Tour of Beijing victory lifts Tony Martin into WorldTour top ten
Philippe Gilbert assured of final victory with only Lombardia remaining Overall victory in the inaugural Tour of Beijing lifts World time trial champion Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) into the top ten of the overall International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour standings. The […]
Tour of Beijing: Elia Viviani beats teammate Peter Sagan in stage four sprint
Liquigas-Cannondale one-two comes after six-man move pulled back Not to be outdone by the Irish one-two the previous day, Elia Viviani led Liquigas-Cannondale teammate Peter Sagan over the line to take the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing between […]
Quick Step banking on an aggressive Paris-Tours finale
Belgian Classics team sending a squad of attackers for shortened Avenue de Grammont finishing straight Quick Step is one team that is banking on the new finish to Sunday’s Paris-Tours race disrupting the sprinters enough to allow a breakaway to […]
BMC Racing Team ready for anything in Paris-Tours
Black and red team relying on Ballan and Van Avermaet for breakaways and Taylor Phinney in the sprint The BMC Racing Team is sending a team to Paris-Tours this coming Sunday, which it hopes will be successful however the race […]
Zdenek Stybar to return for Sunday’s Superprestige Ruddervoorde
World cyclocross champion recovered from “silly” knee injury Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) is set to make his return to cyclocross competition in the first round of the Superprestige series, in Ruddervoorde, to the south of Brugge, Belgium. The World champion […]
Karsten Kroon makes a hopeful return to Saxo Bank-SunGard
Dutch Classics specialist hopes to recapture his glory years after two injury hit seasons with BMC Racing After two years at the BMC Racing Team, Karsten Kroon is returning to Saxo Bank-SunGard until 2013. The 35-year-old Dutch Classics specialist spent […]
Pro teams add further class to Revolution Championships
Manchester track competition set to begin its ninth series The presence of even more professional teams will add class to the Revolution Championship, which will begin its ninth season at the Manchester Vélodrome on October 29th. A number of Team […]
Enrico Battaglin outsprints Davide Rebellin to take Coppa Sabatini
Italian stagiere makes immediate impact on professional peloton Enrico Battaglin (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the Coppa Sabatini to take his first ever professional victory at the end of the 200km 1.1-ranked race. The 21-year-old, who is related to 1981 Vuelta-Giro double […]
CAS decision changes nothing for Italian team, says FCI chief
Renato Di Rocco stands behind decision to exclude former dopers from Squadra Azzura The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) decision to declare the “Osaka Rule”, which banned any athlete convicted of doping from competing in the Olympic Games that […]
Mathew Hayman tops an all-Australasian Paris-Bourges podium as he denies the sprinters
Team Sky rider holds on to breakaway lead to deny the sprinters on Mathew Hayman (Team Sky) fought out his first victory since the 2006 Commonwealth Games as he held off the charging peloton into the catherdral city. The popular […]
