Tour de l’Aude: Mattis takes stage 5 and moves into contention
Breakaway stage win puts US rider on the podium Katheryn Mattis (United States) took the team’s second successive stage victory in the Tour de l’Aude, escaping alone to win in Amélie les Bains. She is also the second successive American […]
Petrov wins rainy stage as Giro turns on its head
Incredible day in the rain sees race turned upside down. Evgeni Petrov (Katusha) won stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia between Lucera and l’Aquila, escaping on the final drag to the finish. Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) was second, with Carlos […]
Giro d’Italia: Martin Pedersen wants some better luck
Dane still optimistic despite numerous crashes and mechanicals Footon-Servetto’s Martin Pedersen hasn’t had the best Giro d’Italia so far. After finishing second to last in the stage 1 time trial in Amsterdam, things have gone from bad to worse for […]
Giro d’Italia: Sastre feeling “more optimistic” after sunny day
Cervélo captain finally has a good day! “We have finally had a sunny and pretty day in this year’s Giro d’Italia,” said Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) after finishing today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia in Bitonto. It has not been […]
Tour de l’Aude: Abbott takes queen stage as Pooley takes yellow
Team USA rider reaffirms her mountain class, while British Cervélo rider asserts herself overall Mara Abbott (United States) won the mountainous queen stage of the Tour de l’Aude in Osseja, outsprinting breakaway companion Emma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) after 97km in […]
Giro d’Italia: Farrar sprints to stage win number two
Garmin-Transitions’ American sprinter wins in another chaotic sprint finish Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won his second stage of the Giro d’Italia, outsprinting the peloton at the end of the 230km stage 10 between Avellino and Bitonto. Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) was second […]
Contador to miss Spanish championships road race once more
Tour champion feels national road race is too flat and risky Tour de France favourite Alberto Contador is to miss out on his national championship road race, he told Spanish Eurosport commentators yesterday. The Astana rider does not feel that […]
Bruyneel: RadioShack and Astana are like night and day
RadioShack boss talks Astana, Vino and Armstrong’s Tour de France chances With the Tour of California in full swing, Johan Bruyneel, the manager of US team RadioShack, is in great demand. In an interview in Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, Bruyneel […]
Teutenberg wins Aude stage 3 in windy breakaway
German super-sprinter escapes in a small group to get her 19th Aude stage HTC-Columbia über-sprinter Ina Teutenberg once again defied those who would pigeonhole her, by winning stage 3 of the Tour de l’Aude from a three-strong breakaway group. The […]
Cyclocross World champion Stybar has saddle cyst removed
World cyclocross champion Zdenek Stybar has had a successful operation to remove a cyst from his saddle area, Sporza reports. The 24-year-old Czech has been suffering discomfort for a long time, but now the pain should go away, he hopes. […]
