Holland Ladies Tour: Marianne Vos wins wet sprint to close in on overall
World Cup winner takes rainy stage to move closer to overall lead Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the third stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Gieten, in the Drenthe region. The World Cup winner outsprinted Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) […]
Christian Knees to return this weekend after Eneco Tour crash
German champion comes back after two weeks out with facial injuries Christian Knees will return to racing this weekend as part of the Milram team heading to the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens in Leuven, Belgium on Sunday. The German champion […]
Vuelta a España: Thor Hushovd wins stage 6 sprint over split peloton
Norwegian champion powers to victory after late climb leaves rivals behind Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) won the sixth stage of the Vuelta a España between Caravaca de la Cruz and Murcia at the head of a much reduced peloton. The […]
Canada gets ready for the ProTour
Two new races to become first North American events in the elite series Next week sees the first ever races in the International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour series to be held in North America with the Grand Prix Cycliste de […]
UCI meets with Cycle Industry to clarify regulations
Governing body hopes to take proactive role in development to prevent illegal products The International Cycling Union (UCI) organised a conference called “The UCI and the cycling industry” at the Eurobike trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The aim was, according […]
Holland Ladies Tour: Martine Bras takes stage two and the lead as breakaway survives
Dutch sprinter stays away as crashes disrupt the peloton Martine Bras (Mixteam Merida/Gauss) won the second stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Leende, south of Eindhoven, after a three-rider break managed to hold off the peloton. As the outstanding […]
Vuelta a España: Tyler Farrar wins stage five sprint to get pre-Worlds morale boost
American outpaces his rivals for Melbourne after long breakaway is caught Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitons) won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España between Guadix and Lorca in a bunch sprint. The American beat Koldo Fernandez (Euaskaltel-Euskadi) and Mark Cavendish […]
Philippe Gilbert: “Vuelta stage finish was not as tough as Flèche Wallonne”
Belgian wants to hold onto Vuelta lead as long as possible but not take unnecessary risks Although Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has won many of the world’s biggest one-day races, this is the first time he has ever held the leader’s […]
Au revoir Professeur; a tribute to Laurent Fignon
VeloNation looks back at the career of one of the most enigmatic riders of the 1980’s, who sadly died today Andy Warhol famously said that one day everybody would be famous for 15 minutes; Laurent Fignon was famous for 8 […]
Paris-Brussels race presents new finish for 2010
Hills in the closing stages could foil the sprinters The Paris-Brussels race, one of the last big races of the Belgian season, presented a new course for its 90th edition, to be run on September 11th. The 2010 edition of […]
