Giro Donne: Emma Pooley wins mountaintop stage eight
British rider pips Marianne Vos as the two are the class of the field yet again Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile on the summit finish at Cancano. The former British champion beat race […]
Tour de France: Tom Boonen abandons with stage five crash injuries
Belgian sprinter forced out for the fourth time in six appearances. Still suffering from the injuries he sustained in a crash on stage five, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France. The Belgian sprinter […]
Tour de France: Edvald Boasson Hagen sprints through the rain to take stage six
Norwegian wins on a wet day across Normandy to take Team Sky’s maiden Tour stage After fears that his Tour de France would be affected by a case of shingles the week before, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won the […]
Tour de France: Gilbert and Frison downplay talk of divisions at Omega Pharma-Lotto
Team has settled its issues around the table after Greipel closed out of stage five sprint Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert and sports directory Herman Frison have both downplayed talk of divisions in the team in this year’s Tour […]
Tour de France: Jean François Pescheux defends stage five route
Movement in the peloton to blame for series of crashes not narrow roads, says race director The Tour de France organisers have been criticised by a number of people over the route of stage five, between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel, […]
Tour de France: “It’s been a great day for me!” says Adriano Malori
Last year’s Lanterne Rouge gets combativity award on stage six He “won” the Lanterne Rouge for last place in the Tour de France last year, but tomorrow morning Lampre-ISD’s Adriano Malori will pin on the red number, having been voted […]
Leopard Trek out to recruit a Classics team for Fabian Cancellara
Brian Nygaard negotiating with riders’ agents at the Tour de France Leopard Trek’s general manager Brian Nygaard is on the lookout for some capable teammates for Fabian Cancellara’s 2012 Classics campaign, according to feltet.dk. The Swiss champion, who did the […]
Giro Donne: Marianne Vos is the Queen of the Mortirolo
Dutch champion dominates Queen stage of the race over one of the sport’s toughest climbs Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) continued her cannibal-esque domination of the Giro d’Italia Femminile with yet another victory in the Queen stage of the race. The […]
Tour de France: The Manx Missile fires at last in crash strewn stage
Mark Cavendish takes stage six as the peloton overcomes some late French resistence Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) has opened his account in the 2011 Tour de France, taking the fifth stage between Carhaix and Cap Fréhel in a bunch sprint. The […]
Giro Donne: Unbeatable Marianne Vos sprints to stage six victory
Dutch champion shows who’s the boss on any terrain Marianne Vos (Nedeland Bloeit) has proved that she is the strongest rider on virtually every terrain by taking the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Fontanellato and Piacenza in […]








