Ag2r names Tour de France team
The French AG2r La Mondiale team will go into the 2009 Tour de France with Russian Vladimir Efimkin and Frenchman Cyril Dessel as their leaders for the race. Efimkin, 27, won the 9th Stage in last year’s edition, and Dessel […]
Quick-Step names 8, awaits Boonen decision
The Belgian Quick-Step team has named eight riders for the 2009 Tour de France, while their ninth rider will be determined by a French judge tomorrow. Frenchmen Sylvain Chavanel and Jerome Pineau have both had a an excellent early season, […]
Rock Racing’s Bahati pulls off Manhattan Beach three-peat
If he keeps this up, the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix is going to have to be renamed the “Rahsaan Bahati Grand Prix.” Rock Racing’s star sprinter won the 48th edition of the Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Sunday for the […]
Team Saxo Bank racks up national championships
The Danish Saxo bank team picked up several national championship jerseys over the weekend. In their home race twelve riders lined up in the town of Sønderborg to defend Nicki Sørensen’s win from last year. The 196 kilometer course around […]
Boonen takes Belgian road championships
On the 234.6km course in Aywaille, Belgium Quick-Step’s Tom Boonen took his first Belgian road championship title. The big sprinter bested Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Kristof Goddaert (Top Sport Vlaanderen-Mercator) out of a 15-man group. The Quick-Step team worked well […]
Bouet signs with AG2r La Mondiale
Maxime Bouet signed with the AG2r La Mondiale team for 2 years. The 22-year-old Frenchman moved to his current team Agritubel in 2008 after riding strong as an amateur. Already with five professional wins to his name, the young rider […]
Van Impe on the mend
Team Quick-Step’s Kevin Van Impe won’t be taking the start line in this weekend’s Belgian National Championship. The winner of the Dwars door Vlaanderen 2009 is recovering from an injury to the vastus medialis muscle of his left leg, which […]
Silence-Lotto looks to Evans in Tour
Belgian team Silence-Lotto will again look to Australian Cadel Evans for the overall win when the Tour de France starts on July 4 in Monaco. Evans will have a strong team to support his bid to win the overall after […]
Contador brings home national championship title
Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador won the Spanish national time trial championship today, a 47.8km course between Torrelavega and Cuevas de Altamira. He clocked a time of 1hr 04min 40sec beating Luis Leon Sanchez by 37 seconds and Ruben […]
Saxo Bank signs new co-sponsor
The Spanish holiday resort “Playitas” which is operated by the travel services company “Apollo” will be a new co-sponsor for Team Saxo Bank with a signed agreement that runs until the end of 2010. The sponsorship means, among other things, […]