Joaquim Rodríguez eyes Tour de France and Vuelta a España
Feels like the sport’s number one Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) has won the season-long World ranking competition from the International Cycling Union (UCI) and is quite happy about it. In an interview to Spanish sports paper AS, he talked about his […]
Cyclocross World Cup Aigle: Stybar dominates and continues his winning season
Strong Albert powers to second place An ever-aggressive Zdenek Stybar powered away from his competitors halfway through the 60-minute race to take round one of the Cyclocross World Cup, in Aigle, Switzerland. Niels Albert fought back from a bad start […]
Caisse d'Epargne's Rui Costa stranded without contract for 2011
Differences with Eusebio Unzué eliminate Movistar option Portuguese rider Rui Costa is without a contract for the upcoming season. The Caisse d’Epargne rider will not move over to the Movistar team, with Movistar being the replacement sponsor of the French […]
Gilbert takes triple-double with Flandrien 2010 award
Caps another successful fall campaign Hours after taking his second Giro di Lombardia in a row, Philippe Gilbert was also crowned with the Flandrien 2010 award, ahead of Tom Boonen and teammate Jurgen van den Broeck. His Flandrien 2009 award […]
Luis León Sánchez part of winning pursuit team at Spanish track championships
Spaniard’s season extends a little longer; will meet Rabobank teammates this week Luis León Sánchez formed part of the track pursuit team of Murcia to take yet another win in the 2010 season. The Murcia team beat the team of […]
Millar crushes competition at Chrono des Nations – Les Herbières Vendée
Eclipses Bodrogi’s course record David Millar became the first ever rider to complete the 48.5km course at the Chrono des Nations – Les Herbières Vendée under 59 minutes. His 58’53 bettered the old record from Laszlo Bodrogi (59’18) by almost […]
Giro di Lombardia: Favorite Philippe Gilbert repeats victory in the race of the falling leaves
Gilbert and Scarponi side by side on final climb before Gilbert takes off Philippe Gilbert had no problem with the burden of the pre-race favorite, taking his second Giro di Lombardia in impressive style on a rainy day in northern […]
Gilbert is the favorite for the Giro di Lombardia
Belgian feels well in role of potential winner On-form Philippe Gilbert is the main favorite for today’s Giro di Lombardia, the final classic of the season. The Belgian showed at the World Championships with a promising late attack that he […]
Joaquim Rodríguez ends season in UCI world ranking top spot
Abandons Lombardy after 40km with slight health problems Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodríguez ended the 2010 season 40 kilometers into today’s Giro di Lombardia. Along with his pre-race admission that his form wasn’t there anymore, the Spaniard also suffered from stomach problems. […]
Neben and Miller to join HTC-High Road Sports women's team in 2011
A young talent and experienced rider head to American team High Road Sports announced the signing of two riders for the women’s squad for the 2011 season in Amber Neben and Amanda Miller. Miller is a young talent who has […]
