Vuelta a España: Mark Cavendish bunny-hops to make it two in a row in Burgos
HTC-Columbia’s Manx Missile fires once again to jump clear of his rivals Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Rincón de Soto and Burgos in a bunch sprint. The Manx Missile took his second […]
Tour de l’Ardeche: Second successive victory for Lizzie Armitstead on stage 4
Young British Cervélo rider wins another Lizzie Armitstead (Cervélo TestTeam) won the fourth stage of the Tour de l’Ardeche between Saint Sauveur de Montagut and Cruas. The 21-year-old outsprited an elite breakaway group to take her second victory in succession; […]
Tour de l’Ardeche: Ruth Corset and Lizzie Armitstead take stages 2 and 3 and Vicki Whitelaw takes the lead
Australians and Britons continue to dominate useful pre-Worlds stage race Ruth Corset (Australia) won the short Tour de l’Ardeche stage 2 morning time trial in Vals-les-Bains. The Australian road champion completed the 3.5km course in 5’32”, to finish 8 seconds […]
Bjarne Riis and the Schleck boys: The end of the affair?
Chinese whisper fuelled media frenzy over selected part of Riis’ statement, but will they race together again “Disappointed” is how Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis described himself about the decision of Andy Schleck and Stuart O’Grady to sneak out for […]
Tour de l’Ardeche: Sharon Laws takes stage 1 in two-up breakaway sprint
British rider opens 2010 account to take race lead Sharon Laws (Cervélo TestTeam) won the first stage of the Tour de l’Ardeche between Le Pouzin and Beauchastel. The British rider outsprinted breakaway companion Vicki Whitelaw (Lotto Ladies) at the end […]
Tour de l’Avenir: Anthony Delaplace solos to win as crash robs Taylor Phinney of yellow
Wet roads see the end of American’s chances as Frenchman solos to victory Anthony Delaplace (France A) won the second stage of the Tour de l’Avenir between Saint-Amand-Montrond and Cusset after surviving from the day’s long breakaway. Escape partner Nert […]
Vuelta a España: Imanol Erviti takes stage 10 breakaway win, while Joaquim Rodriguez takes the red jersey
Breakaway succeeds once more but bonus sprints decide the race lead Imanol Erviti (Caisse d’Epargne) won the tenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Tarragona and Villanova i la Geltrú after escaping from the day’s main breakaway group. Romain […]
Vuelta a España: Joaquim Rodriguez siezes the red jersey as he races at home
Catalonian rider uses sprint bonuses to take the race lead Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) was disappointed to miss out on taking the red Vuelta a España leader’s jersey in the first week; especially as the race is currently passing through his […]
Transfer News: Sergio Pardilla signs for Team Movistar from 2011
ProContinental rider steps up to the ProTour to replace departing riders Just days after the loss of Luis Leon Sanchez to Rabobank, Caisse d’Epargne has announced the signing of Sergio Pardilla for 2011, when the team will become Team Movistar. […]
25 teams for the Giro di Lombardia; RadioShack, Vacansoleil and Footon-Servetto not invited
Big teams miss out on the end of the season’s most prestigious race The list of 25 teams for the Giro di Lombardia has been released by the race’s organiser RCS Sport, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The “race of […]