Boonen upset to miss worlds, Australians don’t pick Renshaw
Two big names missing from teams for Copenhagen Tom Boonen’s bid to take his second world championship in six years has run aground, with the Belgian being forced to tell national selectors that he wouldn’t be up to the task. […]
Andrea Guardini equals Cavendish’s debut season record of eleven wins
Italian sprinter looks set for big future Four years after Mark Cavendish clocked up a record eleven wins in his debut pro season, that total has been equalled by the 22 year old Italian Andrea Guardini. The Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli […]
Stage two of Tour of Britain cancelled due to dangerous weather conditions
Race organisers of the Tour of Britain have taken the difficult decision to cancel today’s second stage of the Tour of Britain due to concerns over rider safety. High winds and debris scattered along sections of the course have made […]
Chaves seals Tour de l’Avenir win for Colombia
Decisive final stage turns things round Gaining 24 seconds over the yellow jersey on the mountainous final stage of the race, Colombian rider Johan Esteban Chaves jumped from second to first overall in the Tour de l’Avenir on Sunday. The […]
Costa scorches to WorldTour victory in GP Cycliste de Montreal
Fedrigo second, Gilbert leaves it too late and takes third Portuguese rider Rui Costa followed up on his victory on stage eight of this year’s Tour de France with another major success, winning the WorldTour Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. […]
Mark Cavendish sprints to victory on day one of Tour of Britain
Manxman quickest into Dumfries on wet, windy day Two weeks prior to the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish (HTC Highroad) showed that he has built on his form since withdrawing from the Vuelta a España when he won the […]
Chris Froome accepts Vuelta time bonus rule, vows to fight until the finish
Sky rider needs to put in a huge performance to overhaul Cobo’s 13 second advantage For some, the time bonuses animate the racing and ensure the big guns push all the way to the finish when there are seconds up […]
Hushovd and Boasson Hagen donate signed items to Save the Children’s Africa appeal
Norwegian stars hoping for good public interest in Tour de France-related auction Following an auction last month which successfully raised much-needed funds for Save the Children Norway’s work in East Africa, more pro riders have contributed signed items to another […]
Denis Galimzyanov wins Paris-Brussels in mass sprint
Success for Katusha team, McEwen misses out on sixth win Russian sprinter Denis Galimzyanov proved quickest at the end of today’s Paris-Brussels semi-Classic, launching his sprint at the right moment and beating the Belarusian Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) and Frenchman Anthony […]
Fahlin caps off strong Tour de l’Ardèche campaign with fourth stage win
Emma Pooley takes overall classification Young Swedish rider Emilia Fahlin secured the 107th victory for the women’s HTC Highroad team this year when she raced to a final stage win in the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche on Saturday. […]