Belgian’s Omega Pharma Quick Step team also seeing benefits of Roubaix win Tom Boonen has reinforced his position at the top of the UCI’s WorldTour rankings thanks to his second consecutive victory at that level, yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix. Previously 56 points […]

Hushovd, Ballan and Hincapie determined to show well Having tasted victory in the Roubaix velodrome in the past, today marks Taylor Phinney’s professional debut in the cobblestone Classic. It’s a hellish event, but one he feels suits him perfectly. He’s […]

Euskaltel Euskadi rider defeats Rodriguez in wet, tricky conditions Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez sealed his first overall victory in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco with a cracking final time trial, improving from second overall to first in today’s tricky 18.9 […]

Sanchez nets second, Tony Martin loses more time prior to concluding TT Fighting for every second prior to tomorrow’s concluding time trial, race leader Joaquin Rodriguez took his second straight stage victory in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The Katusha […]

Comeback win for Dutchman while young Australian shows his talent There was triumph for both the Garmin Barracuda and the GreenEdge teams on the final day of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, with the former clocking up the stage win via […]

Italian forced out of Omnium due to yesterday’s points race crash Liquigas Cannondale sprinter Elia Viviani’s hopes of taking a track gold at the world championships in Melbourne came to an end today when the Italian was a non-starter in […]

Former rower convinced it’s not too late to secure Olympic qualification History was made on Thursday when, in an event she was primarily riding to loosen up for Sunday’s individual pursuit, Caroline Ryan became the first Irish person to land […]

Sanchez takes second but concedes jersey, Horner loses 21 seconds Launching a devastating burst inside the final kilometre of the climb of the Alto de Ibardin, Katusha’s explosive rider Joaquin Rodriguez soloed to victory on stage four of the Vuelta […]

Bad luck for yesterday’s Circuit de la Sarthe stage winner Having taken his first win of the season yesterday and starting today’s second stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe as the race leader, Russian rider Denis Galimzyanov experienced a low […]

Rodriguez and Horner net second and third Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez gave his Euskaltel Euskadi sponsors reason to celebrate with a stage win in what is their home race, the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The Spanish rider was part of […]