Ernst & Young report “shows that cycling is in a healthy position and resisting the effects of the current global economic downturn”; many races not so lucky however A report from auditors Ernst & Young, commissioned by the International Cycling […]

Breakaway rider caught right before finish line Moving to within one win of Grame Brown’s record at the Tour de Langkawi, Andrea Guardini clocked up his eighth stage triumph in two years when he hit the line first today. As […]

Sore after crash, but able to remain in race The victim of a big crash approximately two kilometres from the end of yesterday’s stage, Garmin-Barracuda rider Tom Danielson was fortunately able to continue on today’s fourth stage of the race. […]

Greipel frustrated with poor positioning in sprint finale, capping rough weekend for Lotto-Belisol Though several breakaways gave it a shot, Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne once again came down to the expected sprint finish, which Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) took ahead of Yauheni […]

Belgian veteran ultra-aggressive as usual for Sean Kelly’s team Niko Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) was the 120th rider to cross the finish line at the end of the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne semi-classic, but the 41-year-old Belgian spent nearly the entirety of the […]

Young Australian fast man takes Rabobank’s long-awaited first win of 2012 Michael “Bling” Matthews (Rabobank) won the Clasica de Almeria at the head of a bunch sprint, to take his – and his team’s – first victory of the season. […]

Italian sprinter beats Garmin Barracuda’s Raymond Kreder into Parit Sulong Two road race stages completed, two sprints won. As he did in the 2011 edition, young Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini is once again showing that he is the fastest rider […]

Tuscan climber escapes the favourites to take hilly Swiss race Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Lugano, in the Swiss lakeside city, after a final lap attack that escaped the rest of the leading group. The 25-year-old Umbrian jumped away […]

World champion powers to victory after Team Sky controls a race littered with breakaways Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) won Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the second race of the traditional Belgian Openingsweekend, in a manner that looked all too easy. The World champion was […]

Day of breakaways sees local former-Danish rider escape alone; time bonus for Shara Gillow makes overall as close as possible Linda Villumsen (GreenEDGE-AIS) took yet another victory for the new Australian team, as she soloed to a lone victory in […]