Thor knocks down the door
Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) succeeded in winning stage three of the Tour of Missouri. After 187 kilometers of rolling terrain from Farmington to Rolla. Hushovd sprinted past Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Italian Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) in the […]
Ekimov and Zubeldia to Radio Shack
Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) will be following Johan Bruyneel to Radio Shack. Ekimov will join as a director sportif while Zubeldia will ride alongside Lance Armstrong in 2010. Zubeldia, 32, will break his contract with Astana […]
Friere to end career after 2010
Triple World Champion Oscar Friere (Rabobank) will be set to retire at the end of 2010. His current contract with Rabobank will end and the Spaniard see’s no reason to extend or to ride for another team. Freire has had […]
Shleck and Nibali out of Worlds
Frank Shleck will not be at the start of Wednesday’s stage 11 in the Vuelta A Espana. The Luxemburger from Team Saxo Bank will be operated on his injured knee on Friday, forcing him to miss the World Championships that […]
Cavendish wins again in Missouri
Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) continued his domination in the Tour of Missouri capturing his second stage win yesterday. Cavendish, 24, easily beat Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank), solidifying his lead in the overall classification. Hushovd’s Cervelo […]
Evans apologizes to Gesink
With seconds on the line, Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) capped off a spectacular stage with an even more dramatic finish head butting Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank) in the final sprint for third place in stage nine of the Vuelta A Espana. […]
BMC and Radio Shack continue shopping spree
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff will be leaving his current team, Joker-Bianchi, for Team BMC. The 22 year old had offers from Columbia-HTC and Garmin-Slipstream, but ended up choosing for the American Pro-continental BMC Racing Team, who earlier bulked up its roster […]
Cavendish, again!
Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) took out stage one in the Tour of Missouri, beating out Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo). Cavendish, 24, outkicked Haedo and Hushovd on the run in to St. Louis […]
Tour of Missouri begins today
One of the up and coming races in the United States, the Tour of Missouri, starts today and runs until September 13th. The race will field a spectacular battle between the two best sprinters of this year’s Tour de France, […]
Blythe to Silence-Lotto
Adam Blythe, an upcoming British talent, has inked a one year deal with Silence Lotto. The 19 year old is currently a stagiair with the Belgian team and normally rides for their development team, Davo-Lotto. Blythe had a succsful season […]