Simon Clarke nets fifth place for GreenEdge in Tour du Haut Var
Aussie suffered gearing trouble in stage two finale Simon Clarke (GreenEdge) pedaled to two fifth place finishes in the Tour du Haut Var over the weekend, netting the Australian fifth place overall in the two-day race. But it was the […]
Red-hot Tiernan-Locke climbs to Haut Var stage two, overall victory
Brit gets third and fourth victory for Endura Racing In his first big races for British team Endura Racing, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke is showing the poise and patience of a veteran. The 27-year-old today climbed to a brilliant statement win in […]
Patrick Gretsch fastest in the prologue in Vuelta a Andulucía
TT specialist gets early race lead over returning champ Markel Irizar Patrick Gretsch (Project 1t4i) covered the six-kilometer prologue course around San Fernando, Spain in 6 minutes 49 seconds to take the prologue of the Vuelta a Andulucía-Ruta Ciclista del […]
Lampre-ISD could be landing spot for Franco Pellizotti
Liquigas-Cannondale, Acqua & Sapone, Farnese Vini-Selle Italia also in the running Franco Pellizotti is set to make his return to professional racing in early March, and it now appears that the Italian climber will settle on one of four possible […]
Geoffroy Lequatre adding experience and wisdom to Bretagne-Schuller
Veteran Frenchman back on French team after two years with RadioShack After two years spent as the lone native French speaker on the American team Radioshack, Geoffroy Lequatre moves back to a French team for 2012, as he becomes one […]
Koldo Fernandez hoping for good fit at Garmin-Barracuda
Euskaltel-Euskadi transfer excited to finally ride with other Classics specialists After eight seasons spent riding with his home Basque team Euskaltel-Euskadi, Koldo Fernandez (Garmin-Barracuda) is excited about the prospect of riding for a team that can legitimately contest the types […]
Cross roundup: Stybar rues Worlds illness after Superprestige win
Nys takes GP Stad Eeklo, Pauwels bests Van der Haar at GP Heuts Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sprinted to victory ahead of Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) in yesterday’s Superprestige finale in Middelkerke, and while he is excited to finish the […]
Dominique Rollin building for Classics season with FDJ-BigMat
Canadian excited to race with strong French Classics squad After a decent showing in the Tour of Qatar, Dominique Rollin (FDJ-BigMat) heads next to the Tour of Oman, where he will look to continue to build fitness and camaraderie with […]
Rabobank in Qatar: “It was a learning process”
Renshaw unable to repeat as champion in second race with Dutch squad The Dutch team Rabobank was able to take some positives away from the final stage of the Tour of Qatar, which saw the team’s new sprinter Mark Renshaw […]
Frédéric Guesdon: “I want so much to finish in Roubaix”
Frenchman will be back on bike six weeks from Paris-Roubaix After suffering a hip fracture at the end of the second stage of the Santos Tour Down Under, Frédéric Guesdon (FDJ-BigMat) thought his final season had ended already, well before […]