Richie Porte carrying the pressure of favourite tag into Tour of Beijing
Australian Paris-Nice champion satisfied with “not too bad” end of season form Richie Porte (Team Sky) goes into the Tour of Beijing, which starts this Friday, October 11th, with the pressure of being one of the big favourites for overall […]
Dan Martin looking to carry Lombardia form to the Tour of Beijing
Irishman hoping to take the “opportunity” to meet a real panda after Liège final kilometre Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) is hoping to capitalise on the form he showed in Sunday’s il Lombardia, where he was almost able to follow the attack […]
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg takes first victory of 2013 in Binche-Chimay-Binche
South African outjumps late attacks to win late-season Belgian Semi-Classic Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (Argos-Shimano) took his first victory of the 2013 season, and his first ever in the professional ranks, as he sprinted ahead of the peloton on the […]
Ellen van Dijk joins Boels-Dolmans on three-year contract
World time trial champion to build towards Rio 2016 with expanding Dutch squad World time trial champion Ellen van Dijk has signed a three-year contract with the Boels-Dolmans team, in a deal that will take her through to the Olympic […]
Giro d’Italia presents mountainous but humane route for 2014
Marco Pantani remembered in the mountains after first ever Northern Ireland start The route of the 2014 Giro d’Italia, the 97th edition of the Corsa Rosa, was presented in Milan today, with a course designed to offer something to the […]
Juan Antonio Flecha announces retirement at the end of the season
Tour of Beijing will be the final race for Classics nearly-man Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) will retire after the Tour of Beijing, the 36-year-old Spanish veteran confirmed to El Pais yesterday. The Argentine-born Spaniard has been a professional since joining […]
Joaquim Rodríguez escapes over final climb to win back to back in il Lombardia
Purito puts Worlds disappointment behind him on another rainy day in northern Italy Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) managed to put some of his World championship disappointment behind him as he escaped on the final climb of the 2013 edition of il […]
Tyler Farrar confirms one more year at Garmin-Sharp after taking first Euro victory of 2013
American sprinter takes third stage of Franco-Belge to finally open season’s account Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) took his first European victory of the 2013 season at last, as he took the third stage of the Tour de l’Eurométropole – the Circuit […]
Robert Gesink looking for Lombardia result after Worlds disappointment
Dutchman hoping to capitalise on Canada form to go better than 2009 ninth place Robert Gesink is hoping for a continuation of the form he showed in Canada, in September, as he starts this weekend’s il Lombardia at the head […]
UCI confirms initial 2014 ProTeam and ProContinental team applications
18 teams chasing 18 places in next year’s WorldTour The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the names of the teams that have submitted the necessary paperwork to apply for ProTeam or Professional Continental status in 2014 by the October […]
