Tour de Picardie: Egidijus Juodvalkis wins uphill opening sprint
Unpronounceable Lithuanian moves into lead after first stage Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet) won the opening stage of the Tour de Picardie between Abbeville and La Neuville-en-Hez. The unpronounceable 23-year-old former Lithuanian champion outsprinted Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Swiss champion Martin […]
Tour of Chongming Island: Teutenberg secures overall as Chloe Hosking wins final stage
HTC-Highroad completes almost total domination of Chinese stage race Chloe Hosking (HTC-Highroad) won the third and final stage of the Tour of Chongming Island, the Shanghai East Beach Cup, in a bunch sprint, completing the team’s almost total domination of […]
Giro d’Italia: Alberto Contador looking forward to the mountains
Tour de France champion sees Sunday’s Etna stage as more decisive than today’s though For many riders, today’s short, sharp stage between Maddaloni and Montevergine di Mercogliano is where the Giro d’Italia really starts. One of those is Tour de […]
Giro d’Italia: Eruptions on Mount Etna could disrupt Sunday’s stage
Ash and lava floes could force the shortening of the race’s big showpiece With half of the World’s cycling media currently readying their cliché-ometers for Sunday’s big stage to Mount Etna, the words “volcanic” and “eruption” might well be needed […]
Giro d’Italia: Francisco Ventoso sprints to stage six win as the Ale-Jet switches off his afterburners
Pieter Weening holds onto the maglia rosa after Rabobank controls the stage-long break Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) won the sixth stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia between Orvieto and Fiuggi in a bunch sprint at the head of what was a […]
Giro d’Italia: Mixed fortunes for Saxo Bank-SunGard captains on Strade Bianche stage
Cuts and bruises for Richie Porte but a strong finish for Alberto Contador Saxo Bank-SunGard enjoyed mixed fortunes on yesterday’s fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia, which crossed a number of sections of Tuscany’s iconic Strade Bianche between Piompino and […]
Tour of California: BMC looking forward to racing “at home”
Brent Bookwalter returns from injury, while Steve Morabito hoping to improve on last year’s twelfth place The BMC Racing Team is looking forward to the Amgen Tour of California, which starts in South Lake Tahoe this coming Sunday, sending a […]
Tour of Chongming Island: Ina Teutenberg wins second stage; reinforces lead
HTC-Highroad puts the peloton to the sword as strong winds bluster the race Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island, the “Chongming Industrial Zone Cup” in Chongxi, in another bunch sprint. The German über-sprinter […]
Giro d’Italia: Stage and race lead for Pieter Weening after heroic Strade Bianche attack
Race marred by a serious crash to Weening’s teammate Tom Slagter, but Dutchman said to be stable Pieter Weening (Rabobank) took both the stage victory and the race’s pink jersey on the tough medium mountain stage between Piomino and Orvieto, […]
Belgacom pulls out of talks with new Lotto cycling project
Would have been too expensive for Belgian telecoms company Belgian telecoms company Belgacom has officially announced that it will not be part of the new team set up by Lotto next year, according to Het Nieuwsblad. Lotto, the trading name […]
