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 […]
Holland Ladies Tour: Ina Teutenberg takes stage one in photo finish
HTC-Columbia über-sprinter just edges out Marianne Vos Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won the first stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Nuenen-Gerwen, to the northeast of Eindhoven, in a close bunch sprint. It took a photograph to separate the German from […]
Transfer News: Thor Hushovd confirms move to Garmin-Cervélo
Norwegian champion follows his bike sponsor to American ProTour team Thor Hushovd has ended speculation about his immediate future by confirming that he has signed a contract with Garmin-Transitions, which will become Garmin-Cervélo in 2011. Rumours about the Norwegian champion’s […]
Carlos Sastre: “This could be a knockout Vuelta”
2008 Tour winner feeling the heat in his last Grand Tour for Cervélo Cervélo TestTeam captain Carlos Sastre is riding his final Grand Tour for the black and white team. Having finished eighth in May’s Giro d’Italia and twentieth in […]
Vuelta a España: Illness hits Team Sky as John-Lee Augustyn and Ben Swift abandon
British team struck as two abandon and two struggle through A digestive illness has struck Team Sky in the first week of the Vuelta a España and has forced climber John-Lee Augstyn and sprinter Ben Swift to abandon the race. […]
Eneco Tour puts Tony Martin in World Ranking top twenty but leaves leaders untouched
Young German rises thanks to Benelux victory while the top men sit it out Victory in last week’s Eneco Tour has lifted HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin into the top twenty of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Ranking for the first […]
Vuelta a España: Philippe Gilbert attacks uphill to take stage 3 and race lead
Belgian classics star escapes to win solo on short sharp finish Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the third stage of the Vuelta a España between the Mediterranean resorts of Marbella and Málaga after attacking on the short steep climb to the […]
Fabian Cancellara speaking with other teams besides Saxo Bank
World time trial champion thinking about the future, maybe not with Riis’ team Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) is rebuilding his form in advance of his bid to take an unprecedented World time trial championship in Melbourne, Australia. While there he […]
Vuelta a España: Yauheni Hutarovich outsprints the best on the Costa del Sol
Belarusian hands rare defeat to Mark Cavendish on hot and hilly race to the sea Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) won the second stage of the Vuelta a España between Alcalá de Guadaira and Marbella in a bunch sprint. The Belarusian outsprinted […]
