Bradley Wiggins: “It’s more realistic that I can win the Tour now”
Paris-Nice winner on schedule for July after becoming only the second Briton in history to win the Race to the Sun Bradley Wiggins’ victory in Paris-Nice on Sunday shows that he is now capable of winning the Tour de France, […]
Joachim Rodriguez escapes to Tirreno-Adriatico stage six
‘Purito’ jumps away in steep final kilometre and holds on to win in Offida; GC battle tightens Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) opened his 2012 WorldTour account, as he begins his season-long quest to take back the ranking title he won in […]
Leipheimer philosophical as three crashes put him out of Paris-Nice contention
No broken bones for Omega Pharma-Quick Step captain after disastrous descent into Nice Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) started today’s seventh stage of Paris-Nice, between Sisteron and Nice, just ten seconds behind Team Sky’s race leader Bradley Wiggins. The American […]
Paris-Nice: Thomas De Gendt solos into Nice as Leipheimer crashes out of contention
Stage-long attack sees Belgian triumph alone; Movistar puts Omega Pharma-Quick Step leader under pressure on the final descent Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) continued what has been an incredible Paris-Nice for the Dutch ProTeam, with an epic solo victory between Sisteron […]
Marianne Vos opens 2012 World Cup campaign with Ronde van Drenthe sprint
Dutch champion finishes three lengths clear after AA Drink-Leontien.nl isolates her in the closing stages The Stichting Rabo Women Team has started the 2012 World Cup in the manner that its previous incarnation, Nederland Bloeit, finished the 2011 series, with […]
Crash injuries force Ivan Basso out of Paris-Nice
Liquigas-Cannondale captain suffering from the after affects of stage two tumble Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) lasted just 110km of today’s fifth stage of Paris-Nice, between Suze-la-Rousse and Sisteron, before climbing into his team car. The Italian two-time Giro d’Italia winner was […]
Luis León Sánchez outsprints Jens Voigt to take Paris-Nice stage six
Powerful breakaway pair holds off a determined peloton in Sisteron Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank) took his fourth career Paris-Nice stage victory by outsprinting German veteran Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) in the ancient city of Sisteron. The two riders were the last […]
Mixed day for Omega Pharma-Quick Step at Paris-Nice
Levi Leipheimer consolidates as Sylvain Chavanel drops back on tough day to Mende The tough 3km climb to the La Croix-Neuve-Montée Laurent Jalabert, at the end of Paris-Nice stage five, provided mixed fortunes for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team. Defending […]
Chloe Hosking takes biggest European victory to date in Drentse 8
Australian outsprints Bronzini and Vos to take Dutch World Cup warm up race Chloe Hosking (Specialized-lululemon) took her biggest European win to date as she sprinted to victory in the Drentse 8, the Dutch warm up race ahead of Saturday’s […]
Lieuwe Westra soars to take Paris-Nice stage five on the Montée Jalabert
Ever-aggressive Dutchman jumps away from leaders group to move up to second overall Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) continued his irresistible march up the overall Paris-Nice rankings, taking an impressive solo victory in the fifth stage between Onet-le-Château and Mende. The ever-aggressive […]
