Past winner Gesink feeling on course for strong result in Tour of Oman
Dutch climber aiming to gain time on Green Mountain and other ascents Following on from an encouraging season start in last month’s Santos Tour Down Under, Robert Gesink will return to a race he won in 2011 when he lines […]
Froome set to begin season in Tour of Oman, gunning for strong overall result
“I want to back up everything I achieved last season and prove to people that I am a legitimate champion” Starting his season in four days’ time at the Tour of Oman, Tour de France champion Chris Froome has said […]
Degenkolb notches up first win of his 2014 season on stage one of Tour of the Mediterranean
Giant Shimano rider overcomes mechanical inside final fifteen minutes of racing A week after his Giant Shimano team-mate Marcel Kittel took three stages wins in the Dubai Tour, John Degenkolb posted his first victory of the season on stage one […]
Greipel fastest in battle for Tour of Qatar’s fifth stage
German rider beats Kruopis, Terpstra continues to lead overall After going close to a stage win with his runner-up slot yesterday, Andre Greipel got things exactly right today when he powered in first at the end of day five of […]
Barguil, Wild and others make gains at Giant Shimano track testing day
Fine tuning positions on the track with Team Giant-Shimano Two time Vuelta a España stage winner Warren Barguil and dominant women’s rider Kirsten Wild are amongst six Giant-Shimano riders who made gains when the team held an aerodynamic testing day […]
NetApp Endura still perfecting sprint train for Bennett
Team DS accepts final push for the line came too early on stage five in Tour of Qatar The NetApp Endura team took the fight to the WorldTour teams on today’s fifth stage of the Tour of Qatar, featuring Daniel […]
Boonen nabs second stage win of 2014 Tour of Qatar, inches closer to race leader’s jersey
Terpstra continues to lead overall, but can he hold on? Four time Tour of Qatar champion Tom Boonen moved closer to the overall lead of his Omega Pharma Quick Step team-mate Niki Terpstra on today’s fourth day of racing, winning […]
Sanchez to assist Evans in Ardennes Classics and Giro d’Italia, wants stage victory in Italian Tour
Racing programme for new BMC Racing Team signing outlined Riding the Giro d’Italia in support of team leader Cadel Evans and aiming to add a stage win to his previous victories on legs of the Tour de France and Vuelta […]
Report: Tinkoff Saxo interested in Sagan, could pay up to four million euro per year
He was recently linked to a possible move to Fernando Alonso’s planned WorldTour team – which was itself reported to be considering buying the licence held by the Cannondale squad – but it appears that Peter Sagan could become the […]
Tour of Qatar likely a two horse race between Terpstra and Boonen
Roelandts losing hope that he can win race Although third-placed rider Jurgen Roelandts reduced his deficit by one second to twenty seconds on today’s fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar, the Lotto Belisol rider appears increasingly resigned to fighting […]
