Boonen and Roelandts each hoping for second Belgian road race title
In-form Classics men looking to grab title in Geel amongst loaded field The Belgian National Road Race Championships will be one of the feature events on Sunday, when many elite men’s road race titles roll off in Europe and around […]
Mikael Chérel set to start first Tour de France for AG2R-La Mondiale
Frenchman hoping to emulate Jeremy Roy’s heroic efforts of a year ago His French team has not announced its full line-up for the Tour de France as of yet, but Mikael Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale) learned a week ago that he […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi built around Samuel Sanchez for the Tour de France
Returning King of the Mountains will skip Spanish nationals, recovering from Dauphiné crash Though it won’t officially announce its roster for the Tour de France until after the Spanish national championships, multiple sources are listing the nine men set to […]
Tour de Slovenie: Brajkovic scoops overall victory as Koren squeaks out final time trial win
Slovenian crowd goes home happy with double victory on the final day Slovenian Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) confirmed his form for the Tour de France with a win in the final 17km time trial in the Tour de Slovenie on Sunday, […]
Ster ZLM Toer: Kittel repeats on final stage as Cavendish sews up the overall
World champ gets first Ster Elektrotoer title, Boom and Roelandts round out podium Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his second stage of the race, locking up the points jersey in the process, but it was Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) who took […]
Tour de Slovenie: Pozzovivo moves into leader’s jersey after queen stage win
Italian breaks away with Brajkovic and nips him on the line Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) took a hard-fought win in stage three of the Tour de Slovenie, beating Janez Brajkovic (Astana) to the line in Skofja Loka. Pozzovivo also zips […]
Ster ZLM Toer: Boom opens 2012 account in Jalhay, beats Cavendish
British Sky rider retains overall lead Lars Boom (Rabobank) got his first win of the season in impressive fashion, roaring to the uphill sprint victory in stage three of the Ster ZLM Toer. Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) was second yet […]
Ster ZLM Toer: Greipel victory raises Lotto-Belisol win tally to twenty
German sprinter bests Cavendish, who moves into overall race lead Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) got his 13th win of the season, tops in the professional peloton in 2012, after taking stage two of the Ster ZLM Toer on Friday. The big […]
Tour de Slovenie: Daryl Impey speeds to stage two victory
South African takes second win of the season ahead of Ponzi, Ulissi Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) survived the rolling terrain of the second stage of the Tour de Slovénie on Friday and took the bunch sprint ahead of current race leader […]
Tour de Slovénie Preview: Italian teams and Astana likely to feature
Diego Ulissi looking to defend title in four-day stage race The Tour of Slovenia (UCI 2.1) gets underway today, one of several 2.1 races positioned as Tour de France warm up races outside of France or Switzerland. The four-day stage […]
