lululemon) rode herself into the race lead of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Vernio and Castiglione dei Pepoli, with a late solo attack. The American jumped […]
Tour de France: Tough day for Tony Martin as a puncture denies him possible prologue victory
Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammate Sylvain Chavanel flies the flag for France on his birthday with unexpected podium finish World time trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was cruelly denied a chance to take the first yellow jersey of the […]
Tour de France: History repeats itself in Liège with Fabian Cancellara prologue victory
Swiss champion matches 2004 result over near-identical course; Wiggins second ahead of the other favourites History repeated itself in the 2012 Tour de France prologue around the Belgian city of Liège, as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) repeated his 2004 victory over […]
Specialized and McLaren partnership continues with time trial helmet
New helmet to be debut’d by Specialized sponsored riders in Tour de France prologue Following on from its highly successful version of the Venge frameset, the partnership between US bike maker Specialized and British Formula 1 team McLaren continues with […]
Giro Donne: Two out of two for Marianne Vos in Rome time trial
World number one increases overall lead over short, flat test Marianne Vos (Rabobank) continued her domination of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, with victory in the 6.6km stage two time trial in the Italian capital, Rome. On a steaming hot […]
Tour de France: “No surprises” for Jean-René Bernadeau in Europcar’s damage limitation
Entire French team outside prologue’s top-100 but waiting for more favourable terrain The Europcar team failed to post a single rider inside the top-100 in today’s Tour de France prologue in Liège, Belgium. The French Professional Continental team’s best performance […]
Team Sky to continue on Pinarello bikes through 2013
Iconic Italian framebuilder heading into fourth year with British team Contrary to rumours that it could be set to switch to Specialized next year, Team Sky has announced an extension to its partnership with Pinarello bikes through 2013. The Treviso, […]
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos sprints to opening stage in Terracina
Defending champion takes first Maglia Rosa of 2012 Defending champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank) began the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile as she did the previous year, with a sprint victory in the first stage between Napoli and Terracina. The World number […]
Giro Donne Preview: Can Marianne Vos repeat?
All eyes on the Olympic Games in the one women’s Grand Tour of the season The Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Donne – will get underway in the southern city of Napoli this Friday, June 29th, as the only […]
Jelle Vanendert: “The general classification isn’t a priority for me”
Belgian climber pledges support to Jurgen Van Den Broeck but is also eying a second stage victory Lotto-Belisol’s Jelle Vanendert made a relatively late Tour de France debut at the age of 26 last year, and made an almost immediate […]
