Giro d'Italia: Mollema gives Rabobank Grand Tour hopes for the future
Dutch youngster set to finish 12th in the overall Former Tour de l’Avenir winner Bauke Mollema is having a great Giro d’Italia. The 23-year-old Rabobank youngster is 12th in the general classification, likely to be his final ranking, given his […]
Matthew Lloyd is the King of the Mountain in the Giro d'Italia
Takes jersey back from Basso with courageous break on tough Giro day Matthew Lloyd clinched the Giro d’Italia’s King of the Mountain classification in the last possible moment, after yesterday’s final big mountain stage. The Australian has 56 points, 15 […]
Tour of Belgium: Hermans takes dramatic final stage; Devolder clinches overall
Hilly Ardennes provide worthy terrain for diverse overall winner Stijn Devolder’s bold move on the Côte Bois de la Dame, accompanied by Ben Hermans, changed the outcome of the Tour of Belgium in the waning kilometers of the week-long race. […]
Tour of Bavaria: Sapa wins final stage, Monfort takes overall honors
Break succeeds on rainy day in Germany Marcin Sapa edged out his breakaway companion Trevis Meyer on the final stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt. The duo saved 16 seconds over the bunch that was led home by Alex Rasmussen. Maxime […]
Monfort wins Tour of Bavaria time trial, takes over lead
Belgian hits twice in convincing performance against the clock Maxime Monfort of the HTC Columbia squad won the time trial in the Tour of Bavaria, ahead of Lampre’s Adriano Malori and Monfort’s teammate Hayden Roulsten. With his win by 12 […]
Dominique Cornu takes over lead in the Tour of Belgium after time trial win
Rain flushes Gilbert out of the leader’s jersey With his time trial win in stage four of the Tour of Belgium, Dominique Cornu, took over the leader’s jersey from Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert will be remembered for riding under a particular […]
Giro d'Italia: Showdown on the Gavia
Organizers give clearance to include highest climb The organizers declared the Gavia clear to be ridden in today’s final mountain stage in the Giro d’Italia, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Late snow had threatened the cancelation of the penultimate […]
Sulzberger takes precious solo win in GP Plumelec-Morbihan
Australian’s attack rewarded with first season victory Wesley Sulzberger took a solo win for his Française des Jeux team in today’s GP Plumelec-Morbihan. The 23-year-old had over 40 seconds against his closest rivals, Renaud Dion and Stéphane Augé. Sulzberger was […]
Tour of Bavaria: Wagner beats Howard, but the latter takes over race lead
Longest stage of the race ends in bunch sprint For the second day in a row, a stage of the Tour of Bavaria ended in a sprint and this time it was Robert Wagner (Skil Shimano) who prevailed. After 200km, […]
Hurt Lastras wants to finish Giro d'Italia, help team and Arroyo
Spaniard to support Arroyo in achieving dream of Giro podium Pablo Lastras of the Spanish Caisse d’Epargne team is hurting big time after a crash in the opening week, but wants to keep going to help his teammate and roommate […]