Women’s Cyclo-cross World Cup: Vos speedier than Compton in Roma
Compton takes second to secure World Cup title Marianne Vos (Rabobank) used a searing attack on the third of five fast laps in Rome, Italy to distance Katie Compton (Trek Cyclo-cross Collective) and win the penultimate round of the women’s […]
Tomasz Marczynski aiming high in year two with Vacansoleil-DCM
Polish rider hopes to race Tour de France for the first time Fueled by his 13th place overall in the 2012 Vuelta a España, Tomasz Marczynski has lofty goals for the new season, which will be his second with Vacansoleil-DCM. […]
2013 Vuelta a España route reported to feature eleven summit finishes
Organizers expecting to build on success of punchy, difficult 2012 edition For the past month, Spanish media outlets have been pushing rumors of an even hillier edition of the Vuelta a España in 2013, after ten uphill finales fueled a […]
Peeters nails first season win in Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen
Vos gets easy victory in front of friendly fans in Dutch ‘cross event Rob Peeters (Telenet-Fidea) opened his account in the 2012-2013 cyclo-cross season with a victory in the Netherlands on Thursday, in the Internationale Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen. The Belgian, […]
Women’s Cyclo-cross World Cup: Vos goes solo in Heusden-Zolder
World champion rides away from Compton; World Cup leader doomed by three crashes Marianne Vos (Rabobank) took a classy victory in the Boxing Day showcase of women’s UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross in Heusden-Zolder on Wednesday. Vos led almost from the […]
Mikel Astarloza releases racing calendar through July
Euskaltel-Euskadi veteran beginning in Australia, setting sights on Tour de France The experienced Basque rider Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is looking to ride another full season for his Basque squad since returning from a doping ban late in the 2011 year. […]
Étoile de Bessèges with similar route to kick off 2013 European stage racing
Rolland, defending champion Coppel expected to begin seasons at French race The French stage race Étoile de Bessèges will span five days in late January and early February of 2013, in its traditional slot as the first European stage race […]
Women’s Cyclo-cross World Cup: Compton flawless in Namur victory
Nash takes second, Vos third after two opening lap crashes Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) triumphed in the women’s round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Namur, leading almost from the gun in what was to be a highly […]
Boasson Hagen focused on bike racing, not doping news
Sky Procycling’s soft-spoken star comments on squad’s doping stance While parts of cycling’s dark past have come back recently, and with current teams taking harsher stances on the matter of doping, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) takes in the news […]
Anders Lund: ‘I cannot imagine anything other than continuing in the WorldTour’
Saxo-Tinkoff domestique confident in WT license renewal, criticizes points system A poster boy for the controversial UCI points system at cycling’s WorldTour level, Saxo-Tinkoff support rider Anders Lund does not earn his squad much in the way of valuable points, […]