Tjallingii nabs first win in eight years on day two of World Ports Classic
Maes wins overall after stage one victor Wallays is distanced to breakaway group Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin Pro Cycling) raced to a superb solo win on stage two of the World Ports Classic today, attacking a break on the final stage […]
Dan Martin out of Vuelta a España due to concussion
Setback for Irish world championship contender Irish professional Dan Martin will not be able to take the start of today’s eighth stage of the Vuelta a España, with the injuries from his crash on yesterday’s seventh leg proving too much. […]
Gilbert goes close to win, says his form will be “better and better” as the world championships approaches
Pinotti gets good workout with long breakaway Although he is still battling to take his first victory in the rainbow jersey of world champion, Philippe Gilbert has taken encouragement from his near miss today when he finished second on stage […]
Stybar notches up his first Vuelta a España stage win, denies Gilbert in two up sprint
Stage to Mairena de Aljafare decided by opportunistic move inside final ten kilometres Following up on his two stage wins and overall victory in the recent Eneco Tour, former world cyclo-cross champion Zdenek Stybar continued his rise as a road […]
Kimmage confirms that legal appeal over McQuaid and Verbruggen lawsuit has been dismissed
Journalist to speak to his lawyer to consider if further course of action should be taken The journalist Paul Kimmage has confirmed that an appeal lodged against the original dismissal of a case taken by him has been rejected by […]
Wallays beats Greipel and Petacchi to the line on day one of World Ports Classic
Bizarre error in route directions hands young Belgian rider the first leader’s jersey Riding very well in a solo move but also benefitting from a race direction error which saw the break cover less ground than the main bunch, Jelle […]
Tony Martin metres away from one of the most impressive results of the past decade
Rider launches solo break of over 170 kilometres Tony Martin underlined why he is a double world time trial champion today with an astounding performance in the Vuelta a España. Attacking just after the drop of the flag and remaining […]
Analysis: Why McQuaid’s commitment to a UCI enquiry falls far short of what is needed
Tygart: “If that is what they are trying to do, it stinks to high heaven” With exactly thirty days until the UCI presidential elections, the candidates Pat McQuaid and Brian Cookson are planning their final build-up to what will be […]
Di Luca faces hearing over EPO positive in one week’s time
Lengthy ban likely for 37 year old rider, who previously served two bans It’s taken three months but Danilo di Luca’s case is finally moving forward. The three-time doping offender has a hearing in front of the Italian Olympic Committee […]
Niyonshuti en route to full recovery from deep vein thrombosis, likely to return to racing in early 2014
MTN Qhubeka rider nearing end of anticoagulant treatment, will be able to train outdoors from November Six months after he was forced to take a complete break from racing due to a problem with deep vein thrombosis, Adrien Niyonshuti is […]
