‘Purito’ jumps away in steep final kilometre and holds on to win in Offida; GC battle tightens Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) opened his 2012 WorldTour account, as he begins his season-long quest to take back the ranking title he won in […]

Double ProTour winner back on top of UCI’s standings after Paris-Nice Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has thanked his Movistar team after he moved to the top of the UCI’s WorldTour ranking, just over three months after he returned to competition […]

Rodriguez climbs well, feeling better in Tirreno-Adriatico Simon Spilak (Katusha), the Slovenian transfer from Lampre-ISD, was present at the front throughout the week in Paris-Nice, and used an impressive fourth place in the final time trial on the Col d’Eze […]

Two-time Flanders winner still trying to get on track with Vacansoleil-DCM As Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) works his way through an arduous Tirreno-Adriatico, he says he continues to ride in a positive state of mind as he builds up to his […]

2011 WorldTour champion hoping to recover for Milan-Sanremo As is the case with the 2011 Milan-Sanremo winner Matt Goss, Philippe Gilbert has been forced out of Tirreno-Adriatico due to illness. The Classic specialist, whose strong all round form saw him […]

Illness prompts caution from GreenEdge team The 2011 Milan-Sanremo champion Matt Goss has had a slight setback to his preparation for the 2012 edition of the race, with the Australian withdrawing from Tirreno-Adriatico before the end of the race. Goss, […]

American rider gives a little leeway to Nibali RadioShack Nissan’s Chris Horner defended his race lead in the face of some big attacks today, holding onto the blue jersey at Tirreno-Adriatico despite two big rivals inching closer. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas […]

Third on Col d’Eze called ‘the satisfaction of the week’ In the end it wasn’t the stage win it threatened for several hours to be, but the Ag2r La Mondiale team still felt satisfied with the superb showing Jean Christophe […]

Tour winner admits he’s behind 2011 form Having lost twelve seconds on yesterday’s stage, Cadel Evans’ chance of defending his Tirreno-Adriatico title completely dissolved today when the Australian rider finished a full ten minutes 36 seconds behind the stage winner […]

Horner maintains overall lead, Kreuziger inches closer After being frustrated by yesterday’s finish when team-mate Peter Sagan swept around him into Chieti with Roman Kreuziger attached, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) came good one day later, with a victory on the summit […]