Diego Ulissi doubles up in Coppi e Bartali stage four
Bartosz Hutarski keeps the lead in Team NetApp hands as final climb splits the pack Diego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD) took his second straight stage victory on the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, outsprinting a select group at the tough finish in Pavuillo […]
Tom Boonen edges out Oscar Freire to take his fifth E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Photo finish after race of constant attacks sees Belgian take outright record in the “Mini Ronde van Vlaanderen” Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) confirmed his return to the top of the sport with his fifth victory in the E3 Prijs […]
Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss heading Liquigas-Cannondale’s Flemish Cobbled-Classics campaign
Slovakian and Italian rouleurs hoping that youthful enthusiasm can make up for relative lack of experience in big Belgian races Liquigas-Cannondale has announced its eight man team that will be heading to Flanders, northern Belgium, for the four big cobbled […]
Diego Ulissi takes uphill sprint in third Coppi e Bartali stage
Cesare Benedetti holds on to lead despite a split in the peloton Diego Ulissi (Lampre-ISD) won the third stage of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali between Fiorano Modenese and Levizzano in an uphill sprint to the line. The 22-year-old Tuscan […]
Women’s World Cup reduced to eight events as GP Valladolid suspended
Spanish round of the competition cancelled due to lack of funding The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s World Cup will be reduced by a round this year, after the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) announced the suspension of the GP Cuidad […]
Nikki Terpstra solos to Dwars door Vlaanderen victory
Sylvain Chavanel leads home the chasers to take an Omega Pharma-Quick Step one-two in the Belgian semi-classic Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) opened his own personal account for the season’s most successful team of the year so far, with an […]
Elia Viviani sprints to Coppi e Bartali stage 2a
Liquigas-Cannondale’s track specialist re-finds his winning legs in the morning’s first semitappa Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) made a return to the winning ways that he enjoyed in February with victory in stage 2a of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, starting and […]
Team NetApp rides Cesare Benedetti into the lead in Coppi e Bartali TTT
German team fastest over short, flat course; sprinter takes jersey due to finishing consistency Team NetApp powered to victory in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali stage 2b team time trial in the seaside town of Gatteo, putting sprinter Cesare Benedetti […]
Vacansoleil-DCM’s Classics squad building on Paris-Nice and Tirreno successes
Dutch team looking forward to the big northern races after best season start to date After its best start to the year to date, putting it sixth in the WorldTour rankings so far, Vacansoleil-DCM is now looking forward to the […]
Alejandro Valverde crashes out of contention in Volta a Catalunya
Movistar rider tastes Paris-Nice medicine as Omega Pharma-Quick Step pace stops him rejoining the peloton After the events of the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, earlier in the month, when the Movistar team accelerated as Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Levi Leipheimer was […]