Amber Neben takes control in New Zealand
A split stage in Palmerston North gave the US national team more opportunities to assert itself. A rolling first stage saw the race’s first successful breakaway, but the afternoon’s time trial saw specialist Amber Neben (US National Team) show her […]
European women’s season opens with Het Nieuwsblad
The start of the men’s classics season also sees the start of the women’s season in Europe with the fifth running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for women. The race shares its start and finish in Gent with the men’s […]
Ale-Jet Petacchi flies to Sardinia stage 3 victory
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the third stage of the Giro di Sardegna in a sprint finish after a 206km rolling stage between Nouro and Oristano. Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce), who is the brother of Riccardo Ricco’s partner Vania […]
Ventoso takes Andalucia stage 5, Rogers takes the overall
Francisco Ventoso (Carmiooro-NGC) won the fifth and final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta del Sol in a sprint at the front of what remained of the peloton. He beat a brace of Australians in the shape of Simon Gerrans […]
Boonen moves back to Monaco; not alone this time
Belgian champion Tom Boonen has once again deserted his cold, wet, windy native Belgium for the sun and tax exemption of Monaco, according to Het Nieuwsblad. Boonen previously moved to the principality in 2005, but decided to return to Mol […]
Shelley Evans repeats in New Zealand stage 2
Team USA sprinter Shelley Evans repeated her first day victory to take stage 2 of the Tour of New Zealand from Masterton to Palmerston North. The Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 rider was once again the fastest sprinter, taking the […]
Alex Rasmussen wins Andalucia stage 4 time trial
Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) was the only rider to break the 13-minute barrier for the 10.9km Vuelta a Andalucia time trial course in the resort city of Malaga. The Dane, who finished third in the sprint on stage 2 overtook […]
Kreuziger climbs to Sardinia glory
Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas-Doimo) outsprinted his breakaway companions to take victory in stage 2 of the Giro di Sardegna. The Czech was the fastest of a group of seven riders that arrived at the mountaintop finish at Nuoro (Monte Ortobene), 922m […]
Shelley Evans takes opening Tour of New Zealand stage for USA
Shelley Evans, riding for the United States national team, won the opening stage of the Tour of New Zealand. She was fastest of a group of 24 riders at the end of 99.6km between Martinborough and Masterson. Australian champion Ruth […]
Double race commitments stretching smaller teams
Teams in the ProTour have the resources necessary to be able to race in two, sometimes three places at once. Calendar clashes in the ProTour and Historic calendars, the top races, are common: Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico occupy the same week […]
