Orica GreenEdge stage win relieves pressure: ‘The monkey is off the back’
Australian team ready to chase more success after breakthrough victory with Gerrans Basking in the glow of Simon Gerrans’ win on yesterday’s stage three of the Tour de France, the Orica GreenEdge team considers a major goal has been achieved, […]
UCI confirms that McQuaid and Cookson are sole candidates for UCI President’s role
No more contenders come forward before cut-off date With the three month time limit prior to the UCI congress being reached in recent days, the UCI has officially confirmed that the incumbent Pat McQuaid and management committee member Brian Cookson […]
Pierre Rolland: “I don’t think it’s ever killed anyone to make such efforts.”
Corsican attacks put great French hope into polka-dots; hopes he won’t pay later on Pierre Rolland (Europcar) was on the attack for the second straight day in today’s third stage of the Tour de France, between Ajaccio and Calvi, and […]
Giro Rosa: Giorgia Bronzini wins a spectacular sprint on a hilly stage two
Marianne Vos miraculously stays upright after losing a pedal in the sprint Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the first day behind her as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, in […]
Sagan accepts defeat, hoping to recover from stage one crash
A green-silver lining for the Slovak after losing Tour stage three to Gerrans Peter Sagan (Cannondale) found himself in the not-often-experienced position of losing out in a sprint, as Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) got the better of him in stage three […]
Rojas helping Valverde but sprints well on Tour de France stage three
Former Spanish champion relieved to place well after bad day on Sunday Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) earned his best result of the season in stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi, sprinting to a third place finish behind […]
Gerrans outfoxes Sagan to land Orica GreenEdge’s first-ever Tour de France stage win
Australian success on final day in Corsica, Bakelants holds onto yellow Simon Gerrans today clocked up the Orica GreenEdge team’s first-ever stage win in the Tour de France, timing his finishing move perfectly to usurp stage favourite Peter Sagan and […]
Report: Three year contract extension for Cancellara with Trek, salary cut for Schleck brothers
American bicycle manufacturer wants to use Swiss rider as new figurehead Following on from the confirmation that Trek will buy the current RadioShack Leopard WorldTour licence from Flavio Becca, more details have emerged about the likely structure of the team […]
Vaughters rues missed yellow jersey for Millar, Martin sees a silver lining
Photo finish reveals how close Scottish rider went to wearing jersey again The Garmin-Sharp team went agonisingly close to taking the second yellow jersey of the Tour de France yesterday, with stage winner Jan Bakelants hitting the line one second […]
Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge and Sojasun amongst those foiled by Bakelants
Gerrans, Impey, and Simon well placed on GC after stage two sprint When Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) surprised everyone with an enthralling victory in stage two of the Tour de France, by a single second over a pack of speeding sprinters, […]
