Italian climber retakes jersey with dominant solo victory Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) seized back control of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali with a dominant solo victory in stage 3 between Casalecchio di Reno and Gaggio Montano. The climber from Vicenza […]

HTC-Highroad’s 2010 winner recovering from bad cold Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad), the winner of the 2010 edition of Gent-Wevelgem has been suffering from a cold during his preparation for the defence of his title. The 30-year-old Austrian is confident and determined […]

Autumn classics and home World Championships now the focus of Dane’s season Rabobank’s Matti Breschel has undergone a second knee operation, according to the Dutch team. The Danish rider was re-examined at the hospital in Amersfoort, Netherlands; at first there […]

Kilometres and climbs added over 2010 route The opening stage of this weekend’s Critérium International will be even tougher this year as race organiser ASO has added almost 25km, and two more climbs, to its length. The stage between Porto-Vecchio […]

Belgian superteam’s lack of 2011 success pushes its team car further back in the race convoy Quick Step’s dearth of success on the road this season is making its effects felt in all kinds of areas; the one most noticeable […]

Disaster strikes Liquigas-Cannondale as entire team crashes in final kilometre Victory for Androni Giocattoli in the stage 1b team time trial has put team leader Emanuele Sella into the race lead. The white and blue team completed the 15.6km course, […]

Finally a victory for the Ale-Jet! After two second places in a spring disrupted by illness, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) has finally taken his first win of 2011. The Ale-Jet from La Spezia won the second stage of the Volta a […]

Local sprinter takes second win of the season in seaside circuit as crashes disrupt the finish   Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the opening semi-tappa of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, based a circuit around the Emilia Romagna […]

Condition is worse than team thought and blue-fuchsia team captain withdraws Damiano Cunego’s ear infection is worse than the Lampre-ISD team originally thought and so the blue-fuchsia team has withdrawn its captain from this week’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. […]

Big crash left teams undisputed leader isolated at the front For British team Sky, Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo proved to be something of a disaster; team leader Edvald Boasson Hagen was the only rider from the team to find himself ahead of […]