Evelyn Stevens solos over Ghisallo to take Giro Donne stage seven
American rider escapes over historic climb to put herself in overall contentionEvelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Como and Albese con Cassano, after escaping alone on the climb to the Madonna del Ghisallo. […]
Transfer news: is Greg Van Avemaet bound for BMC Racing?
Belgian rumoured to be heading to Switzerland to bolster classics squad Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet is bound for BMC Racing, according to the Gazet Van Antwerpen. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the American team, the newspaper […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish finally gets his victory in stage five
Manx Missile fires at last to leave sprint rivals in his wake and silence his critics Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the fifth stage of the Tour de France between Épernay and Montargis, as the HTC-Columbia team got its sprint to […]
Second straight Giro Donne stage for Vos as she consolidates race lead
Dutchwoman confirms pink jersey by outsprinting breakaway rivals after long rolling stage Marianne Vos (Netherlands) won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Gallarate and Arcisate, just outside Varese, the venue for the 2008 World championships. Vos beat […]
Tour de France: Petacchi sprints to second stage victory as breakaway is caught just in time
Ale-Jet flies once more and is re-crowned king of the sprinters in Champagne capital Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the fourth stage of the Tour de France between Cambrai and Reims, the capital of the Champagne region. He outsprinted the […]
Marianne Vos takes stage and lead in Giro Donne as the real racing starts
Dutch sensation outsprints World champion to win tough hilly stage and takes pink jersey Marianne Vos (Netherlands) won the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Orta San Giulio and Pettenasco. The former World champion outsprinted the current holder […]
Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins in Arenberg as Fabian Cancellara seizes back yellow
Mighty Norse rider shows his cobble class as Spartacus smashes the peloton Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) won the third stage of the Tour de France between Wanze and Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut after outsprinting a very select group. The Norwegian champion […]
Tour de France: Robert Gesink rides on despite broken arm from stage 2 crash
Dutch rider breaks bones for the second successive Tour but carries on this time Another casualty of stage 2’s crashes was Rabobank team leader Robert Gesink. The 24-year-old Dutchman, who won the toughest stage of last month’s Tour de Suisse, […]
Tour de France: Jürgen Roelandts angry at missing out on green jersey after stage 2 neutralisation
Young Belgian denied the chance to sprint into green on home soil in debut Tour Another voice of dissention could be heard today, that of OmegaPharma-Lotto’s Jürgen Roelandts, showing that yesterday’s race neutralisation was by no means unanimously supported within […]
Tour de France: Quick Step’s French boys give the Belgian team its biggest day
Stage win, yellow, green and polka dot jerseys add up to Belgian team’s finest hour in the Tour For Belgian team Quick Step a good performance as the Tour de France crossed its home roads was important. Until his last […]
