Huge crowds expected for first day of action As he did earlier this year on key stages of the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, British pro Daniel Lloyd has ridden the opening stage of the Tour of Britain […]

World champion hopes for an amicable separation and that British team doesn’t demand a release fee After weeks of speculation and gossip from everybody but the man himself, Mark Cavendish has finally confirmed that he does want to leave Team […]

German sprinter shows versatility in defence of teammate Charlotte Becker’s overall lead Ina Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) showed her versatility in the fifth stage of the Brain Wash Holland Ladies Toer, in Bergeijk, in the southern Netherlands, as she outsprinted the rest […]

Denis Menchov takes breakaway stage; race leader bends under pressure but doesn’t break Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) bent, but did not break, under pressure from both Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the steep climb to the […]

Belgian champion outsprints Mark Renshaw and Oscar Freire after a long day of breakaways The Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) domination of the 2012 Classics continued in Paris-Brussels as the Belgian champion added the race between the two European capitals […]

Biggest climb of the race to decide three-way Spanish battle for the race With 19 stages down, all eyes in the Vuelta a España are now firmly trained on today’s finish on the top of the Bols del Mundo. The […]

Australian champion outpaces Greg Van Avermaet on false flat finishing straight Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec in a two-up sprint in the capital of French-speaking Canada. The Australian champion outpaced Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (BMC […]

Charlotte Becker takes second and holds lead as the wind finally hits the Dutch race Marianne Vos (Rabobank) won the fourth stage of the Brain Wash Holland Ladies Toer in the town of Zaltbommel, just north of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, southern Netherlands, […]

Former Belgian champion leaps away from the pack on long uphill drag Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) took his second victory of the 2012 Vuelta a España on the “complicated” uphill finish of stage 19 between Peñafiel and La Lastrilla. The […]

36-year-old German to continue with the team he’s called home since 1999 Rabobank’s Grischa Niermann is to retire after the Vuelta a España and take up a coaching role with the team. The 36-year-old German is currently riding the Spanish […]