Sánchez successor of Contador in Spanish time trial Championships
Caisse d’Epargne teammate Costa wins in Portugual In the absence of Alberto Contador, Luis León Sánchez won the Spanish time trial championships in Villarrobledo, over a course of 36.8km. Sánchez’s time was 43’34. He was 41 seconds ahead of Jose […]
Martin wins German time trial championships, Becker takes women's road title
National championships are overshadowed by soccer World Cup Tony Martin did what he wanted to do in Sangerhausen, Germany, and won the national time trial title. He de-throned teammate Bert Grabsch, a former World Championships winner in this discipline. The […]
Liquigas rider Vincenzo Nibali skips Tour de France
After a successful Giro the Italian will ride the Vuelta a España Vincenzo Nibali of the Italian Liquigas team will skip this year’s Tour de France, despite the fact that he initially marked it as his season highlight. Nibali was […]
Van de Walle repeats Halle-Ingooiem victory
Belgian gets help from Devolder to beat Van Avermaet Quick Step’s Jurgen Van de Walle repeated his 2009 victory in the Belgian Halle-Ingooiem race. Van de Walle escaped in the final kilometers from a larger break and held off the […]
Boeckmans books victory in final Ster Elektrotoer stage, Hansen holds on to overall win
Final stage ends in sprint Kris Boeckmans sprinted to victory in the final stage of the 24th Ster Elektrotoer race in the Netherlands, beating Artem Ovechkin and André Greipel. Adam Hansen finished with the main pack and held on to […]
Fränk Schleck wins Tour de Suisse in nail biting final over Armstrong
Martin takes time trial as Gesink falls out of yellow jersey Fränk Schleck produced an outstanding time trial for his measures, losing only five seconds to Lance Armstrong in the final 27km race against the clock in Liestal. It is […]
Pooley takes Giro del Trentino donne overall while Patuzzo gets final stage
Cervélo TestTeam dominates Italian stage race It was the day’s glory for Eleonora Patuzzo (Safi Pasta Zara) in the final stage of the Giro di Trentino, but Emma Pooley produced an even bigger smile, as she won her second stage […]
Route du Sud: Moncoutié takes first stage race victory of the season
Australian Docker wins final stage Cofidis rider David Moncoutié won the overall classification of the Route du Sud after taking over the lead in yesterday’s time trial. Australian Mitchell Docker won the final stage over 190kilometers from Lavaur to Castres. […]
Greg van Avermaet wants Belgian Nationals title
Will have competition from own teammate Gilbert Van Avermaet seems to be on his way up again, following two difficult years. He finished third in yesterday’s stage of the Tour de Suisse and is eyeing the Belgian road title, to […]
Costa leads Caisse d'Epargne to double victory in Tour de Suisse
Gesink defends yellow with one day to go Rui Costa set the decisive attack out of a seven-man front group with around ten kilometers remaining in the eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse. The Portuguese rider won with a […]