World championships: Danish rider Mads Wurtz takes junior TT victory on home soil
Silver and bronze medals go to New Zealand and Australia Giving the home fans big reason to celebrate after Rasmus Christian Quaade’s silver medal yesterday, Mads Wurtz Schmidt snagged Denmark’s first gold medal of the 2011 UCI world road race […]
Irish champion Matt Brammeier signs for Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Joins other HTC Highroad team-mates on Belgian team After one season with the HTC Highroad team, the Irish road race champion Matt Brammeier has secured another WorldTour contract and will move to the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team in 2012. The […]
World championships: Australia’s Jessica Allen pips British rival Elinor Barker for Junior TT gold
Junior women’s race gets Copenhagen world championships underway Starting off last in the field, Australian rider Jessica Allen put her country on top of the leaderboard at the world road race championships when she edged to victory in today’s junior […]
Is Sky on verge of announcing Mark Cavendish as a new rider?
Tour of Britain could offer perfect platform to maximise publicity The long silence about Mark Cavendish’s future was initially expected to come to an end weeks ago, with the Tour de France green jersey winner giving that timeframe for news […]
Tour of Britain: Dowsett grabs time trial victory, Boom extends race lead
Dutchman now 36 seconds clear with one stage remaining Racing on home soil in the Tour of Britain, Sky Procycling’s Alex Dowsett sped to a superb time trial champion on today’s penultimate stage of the race. The national time trial […]
Filippo Pozzato looking for fresh start after signing for Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
Talented Italian under achiever hoping to reboot career with Pro conti squad After three stressful years at Team Katusha, where he struggled to meet expectations and to deliver on the promise he showed by winning Milan Sanremo at 24, Filippo […]
Tour of Britain: GC contenders scrap it out in time trial for final podium places
Race leader Boom one of top favourites for time trial Although this afternoon’s last stage will of course play a part, the final finishing order of this year’s Tour of Britain will most likely be shaped by the 8.8 kilometre […]
Tour of Britain: Cavendish grabs final stage, Boom takes overall classification
McLaughlin and House ride aggressively prior to another one-two for HTC Highroad One week before the Elite road race at the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish showed his sprinting form is strong with a final-stage triumph in the Tour […]
Robert Gesink has bad training crash, season over due to fractured femur
Dutch rider set to miss Giro di Lombardia again Rabobank’s big hope for the end of season Italian Classics, Robert Gesink, had a bad crash in training today and has been taken to hospital in Doetinchem for treatment. According to […]
Win a signed HTC Jersey in our Tour of Britain competition: final votes welcome
Predict this year’s highest-placed HTC rider This year’s Tour of Britain will be the last one entered by the HTC Highroad team, which has clocked up close to 500 victories in four years and is aiming to win the race […]
