Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo (BBox Bouygues Telecom) won the 177 kilometer first stage of this year’s Critérium International with a well timed attack in the closing kilometers, while RadioShack’s Tiego Machado flew the flag for the American team finishing in second […]

Will Routley (Jelly Belly pb Kenda) took victory in stage one of the Redlands Classic on a challenging 27.2 kilometer circuit through the streets of Beaumont. The Canadian made his move to join Luis Amaran (Jamis-Colavita) and Ben Jacques-Mayne (Bissell) […]

Austrian Bernhard Eisel said he’s ready to lead the HTC-Columbia charge in Belgium this Sunday at Gent-Wevelgem. Last year he didn’t finish the race, but he rode to a strong second place finish in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne behind Quick Step’s Tom Boonen, […]

Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara took a convincing win in the E3-Prijs today, with a powerful move from more than a kilometer out to finish off breakaway companions Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky). The Swiss champion’s […]

Past Tour de France winner Stephen Roche is known for being outspoken about matters relating the sport, and has given a frank assessment of the first meeting of Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong since the 2009 Tour de France. The […]

In recent days the Spanish media has been speculating as to why Spaniard Alejandro Valverde was left off the start list of the Volta a Catalunya this week. The thought was that perhaps his Caisse d’Epargne team had been notified […]

HTC-Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg raced aggressively in the criterium at the Redlands Classic on Saturday, distancing herself from the main field by 1’12” with the help of her seven breakaway companions. Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita/Baci pb Cooking Light) sprinted to the race […]

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong had a bad day at the office in today’s first stage of the Critérium International. The anticipated match-up between the American and his former teammate Alberto Contador took an unexpected turn when Armstrong […]

Critérium International pre-race favorite Alberto Contador (Astana) cited seasonal allergies as his main adversary on the island of Corsica today.  The pollen in the air is said to have prevented the Spaniard from having the legs follow the attacks on […]

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg rode to her fifth win of the season today in the first road stage of the 2010 Redlands Classic. With her effort Teutenberg was able to take back 16 seconds on the race leader Amber Neben (Dare to […]