Armitstead recovering after Qatar crash
Cervélo TestTeam rider Lizzie Armitstead had an unlucky start to her first season with her new team, crashing out of stage one of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. Despite being unable to finish the stage though, the young Briton was […]
Stybar: 'I slept with my rainbow jersey'
Yesterday’s Parkcross race in Maldegem, Belgium may have been won by 2009 World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), but the star of the show was undoubtedly the seventh-place finisher: new rainbow jersey Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea), according to Het Nieuwsblad. “Styby” was […]
Bozic repeats to take Bessèges stage 2
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) took his second successive stage victory in the Etoile de Bessèges between Nîmes and Saint-Ambroix, according to l’Equipe. The Slovenian once again took the bunch sprint ahead of the same two riders as yesterday, but with Arnaud […]
Bronzini wins windy sprint to take Qatar stage 2 and race lead
Giorgia Bronzini of the Italian National Team won a bunch sprint to take the second stage of the Tour of Qatar between Al Zubarah and the Oryx Farm. The world points race champion, who won two stages last year and […]
Steegmans and Katusha in court over 2009 salary
Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans was in court in Geneva, Switzerland with Katusha, his former team, over the non-payment of his salary in the second half of last year, according to Het Nieuwsblad. Steegmans is demanding that the Russian team honours […]
Stybar: 'I slept with my rainbow jersey'
Yesterday’s Parkcross race in Maldegem, Belgium may have been won by 2009 World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), but the star of the show was undoubtedly the seventh-place finisher: new rainbow jersey Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea), according to Het Nieuwsblad. “Styby” was […]
Bozic repeats to take Bessèges stage 2
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) took his second successive stage victory in the Etoile de Bessèges between Nîmes and Saint-Ambroix, according to l’Equipe. The Slovenian once again took the bunch sprint ahead of the same two riders as yesterday, but with Arnaud […]
Bronzini wins windy sprint to take Qatar stage 2 and race lead
Giorgia Bronzini of the Italian National Team won a bunch sprint to take the second stage of the Tour of Qatar between Al Zubarah and the Oryx Farm. The world points race champion, who won two stages last year and […]
Amber Rais fractures pelvis in Qatar training crash
US rider Amber Rais has suffered a fractured pelvis while out training with the national team on the eve of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. She is currently in hospital in Doha, the Middle Eastern country’s capital, but hopes to […]
Cadel Evans: 'No Tour would not be end of the World'
As Tour de France runner-up in 2007 and 2008, and current World Champion, Cadel Evans ought to be one of the first names on the Tour organisers list. After switching from ProTour Silence-Lotto (now OmegaPharma-Lotto) to Professional Continental BMC Racing […]
