GranPiemonte route presented as a battle between Gilbert and Cavendish
Italian autumn Semi-Classic could come down to a fight between the World’s number one one-day rider and the World champion number one sprinter The 2012 GranPiemonte route was presented by race organiser RCS Sport in the Piedmont capital Turin today. […]
Tour of Beijing: Erik Dekker mistake costs Lars Boom twenty seconds
Rabobank team director illegally pulls alongside rider during opening time trial A mistake by Rabobank sports director Erik Dekker, when he pulled alongside his rider Lars Boom in the opening time trial of the Tour of Beijing, cost the rider […]
New Paris-Tours finish could fox the sprinters in the Sprinters’ Classic
Late climbs and a far shorter run up the Avenue de Grammont gives every chance to the breakaway specialists This Sunday will see the 105th edition of Paris-Tours, which will start from the fashionable town of Voves to the south […]
Stomach virus upsets Samuel Sánchez’ triumphant Beijing return
Olympic champion loses almost two minutes in opening time trial and suffers the indignity of being caught by Tony Martin Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has made an uncomfortable start to what was supposed to be his triumphant return to Beijing. The […]
UCI lists teams applying for 2012 WorldTour and Professional Continental registration
Garmin-Cervélo and Movistar missing from list along with the expected application from Geox-TMC The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released the list of teams that are applying for ProTeam and Professional Continental licenses for the 2012 season, who submitted the […]
Giro d’Italia releases details of Danish opening stages
Three day opening for the Corsa Rosa’s first ever visit to Scandinavia RCS Sport, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has released details of the opening three stages of next year’s race, which is to start in the city of […]
Johan Bruyneel: “Winning the Tour comes down to strategy”
RadioShack manager talks about the merger with Leopard Trek and the task of winning the Tour de France with Andy Schleck With the merger between RadioShack and Leopard Trek – creating what is currently referred to as RadioShack-Nissan-Trek –team manager […]
Annemiek van Vleuten confirms with Rabobank; Elisa Longo Borghini to Hitec Products-UCK
Marianne Vos’ right hand woman joins her captain in new Dutch super team Although it is assumed that the vast majority of the Nederland Bloeit team will be carried over to the Rabobank women’s team next year, each rider is […]
Rüdiger Selig sprints to first ever professional victory in Binche-Tournai-Binche
Leopard Trek’s German stagiere wins Frank Vandenbroucke memorial race Rüdiger Selig (Leopard Trek) won the centenary edition of the Binche-Tournai-Binche – Memorial Frank Vandenbroecke to pick up his first ever professional victory. The 22-year-old German, who has been riding as […]
Samuel Sánchez to start with lucky Olympic number eight in Beijing
2008 gold medallist turns down the honour of number one in favour of what he wore three years ago Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has turned down the honour of wearing race number one in the Tour of Beijing, which start in […]
