Could illness impact on his Tour de France defense? Spanish time trial champion Alberto Contador has decided to not to defend his title this year due to recent illness.  The two-time Tour de France champion said he began to suffer […]

HTC-Columbia leader powers to another victory HTC-Columbia powerhouse Ina-Yoko Teutenberg rode to her sixteenth win of the season today in a difficult stage two of the Giro del Trentino marked by heavy rain and several unclassified climbs. The German proved […]

Impressive Dauphiné performance leads to first Grand Tour HTC-Columbia’s Tejay Van Garderen came away from last week’s Criterium du Dauphiné with an incredible third place overall.  The 21 year old, who had been racing for the Rabobank Continental team for […]

Young talent set to ride in his biggest stage race yet HTC-Columbia’s Tejay Van Garderen is heading to the Critérium du Dauphiné this weekend in what the team says will be a test to show how the young talent might […]

Defending Tour de France champion builds form for July Alberto Contador (Astana) will be heading to France this weekend to race the Dauphiné Libéré in what will be his last stage race before he looks to defend his Tour de […]

First ever jersey success from Down Under The 2010 Giro d’Italia saw Australians secure an incredible three out of the four classification jerseys with Cadel Evans taking the points, Matthew Lloyd the mountains and Richie Porte emerging as the Best […]

Basso passes the final mountain test The final day in the mountains of this year’s Giro d’Italia saw the riders at the top of the general classification take their last big shot at securing a place on the final podium […]

Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) left no doubts today about who the strongest climber is in this year’s Giro d’Italia.  The 2006 winner rode away from the overall contenders during the race’s nineteenth stage to once again wear the coveted maglia rosa […]

Time for more big mountains It took eighteen stages, but things finally went right for HTC-Columbia’s Andre Greipel on the final flat day of this year’s Giro d’Italia.  The German sprinter entered the race with illness, and had been unable […]

The Giro d’Italia will look forward to the race’s final flat stage tomorrow, but after more than two weeks of surprises, it’s anyone’s guess as to how it will turn out.  Today’s seventeenth stage was won by Cofidis rider Damien […]